- Jun 8, 2009
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In the utterly berserk and obscene world of football wages,150k is not a colossal amount for a player like Toby. On the downside though, he's never going to be worth this much again and we have umpteen players who could easily argue that they're worth as much. If Toby goes, I can see Vertonghen looking at the exit door as well, closely followed by a few others. We should have a new pay structure for next season anyway, so maybe this is where it needs to start.
The concern is also that there may be players who have clauses along the lines of "match top paid player's wages" in their contracts. Upping Toby to £150k may result in others having similar increases. Of course, this may not be the case.