Jordan Henderson 700k a week.

The end game for football is being played out in front of us.

Middle Eastern oil wealth being invested behind private equity funds, used to acquire European football leading clubs, their assets being sold on at inflated to prices to the same owners of Middle Eastern football clubs on salaries which are unsupportable in the European game.

This won’t end well.
 
Anyone who clears off to Saudi is a prize bellend in my opinion. Greed over morals and without doubt greed over any semblance of competitive football. Seriously what's the point in prancing about over there if you have any dignity or pride in your profession whatsoever? Just how many Rolexes and Yellow Lambos can one idiot own? They're welcome to the scouser with the low slung forehead though.
 
When the old line is trotted out that 'well you wouldn’t turn that kind of money down would you? ' I normally groan. In this case though I can understand it, it's eye watering.
Just for Bend it's benefit...Klopp wants to keep him and Liverpool will be poorer without him. Slightly on the pitch and massively off it. If he goes then don't discount Southgate still picking him for England.
 
PNENIL said:
When the old line is trotted out that 'well you wouldn’t turn that kind of money down would you? ' I normally groan. In this case though I can understand it, it's eye watering.
Just for Bend it's benefit...Klopp wants to keep him and Liverpool will be poorer without him. Slightly on the pitch and massively off it. If he goes then don't discount Southgate still picking him for England.
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Hope Southgate does unless anyone else emerges/improves, but I doubt he will be first choice anymore.
 
Good deal for him, even if he goes just for a year towards the end of his career. The amount for any player is a nonsense though.
 
bfcpete said:
Good deal for him, even if he goes just for a year towards the end of his career. The amount for any player is a nonsense though.
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Especially when they would have been able to get him cheaper.
Jordan here's 3/4/5/6 hundred k which is a lot more than Liverpool are paying no here's a whopping 700k negotiating skills of an idiot.
 
I suppose it remains to be seen what happens over the longer term. I can see Saudi becoming a bit of a retirement home for washed up former Premier League, Serie A, La Liga players, if they carry on like this.

I’m not entirely convinced that this will suddenly result in a massive shift in the Football power-base, but I suppose it could.

The top players might just be happy in the knowledge that they can have a couple of years in Saudi at the back end of their career and top up the ‘Jaffa Fund’ 👍
 
Using Bendits customised, personally designed chart Hendostat, it calculates that he will earn £350k for every time he moves the ball forward.

NB - for the purposes of the chart, level is considered forward.
 
BFC_BFC_BFC said:
I suppose it remains to be seen what happens over the longer term. I can see Saudi becoming a bit of a retirement home for washed up former Premier League, Serie A, La Liga players, if they carry on like this.

I’m not entirely convinced that this will suddenly result in a massive shift in the Football power-base, but I suppose it could.

The top players might just be happy in the knowledge that they can have a couple of years in Saudi at the back end of their career and top up the ‘Jaffa Fund’ 👍
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Or how long before the Saudis buy their way in to favour with UEFA (who we all know are corrupt anyway) and get some of their teams places in the Champions League or some form of super league? It's not that far fetched to see the Saudis getting a stranglehold on football. They've already taken over golf and are steadily doing the same with boxing.
 
Dark_Side_of_the_Lune said:
The end game for football is being played out in front of us.

Middle Eastern oil wealth being invested behind private equity funds, used to acquire European football leading clubs, their assets being sold on at inflated to prices to the same owners of Middle Eastern football clubs on salaries which are unsupportable in the European game.

This won’t end well.
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Bang on
 
RUSTY_2_STANDS said:
Or how long before the Saudis buy their way in to favour with UEFA (who we all know are corrupt anyway) and get some of their teams places in the Champions League or some form of super league? It's not that far fetched to see the Saudis getting a stranglehold on football. They've already taken over golf and are steadily doing the same with boxing.
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Maybe…. Who knows… Ultimately it will be the viewing audience that determines the success or failure of any kind of ‘Super-League’ and let’s face it… It’s only a matter of time before it happens.

In all honesty I’m fairly relaxed about it really. There’s even a part of me that wonders if Blackpool FC and the English game in general might well benefit.

Let’s face it, nobodies going to be buying oil in 20 years time, so it’s going to be pretty short-lived regardless.😂
 
RUSTY_2_STANDS said:
In what possible way could the English, or European game for that matter, benefit from a vile regime throwing billions around to try and justify their disgusting human rights? Even before this, football needed a complete reset in my opinion.
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I’m thinking more in terms of the bigger money spunking clubs maybe taking themselves off into some kind of super-league… I’m not sure where the money comes from is overly relevant in terms of the impact.

I just wonder if the game (at least in terms of those of us who actually attend the stadiums) might be better for them all ** off to grab the cash.

Maybe a bit more balance in the game, more competition and opportunity and hopefully increased crowds.

Who knows…Maybe in light of the Golf mess, we might see UEFA spring into action and putting some sensible measures in place to curtail the financial stupidity and actually protect the game ….
 
BFC_BFC_BFC said:
I’m thinking more in terms of the bigger money spunking clubs maybe taking themselves off into some kind of super-league… I’m not sure where the money comes from is overly relevant in terms of the impact.

I just wonder if the game (at least in terms of those of us who actually attend the stadiums) might be better for them all ** off to grab the cash.

