igbsam:


Well since I'm not his father or brother speaking as a fan, I'd say 30k is enough for him as a starter just coming into the limelight of d senior team. You think cos he played only few games or 3 if I'm right that impressed people, other clubs wud just come from no where and spend big on him like dat ? You have a way of twisting issues cooger. I fear u o. You fit make chronic arm robber look like pastor o.

coogar:

there's money in their game. the skill level hardly matters. there's a special premium attached to british players...

coogar:

sterling has been their best player this season. it's just unfortunate he's been surrounded by a steamy pile of shyte!

coogar:


wayne "superman" rooney?

coogar:

how old is luke shaw? 19
how much is he copping? £100k/week
and you want blackett(20 years of age) to be earning £30k/week?

StarBoard:

The more reason why he should prove himself.
He's going to be viewed under the umbrella of rich British kids and unfairly scrutinized. That could have a negative impact on his career. If anything he should be trying to repeal that sad image that the average Brit player has of being too rich without any consumate skill.
Only Gareth Bale would be worthy of any wages being paid.

Iwoulda thought the reasonable thing to do would be to allow him establish himself to the point where he is deemed and asset/unbenchable barring injury/suspension within a given time-frame,say this season before rewarding him with a jumbo packet.
It's not like if we get someone like Hummels, Blackett would still win a starting berth by default.

Olorun, van Gaal is slowly losing it.

Sterling is over-hyped.Suarez made all of them look like the real deal. He is characterized by Headless chicken runs on toothpick legs with nonsense decision making like Welbeck. Would you pay the 100k a week that Liverpool is putting on the table for that midget?

Wayne weightlifter Rooney.
i'm yet to see the positive impact he has had on United since 2009/10. Despite copping over 300k a week in wages.

The more reason why we are having this debate. Luke Shaw should not be a reference point. Dude has absolutely no grounds to stand on on that 100k a week salary. No wonder he cannot complete a full 90 mins without getting cramps with his swollen intestines. it's all these silly over-rated and over-pampered British players earning Kings salaries but playing otherwise.

The wages are actually slowing them down before they hit their prime because it only makes them stay in a comfort zone and it severely limits their improvements.

coogar:


how old is luke shaw? 19
how much is he copping? £100k/week

and you want blackett(20 years of age) to be earning £30k/week?

afrodoc:
Blackett is a United fan born and bred, he would have stayed for 30k for now.......this is his first real senior season after all. The jump from 2k to 50k is very capable of inducing vertigo leading to bad lifestyle decisions.

coogar:


it's the wage structure.....
the players who cannot get into the team are earning around that amount, how long do you think his agent would wait around for?

blackett is supremely talented - his freekicks are heavenly. he's the biggest man utd revelation in 2014. i don't have any grudge against the young man at all. he deserves it.

igbsam:


Who is talking about age here. Abeg don't twist the issue here like u always do. We are talking about experience here. Luke shaw has been in d game long enough to earn himself dat amount if not for his easy way of sliding into the injury list. Not a student who just graduated or about to graduate from d academy. I still say 50k is way too much. He is still under Watch

coogar:

he has already proven himself. without any bias, blackett is our 2nd best performer in that defence. he was outstanding in the preseason games against top teams & he's carried on since the season started.

coogar:


i wish it's that easy. only £3,000 increase and the promise of regular football convinced pogba to leave us for juventus. while you are waiting for blackett to prove himself, any of chelsea or city can throw their offer in & blackett's agent would bite it.

coogar:


he's not - it's simply because united are rich.

coogar:

i agree with all that - but he's been their best player this season. tying them up in long contracts shows commitment from the club & it makes it more difficult for scavengers to home in.

coogar:


he scored a good goal yesterday albeit from a penalty kick. having analysed the speed of the ball, the projectile of the flight of the ball & the placement of the ball......i can tell you it's the best penalty ever taken in the history of the game.
rooney deserves your respect!

coogar:

that's exactly the point!
shaw would be used as reference point - he's 19, never won a title & we are giving him £100k/week.
it's the wage structure - we have about £200m to spend on player wages every year.....the agents know this, the players know this. they know what rooney, young, mata are earning, so why would they negotiate for less? you think blackett came to old trafford to count the number of red seats?

coogar:


i agree.....
there should be a cap on player wages - but that seems unlikely now. the game is getting bigger by the minute. more investors are throwing ridiculous money at the game. united's turnover last year went past £400m, they are entitled to spend half of that to pay the wages of their players......
it's just business.....

coogar:


so blackett does not deserve to earn half of what luke shaw is earning at united? i am not sure you have eaten today......what has luke shaw achieved to be earning £100k per week?

igbsam:


Oh Pleaseeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee!........Luke shaw has been playing for southampton before choosing to join manchester united. His game at southampton made united showed interest in him, what has blackett done ? playing at united's academy ?

