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Josh Brownhill (Al Shabab, free transfer)

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STUHILL

STUHILL

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15 hours ago, fazzyfox said:

Ok so he’s turned us down, no need to make a mountain out of a Brownhill

I really hope you have been patiently waiting weeks to drop this zinger 

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Mickyblueeyes

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It’s the sort of contract that makes you bang your head against a wall. We were lucky he didn’t accept. 
 

Don’t get me wrong, you’re offering this sort of money to a player who is proven at PL level, will add significant value to the team and make the step up with ease - if we were to go up or, would sell for a reasonable profit if we didn’t. Fine, that is a justifiable risk worth taking. 
 

This sort of deal isn’t. It’s short sighted. He may have come and scored 15 goals or something. Good/great season. And we go up . Then what ? Is Josh Brownhill with all due respect going to get double man marked in the PL like a Mahrez and most likely, a Fatawu ? Of course not. So while in the short term he’s great, the figures require the leadership to look at the long term - it’s worth that much. And this clearly shows once again we have short sightedness and lack of care. We need to stamp it out for our own good. 

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Deeg67

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1 hour ago, simon789us said:

Could still sign if no offers come in for him as free agent

He already has a massive offer from Saudi, which he'd take before going back to the Championship. Waiting to see if a Prem team will meet his demands, but if reports of asking 100K a week are accurate he's going to have to come down quite a bit for the PL teams that would want him to be able to afford him.

Claudio Fannieri

Claudio Fannieri

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We may well have made an offer but it doesn’t mean it was anywhere near what is being reported or it could have been an equivalent package so included a decent basic, a hefty signing on fee, yearly loyalty payment, bonus payments linked to promotion and survival and a salary increase on promotion. Put all those together and it could be the equivalent of a £100k per week salary. 
 

For example as a free agent we could offer him a 4 year deal and £4m signing on fee which is effectively £20k per week + a bonus on promotion/survival of another £1m that season which is another £20k, a £500k loyalty bonus each summer which is another £10k per week whilst an increase based on promotion could also be added of another £20k per week, so basically in the championship we would could have offered as initial package £30k basic plus signing on fee which would equate to £50k for the first season + promotion bonus + loyalty bonus at season end. 
 

So not an horrific outlay but still a contract offer that an agent could spin was up to £100k per week. 

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jayfox26

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Does this guy actually want to play football? Leaves a team that has just been promoted to the prem even though they offered him a new contract and has apparently rejected a few other offers. Does he think Real, Barce and PSG are going to be coming in for him? Very strange! 

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MaidstoneFox

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5 minutes ago, Dahnsouff said:

Maybe he has got sick of football, and has enough stashed away?

His last big contract, so agent is probably saying he should play the waiting game. We certainly shouldn't be signing him, we have more than enough players and 5 or 6 of the highest earners in the Championship.

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jayfox26

jayfox26

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2 minutes ago, MaidstoneFox said:

His last big contract, so agent is probably saying he should play the waiting game. We certainly shouldn't be signing him, we have more than enough players and 5 or 6 of the highest earners in the Championship.

Agreed. The only player we should sign would be a striker. Not many decent free agents around though unfortunately 

TiffToff88

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28 minutes ago, suffolk fox said:

Going to the Saudi Pro league......just a money grabber pleased we didn't sign him.

 

You say that, but I read that the offer he's had in Saudi is around a similar weekly wage to what we were offering him. Perhaps they're offering a longer contract or a bigger signing on fee?

MPH

MPH

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40 minutes ago, TiffToff88 said:

 

You say that, but I read that the offer he's had in Saudi is around a similar weekly wage to what we were offering him. Perhaps they're offering a longer contract or a bigger signing on fee?


 

he’d be taxed at around 50% in England, I’d be surprised if he’s taxed at even half that in  Saudi league so even if it’s the same wage, he’d get to pocket more of it.. in fact I don’t even think there is any personal income tax in Saudi?  Someone might know more?

 

 

EDIT: No personal income tax in Saudi Arabia. If he’s getting 100k a week, he gets to take it all home. Certainly can’t blame him for that @suffolk fox. 

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Lambert09

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1 hour ago, suffolk fox said:

Going to the Saudi Pro league......just a money grabber pleased we didn't sign him.

Bit harsh. He’s had a career at burnley on a modest wage but has the opportunity to make star player money. bit different to someone who has been on a Leicester wage or top level wage their whole career. 
 

id take the opportunity to create generational wealth over just wealth for myself 

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dmayne7

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3 hours ago, Lambert09 said:

Bit harsh. He’s had a career at burnley on a modest wage but has the opportunity to make star player money. bit different to someone who has been on a Leicester wage or top level wage their whole career. 
 

id take the opportunity to create generational wealth over just wealth for myself 

Yep. Very different in the case of players like Brownhill. He's probably not going to peak much higher than where he's been in his career so should take the money.

 

Much like the golfers that went to LIV. The older European guys did the sensible thing as there career was on the way down. It's the guys like Johnson, Bryson, Koepka etc where it doesn't sit right. Same with some of the footballers in their prime or best years ahead of them.

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Tuna

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5 hours ago, suffolk fox said:

Going to the Saudi Pro league......just a money grabber pleased we didn't sign him.

Come on "money grabber" if he wants to earn as much money as he can it's his right to do so. Most would do it. It's a short career and he's done his time in the Championship/lower reaches of the Premier League.

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Brizzle Fox

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43 minutes ago, Tuna said:

Come on "money grabber" if he wants to earn as much money as he can it's his right to do so. Most would do it. It's a short career and he's done his time in the Championship/lower reaches of the Premier League.

Yeah seems eminently sensible. He's never gonna be a top player, so he's probably reached the greatest heights his ability will allow him, so why not optimise his earning potential.

 

He's only doing what most people would do in any profession.

 

Good luck to him.

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LCFCCHRIS

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19 hours ago, Tuna said:

Come on "money grabber" if he wants to earn as much money as he can it's his right to do so. Most would do it. It's a short career and he's done his time in the Championship/lower reaches of the Premier League.

“It’s a short career” is such a moot point nowadays. 
it doesn’t need to be long when they pull 10,20,30 upto 100k a week. Anyway nothing to stop him getting a warehouse job when the football career ends 

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