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How much is enough?

If I were a professional footballer coming to the end of my career, this is what I would like to have achieved:

Financial security for me and my family.
A regular place in the Premier League.
As many honours as possible.
Played for my country.
Played at club were I was happy and were I was respected by my team mates.
Left supporters with the idea that I cared as much as they did.

I have read Evertonians on this site state that they don't blame any player for moving if he can double his salary. What nonsense. Personally, as someone who is poorly paid in a job I enjoy I would, with some regret, move for double the money. However, this is entirely relative. What quality of life can £80k a week provide that £40K a week can't?

I don't believe that footballers generally are any different to the rest of us as far as money goes. There are of course exceptions, Ronaldo being one, who have apparently focused on football to the extent that they have failed to develop any sense of proportion or morality.

All footballers are not like that and I strongly believe that Everton can offer as much to a player as anyone. We tick all the boxes except regular honours. That will come. We should be an attractive proposition to any thinking footballer who can see past the greed of his agent.
Andy Crooks, Belfast Posted 27/06/2009 at 20:49:18

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Paul O'Hanlon
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Greed?s a natural human nature Andy. It?s one of the seven deadly sins and it?s in all of us, not just footballers.

Taking off our royal blue tinted glasses for a second there?s other reasons why he may choose Citeeh (fucking hate those wankers btw) over us. He?s nearing the peak of his career and will want to experience Champions League football (just like his new England buddies regularly do) and like us fans, he?ll know we haven?t got a pot to piss in and will continually struggle to challenge the top 4. With the players City are buying and targeting they WILL challenge the top 4 in the next few seasons, the question is when?