Don't even start this your drama with me. You can do that with elampiro and the likes, don't try to sell me a snow while i live in eskimo. you are the one who hasn't eaten here for days with your baseless arguments. Abeg, i no get your time. Break your own record of baseless argument.

coogar:


you are a fool!
luke shaw completing a season at southampton has no bearing here since blackett isn't getting the same wages as shaw. he's getting half of what shaw gets despite the fact that shaw isn't twice better as blackett. it's blackett that can play in more than one position, not shaw. it's blackett that has filled in for the injured defenders since the preseason, not shaw.

he deserves more than £50k/week sef.



there's no point selling snow to an eskimo that is arguing against logic. if you are irked blackett is getting a pay-rise, gather stones in a big bucket & go to old trafford to stage a violent protest.

mcfarlin:


As how?

Torres' name will go down in history as one of the biggest flops of all time.

igbsam:


Oh Pleaseeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee!........Luke shaw has been playing for southampton before choosing to join manchester united. His game at southampton made united showed interest in him, what has blackett done ? playing at united's academy ? Don't even start this your drama with me. You can do that with elampiro and the likes, don't try to sell me a snow while i live in eskimo. you are the one who hasn't eaten here for days with your baseless arguments. Abeg, i no get your time. Break your own record of baseless argument.

StarBoard:

We all agree that he's exceeded expectations especially in the light of our non-existent re-inforcement of our defence.
However that raise is astronomical.

Pogba must have been malnourished in his former life.If he's making shakara for 23k a week then he must be a dolt.

There's no reason why a performance/incentive-based pay packet would not have been implemented in this case. It would serve to motivate the player to raise his standard and improve his game. When the KPI would have been reached, a more meaningful deal would be more welcome.

United will simply refuse to sell him if he shows potential of being the next Rio as he's been touted as.

van Gaal is the one who recommended the pay rise. He must be growing senile if he could do such.
United being rich has nothing to do with it. Dangote and Adenuga ar some of the most frugal human beings in this world despite their billions. we shouldn't be throwing away money just because we can.

Those long-term commitments also translate to high transfer tags to prospective buyers.
If Real Madrid offer 30 million for the Sterling they are trying to seemingly keep with excess of 100k a week, will the latter keep him at Anfield?

I already listed him as #65 on Fergie's all-time United squad.
That is enough.
A 300k a week player who is our best karate exponent doesn't deserve any more.

And since we're giving Shaw that much, how come someone who's performed better than him and is older is recieving only half of what Shaw is getting?
The logic behind the whole scenario of paying teenagers astronomical wages is still to be seen.
If I were in a position to do something about it, I would make sure that players below a certain age or number of appearances have a performance-based contract.
Shaw is being paid 100k to concede penalties like the Everton game and hardly completing 90 mins without even winning a tub of ice cream. What is the world coming to?
Mata, Young and Rooney can be justified in terms of trophies or individual awards won in their careers.

It is business.
But there can be a wage policy that would make some sense in a crazy world.
I still think players below 21 should have an appearance based contract, and that should be league-wide.
UEFA should be looking into issues like these instead of other irrelevancies.
The way the game is going I'm not sure football in itself would be self-sustaining. The game is becoming a financial black-hole and things are not stabilizing.

StarBoard:

There is a general problem.
Young British players are not only expensive to buy but they are high-maintenance.
The modern day British player is motivated not by laurels and awards but rather by cash.
Luke Shaw does not deserve to be paid 100k a week of anything,including CFA Francs or Dalasi.

especially since he has not shown anything out of the ordinary to be earning that figure.

