Why Do Money Footballers Get Paid?

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I understand your frustration. The huge amount of money footballers are receiving is absurd. As a huge football fan myself, I will agree to some extent, but not entirely. The question that is being asked by people time and time again is, “Why is he getting paid with this much amount a week, just by running around the pitch and kick the ball?”
We are told that times are very difficult. Difficulties in football are frequent. You have stated that “Liverpool is for sale”, “Manchester united are in debts” and Portsmouth, are slowly declining into bankruptcy. On the other hand, a mediocre club named Manchester city, have just signed Yaya Toure on a wage of £221,000 a week or £11m in wages. This seems a huge shock to you. Initially, this seems kind of ridiculous, because Yaya Toure is an average footballer who has only played 94 times in three seasons at Barcelona. You can argue that he is in the average barrier, due to appearance and scoring goals. He only scored 4 times. That wage seems too high for him in my opinion. He is only new to the premier league and will earn that much, at this …show more content…

Bryan Robson would move from Wrexham to Manchester united under manager Ron Atkinson. He became the first player to receive £1,000 a week. During that period, Bryan Robson performance was below par. The angst and outraged fans were constantly chanting: “What a waste of money”. To be honest, Bryan Robson was not a good player at that time. The fans may had the right to claim so. Within few years’ time, Bryan Robson was an established player, who would go on to captain Manchester united and England. In addition, he even became one of the greatest midfielders at that time. It turned out to be a huge success for him. Waste of money? No! Look how much Bryan Robson improved over the years. You claim that nobody notices about the money Bryan received, why? Because now everyone knows what good player he turned out to

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