Benoit Assou-Ekotto being paid £40,000 a week... to sit in reserves

[mawspurs]

Benoit Assou-Ekotto is being paid £40,000 a week by Tottenham despite not playing for the first team for more than 18 months.

Read the full article at Daily Mail

 

[Jenko]

And yet, he will get able to command a higher wage at his next club because he will be on a free. It's some hell of a compensation for being pretty stupid. It's a pity cos he was a good player and it's cost us.

 

[14/04/91]

And yet, he will get able to command a higher wage at his next club because he will be on a free. It's some hell of a compensation for being pretty stupid. It's a pity cos he was a good player and it's cost us.

I'm not so sure. Most clubs will be put off by his attitude; would they risk paying big money to someone who's been forced to train alone at his previous club?

And let's face it, clubs will always gamble on match-winners even if they're bad apples (Balotelli, Adebayor, Tevez) but BAE is a left-back!!

 

[kursaal]

It's a shame because for several years Beniot was a decent player. I don't know if it is merely a question of not having the desire but he had clearly lost it while at QPR.

 

[UbeAstard]

Maybe if you dont love the game and you don't have a winning mentality you get found out later in your career by younger, faster, hungrier people. I'm not saying there is anything wrong with his view of the game, just that it maybe the cause of his woes.

 

[Geyzer Soze]

Our choice, not his it seems.

 

[bigspurs]

Maybe if you dont love the game and you don't have a winning mentality you get found out later in your career by younger, faster, hungrier people. I'm not saying there is anything wrong with his view of the game, just that it maybe the cause of his woes.

The problem with his view of the game, is it is anti-football. So if he had any class at all, he should have kept his views to himself.

 

[WestBelfast Spurs]

LOL as benny would say

 

[Dinghy]

The problem with his view of the game, is it is anti-football. So if he had any class at all, he should have kept his views to himself.

Anti-football?

Is this like we should not mention that Santa doesn't actually exist in front of kids? Just in case it breaks this façade that every player loves to play and only ever wanted to play for the very club that he and you have supported since before you were even born?

 

[vigospur]

And yet, he will get able to command a higher wage at his next club because he will be on a free. It's some hell of a compensation for being pretty stupid. It's a pity cos he was a good player and it's cost us.

He is free to leave now. And he was free to leave in the summer. No one will pay him a higher wage.

 

[slartibartfast]

Football is fkin nuts. Disgusting.

 

[Jenko]

He is free to leave now. And he was free to leave in the summer. No one will pay him a higher wage.

No, I mean higher than what he would otherwise command, not higher than whats he's on now. But my point is that he won't suffer too much financially for mouthing off his political/anti-semitistic views to the world. Its the club that suffers more.

 

[Gassin's finest]

Nice work if you can get it.

 

[bigspurs]

Anti-football?

Is this like we should not mention that Santa doesn't actually exist in front of kids? Just in case it breaks this façade that every player loves to play and only ever wanted to play for the very club that he and you have supported since before you were even born?

Yeah, what I said - anti-football. What kind of a message is a player sending out by saying "it's just a job" and that he's only in it for the wages etc. Obviously he's being honest and clearly it's what 99% of pro players really think, but it's not a classy thing to say. Especially when the people that pay to come and see him are passionate about football and their club. Fans aren't totally naive, they just want their club's players to show a little bit of commitment, professionalism, respect and actually earn their fucking ridiculously inflated wages!!

 

[yidogra]

Big shame as, for three seasons between 09/10 and 11/12, I thought he was one of the best left backs in the Premiership. Two top 4 finishes and a 5th place, a great Champion's League run and what should've been a title contending season before Harry took his eyes off the prize...they were good days, we played the best football I've ever seen from a Spurs team and Benny was a big part of it. I'm gutted that he's let himself go as much as he has

 

[Blake Griffin]

Yeah, what I said - anti-football. What kind of a message is a player sending out by saying "it's just a job" and that he's only in it for the wages etc. Obviously he's being honest and clearly it's what 99% of pro players really think, but it's not a classy thing to say. Especially when the people that pay to come and see him are passionate about football and their club. Fans aren't totally naive, they just want their club's players to show a little bit of commitment, professionalism, respect and actually earn their fucking ridiculously inflated wages!!

come on, that quote was from over five years ago. if benny was so anti-football then he wouldn't have kept turning up to watch spurs play last season despite being shipped out on loan, or sitting amongst the spurs supporters at craven cottage when we beat fulham. for someone so anti-football he also talks about it a considerable amount on his twitter. maybe that's how he felt when he was in france but i dare say he's fallen in love with the game since being with spurs.

 

[Locotoro]

Its not like the Winston Bogarde situation where the player simply says I'm not moving anywhere, I'm earning a huge wedge so no need to kick up a fuss".

He hasn't actually said anything negative about the Club or the Fans whilst those tweets after our defeats were, i think, taken out of context somewhat.

The only issue is that he has aired views that our club does not share

 

[Locotoro]

Football is fkin nuts. Disgusting.

This is not f**kin nuts or disgusting. Footballers get paid a fortune because their shelf life is so limited and the revenue this form of entertainment generates is even more lucrative. They have to be in peak physical condition for a career period of 10 years and have to act professional with so much abuse levied at them in public.

What is disgusting is the amount of money bankers and traders and Directors/Executives in financial institutions seem to be paying themselves despite not being talented at very much at all. They bring the country to its knees and gleefully accept a government hand out to save their arses and now they still paying themselves 6 figure bonuses for doing f**k all

 

[avonspurs]

This is not f**kin nuts or disgusting. Footballers get paid a fortune because their shelf life is so limited and the revenue this form of entertainment generates is even more lucrative. They have to be in peak physical condition for a career period of 10 years and have to act professional with so much abuse levied at them in public.

What is disgusting is the amount of money bankers and traders and Directors/Executives in financial institutions seem to be paying themselves despite not being talented at very much at all. They bring the country to its knees and gleefully accept a government hand out to save their arses and now they still paying themselves 6 figure bonuses for doing f**k all

Damn, wish I could agree and disagree on the same post, but I cant. So, young sir, its red ink for the disagree parts and bold black for the 'well done sir' part - - just like teachers do.

 

[TaoistMonkey]

Nice work if you can get it.

Agree. If someone is stupid enough to pay you £40k a week to pretty much do nothing is good going.

Living the dream!