RuuDie:


If Diego Costa keeps 'mis-firing' for Spain, Torres will not even make it anywhere near that history!

igbsam:

You are a nitwit for thinking Blackett has earned his place to make such huge amount of money. And how many games has blackett played ? You need brain surgery my friend and i mean it. What's bringing shaw into this ? You have succeeded in dragging this issue in comparing. i know u are good at that.

comparing 2 players, its your calling and you are good at misleading and coming up with rubbish statistics to back up your useless claims. You are the biggest fool here who thinks he is smart and knows all. Shaw is bad and yet the club went ahead to spend lavishly to get him to united. My friend, get away! you have no common sense (if such exists)

igbsam:

I once said it here on this thread that english players are over-rated, spoilt and pampered(maybe its cos its their league). At the moment they begin to get a pay rise, they start loosing focus, Either Luke Shaw o, Rooney o, Blackett....we all know they don't deserve the amount they are being paid. Blackett on the other hand is too sudden to start earning such huge amount for a starter. But anyway, its United.......

I'm done arguing about this cos i know how far coogar would want to take this and i don't have the time to exchange words. You can't judge a player with a few games and then see him as the saviour and then go all out to elevate him.

coogar:


how many games has shaw played?
even when he was regular at southampton, what did he achieve there? if blackett is so bad, why did he get automatic promotion from van gaal?

you sat your crusty arsë in a remote village in nigeria & you are using your village lens to analyse a global issue. you must be a cretin. how can i make you understand if i don't bring shaw into it?




you are a mongolian idïot!
so you really think shaw deserves to be paid £100k but blackett(our own local graduate) shouldn't be on £50k? you must be suffering from down syndrome not to notice you are arguing against logic. if you cannot see shaw's wages are outrageous then you should log out & kill yourself!

igbsam:

Clap for yourself.....look for your next victim to exchange words with. MUMU. You have issues i swear. You brought shaw into this argument and look at you arguing with yourself. You deserve to be punished by inserting hot iron into your A*hole. For your mind now, you clever pass everybody here. You are a fvcktard bro.

coogar:




may amadioha fry your left ventricle for writing the bolded sentence.

anuofia!

igbsam:


Clap for yourself.....look for your next victim to exchange words with. MUMU. You have issues i swear. You brought shaw into this argument and look at you arguing with yourself. You deserve to be punished by inserting hot iron into your A*hole. For your mind now, you clever pass everybody here. You are a fvcktard bro.

coogar:


footballer's wages are generally ridiculous
my point is - as long as shaw & co are getting paid £100k/week, blackett should be in the same wage bracket.

coogar:

footballer's wages are generally ridiculous
my point is - as long as shaw & co are getting paid £100k/week, blackett should be in the same wage bracket.
£23k + regular appearance - juventus
£20k + no appearance - man utd.
which one would you take?

coogar:


football agents are involved too.
the higher they can negotiate for their client, the bigger their take-home pay. there's a big difference between 10% of £30k and 10% of £50k
if he's determined to move, there's nothing united can do. agent power >>>>> club power.
it's the wage structure - nothing to do with van gaal.....if our highest paid player is getting £100k, blackett wouldn't have been offered more than £15k(max).

coogar:


huh?

coogar:


rooney should be in your top 20....no matter the beef.

igbsam:


Clap for yourself.....look for your next victim to exchange words with. MUMU. You have issues i swear. You brought shaw into this argument and look at you arguing with yourself. You deserve to be punished by inserting hot iron into your A*hole. For your mind now, you clever pass everybody here. You are a fvcktard bro.

afrodoc2:
Whoever gave Shaw 100k per week should be sent to Boko Haram HQ wearing priestly robes and holding an American English dictionary.
However this is just a case of 2 wrongs, elevating a home grown boy from 2k to 50k is likely to derail the boy

coogar:


and since we cannot deduct shaw's wages, it's only fair that blackett gets £50k per week. i agree blackett isn't worth that amount by any stretch but the over-pampering of young players didn't start from today - so why pick on blackett?

igbsam:

You just like to dey shoot yourself for leg sha. So u finally agree. When Rooney's wage increased to 350k we all complained so Blackett and Shaw isn't left out. Even young sef follow.

coogar:

you are the one not using your head now.
no footballer is with £50k per week. they are not forced to play football - it's what they enjoy doing & it's just for about 90 mins per week......not even 2 hours job.
however, there's so much money in the game & the people that matter decided to start paying ridiculous wages. if the other players @ united have gotten their own big pay.....why should blackett be different?
if you are going to keep blackett on £2k per week then you must reduce the wages of everyone else on united's pay roll otherwise leave tyler alone - he must have impressed LVG to get that incentive anyways.