Maybe a bit more balance in the game, more competition and opportunity and hopefully increased crowds.

Who knows…Maybe in light of the Golf mess, we might see UEFA spring into action and putting some sensible measures in place to curtail the financial stupidity and actually protect the game ….
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I think it may be better if the bigger money spunking clubs were brought in to line with some sort of rules. Oh wait, we've already got financial fair play. Unfortunately, certain clubs seem to take no notice of those rules. Hopefully that will change
I don't see how the bigger clubs going off in to a super league can help the English game. The cup competitions for a start would die a death pretty quickly. Better to bring them in to line in my opinion.
And now you've got the Saudis hoovering up players who are mostly at the latter end of their careers and past their best. How long will it be before they start hoovering up players at their peak, because the wages are just too huge to resist?
I wouldn't hold your breath waiting for UEFA to spring in to action. When have UEFA ever sprung in to action?
The only springing they'll be doing is when the Saudis throw enough money at them to allow the top Saudi clubs in to the Champions League or equivalent competition. I'm convinced that's coming.
And all to try and justify their disgusting practices and human rights. Football's selling it's soul for blood money.
 
The Saudis are trying to take over the football world.
Money is no object.
Time FIFA had a real look at what is happening.
Saudis are not really interested in football, just power.
Can't FiFA see what is going on?
 
BFC_BFC_BFC said:
I suppose it remains to be seen what happens over the longer term. I can see Saudi becoming a bit of a retirement home for washed up former Premier League, Serie A, La Liga players, if they carry on like this.

I’m not entirely convinced that this will suddenly result in a massive shift in the Football power-base, but I suppose it could.

The top players might just be happy in the knowledge that they can have a couple of years in Saudi at the back end of their career and top up the ‘Jaffa Fund’ 👍
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The Saudi's are only doing what the MLS did back in the day when they brought in Best, Marsh, Pele etc
 
Davepick said:
The Saudis are trying to take over the football world.
Money is no object.
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It won't last. There really is no appetite to watch or attend football in the desert. They can buy all the players they like but players can easily be replaced and the league will continue to be tinpot and roundly ignored by football fans across the globe.
 
Macseasider said:
It won't last. There really is no appetite to watch or attend football in the desert. They can buy all the players they like but players can easily be replaced and the league will continue to be tinpot and roundly ignored by football fans across the globe.
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Mac, that's my whole point, they are only interested in the power of their money.
It won't stop there, they'll just keep spending.
P wonder how the players will eventually feel when there's no real opposition?
 
fcblackpool said:
The Saudi's are only doing what the MLS did back in the day when they brought in Best, Marsh, Pele etc
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That’s kind of my brake on what we’re witnessing. I suppose the world is a much smaller place these days so it may be more tempting, but it’s not something I’m going to lose any sleep over.
 
BFC_BFC_BFC said:
That’s kind of my brake on what we’re witnessing. I suppose the world is a much smaller place these days so it may be more tempting, but it’s not something I’m going to lose any sleep over.
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It's a short term thing to promote the game and bring the native kids in. It will become a more domestic game with an eye on the national team in the not too distant future.
 
I don't get these sort of decisions. I get anyone who moves for money but if you are set up for life anyway on the money you are already on, why uproot your family and jeopardize your place in the England squad (albeit for not much longer) for just yet your money that you'll probably never need.
 
Macseasider said:
It won't last. There really is no appetite to watch or attend football in the desert. They can buy all the players they like but players can easily be replaced and the league will continue to be tinpot and roundly ignored by football fans across the globe.
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Agree that local appetite is limited. However you are ignoring the size of the market for football in the Far East for example. The fans there will know the big-name players and in my view will pay to watch them outside of Europe. At first it will be uncompetitive (and do not get me started on multiple club ownership) but over time I think it will become a global player. Unfortunately.
 
Who can blame him, it will not just secure his families future but probably several generations. What I don't agree with is him retaining his England squad place. For all the money being thrown at that league, it's not even close to being competitive as yet.
 
I'm a big Henderson fan and spent a lot of time on here defending him but im disappointed in this. Not so much the moral issue because there's a lot of hypocrisy about it even from Liverpool fans. I don't see anything like the reaction to Firmino doing it and the Saudi angle is infiltrating every aspect of modern sport yet it seems Henderson more than any other really is being held responsible for it.
What im disappointed with is him throwing away his career. Surely at the very minimum this should have happened after another season trying to win things back with Liverpool and a go at the euros with England. I don't understand that because he'll never get it back. It goes against everything he's been about on the pitch and as a captain.
 
Think Saudi league is a bit different to China and MLS before it, this isn’t just a retirement league, they’re buying players in their mid twenties on big money, if Mbappe signs (which is doubtful) the whole scenery changes
 
Davepick said:
The Saudis are trying to take over the football world.
Money is no object.
Time FIFA had a real look at what is happening.
Saudis are not really interested in football, just power.
Can't FiFA see what is going on?
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Sadly the only think Fifa will be concerning themselves with is how they can retain a modicum of control whilst sticking their snouts deep in the oil state trough. Not that I'm that bothered if the Premier League starts to leak players, admin, marketing and operations-wise it's only a poundshop version of what is brewing in the gulf.
 
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