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Saha looking for 60 grand per week
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Could be rubbish rumours, but according to an article on the Daily Mail website, Louis Saha is looking for 60 grand per week for 3 years from Everton...
At 31 years of age and with his injury record, I don't think Everton will give in to his demands. That money could be spent on a younger, fitter striker. He has a lot of cheek asking for that kind of money... Spurs, Arsenal and our neighbours look to be interested.
So it looks like we are losing Saha in the summer. Should we pay the money or not? As good a player as he is, I don't think we should...
Article link: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sport/football/article-1242468/Louis-Sahas-wage-demands-won-t-scare-Arsenal-Spurs-Liverpool-monitor-striker.html?ITO=1490
Damian Scott, Posted 12/01/2010 at 09:26:51
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I’m glad someone started a thread on this as it saved me having to do it! If it’s true that Saha is holding out for £60k a week (we’ll never really know) I think he’s got an effin’ cheek.
He offered, when he first joined, to only get paid when he played and the club turned him down and paid him as normal. The club showed HIM professionalism and respect, and took him when I think he’d have struggled to find anyone better to take him at the time.
Louis, it’s time to repay the respect and professionalism shown to you, with some of your own towards the club. If what’s being reported is true (and I hope it’s not) then Saha has a very short memory indeed...
Whenever a player’s contract is due to expire, this stuff comes out in the press. It’s all just part of the games agents play when trying to secure their client the best contract - "pay him the 60K or he’s off to Arsenal, Tottenham or Liverpool."
I seriously doubt anyone would pay him that amount. Expect him to sign a new contract with us by the end of January.
I seriously doubt anyone would pay him that amount. Expect him to sign a new contract with us by the end of January.
That’s £10M, over 3 years. The transfer fee alone (and more) would be eaten up recruiting a more prolific striker for that money.
If we are not interested, then you can bet likes of Sunderland, Birmingham, Liverpool or any number of European sides would be keen to on paying that money, if they can get him on a free in the summer.
A fit Louis Saha is worth that money as his goal-per-game record is remarkable, but keeping him fit over an extended period would be very difficult and therefore, there’s room for negotiation. It’s the boy’s last big contract; of course he will try to get as much as possible and if he doesn’t get it at Goodison, he’ll be off.
If we are not interested, then you can bet likes of Sunderland, Birmingham, Liverpool or any number of European sides would be keen to on paying that money, if they can get him on a free in the summer.
A fit Louis Saha is worth that money as his goal-per-game record is remarkable, but keeping him fit over an extended period would be very difficult and therefore, there’s room for negotiation. It’s the boy’s last big contract; of course he will try to get as much as possible and if he doesn’t get it at Goodison, he’ll be off.
£60k a week over 3 years? Is he having a laugh?
I’d give him 2 years at £30k a week pay-as-you-play basis.
He has been vital this season and is a world class player... but come on, he gets a new injury every single week.
I’d give him 2 years at £30k a week pay-as-you-play basis.
He has been vital this season and is a world class player... but come on, he gets a new injury every single week.
With all the financial news surrounding Premier League clubs at present, I think a reality check is setting in. All bar Man City are waking up to realise that you cannot spend beyond the means of the club. Most clubs now have asset stripped and have large debts; they will now find not only transfer budgets being slashed but wages also.
In short, if another club wants to pay a 31-year-old with a suspect injury record £60k per week then let them do so.
We have enough financial issues as it is without adding to them. Would love to keep him and the likes of Pienaar... but it may be out of our hands if realistic suitors emerge.
In short, if another club wants to pay a 31-year-old with a suspect injury record £60k per week then let them do so.
We have enough financial issues as it is without adding to them. Would love to keep him and the likes of Pienaar... but it may be out of our hands if realistic suitors emerge.
I can see where hes coming from; he wants parity with the top earners as he is (in his eyes) as vital to Everton as Arteta (and the other top earners). I think Pienaar is delaying for exactly the same reason.
If we could offer him a basic salary then bump it up to £60k if he plays etc or bonusses then I think that is the best way. Surely this is what Everton are looking at doing. I defo would not sign him for 3 years on a £60k basic salary.
If we can't afford £60k per week for 3 years, then offer him this contract he wants, then flog him for £10 mill in the summer. Two can play that game!
If we could offer him a basic salary then bump it up to £60k if he plays etc or bonusses then I think that is the best way. Surely this is what Everton are looking at doing. I defo would not sign him for 3 years on a £60k basic salary.
If we can't afford £60k per week for 3 years, then offer him this contract he wants, then flog him for £10 mill in the summer. Two can play that game!
I read an interesting..ish piece in the Observer on Sunday - ’What a waste of money - the league’s best paid flops’.
http://www.guardian.co.uk/football/blog/2010/jan/10/portsmouth-wages-waste-of-money
Can’t help thinking Saha is looking at fellers like Portsmouth’s Utaka (on £80,000 a week and doesn’t play) and thinking ’I can DEFFO do a lot better than the £35,000 these are offering".
He’s probably right and if he can, he’ll be like milk on a hot day.
By the way, in the piece is an ’honourable’ mention for our very own Big (earning!) Dunc.
10 seasons 59 goals and what was it, £40,000 (plus!) a week?
Mind you, you try and tell the kids about Latch and... COUGH! HACK-COUGH!!
http://www.guardian.co.uk/football/blog/2010/jan/10/portsmouth-wages-waste-of-money
Can’t help thinking Saha is looking at fellers like Portsmouth’s Utaka (on £80,000 a week and doesn’t play) and thinking ’I can DEFFO do a lot better than the £35,000 these are offering".
He’s probably right and if he can, he’ll be like milk on a hot day.
By the way, in the piece is an ’honourable’ mention for our very own Big (earning!) Dunc.
10 seasons 59 goals and what was it, £40,000 (plus!) a week?
Mind you, you try and tell the kids about Latch and... COUGH! HACK-COUGH!!
A fit Louis Saha is worth that money as his goal per game record is remarkable.
Exactly Liam. But should we also pay him £60k a week when he’s lying on a table at Finch Farm? I certainly hope not.
As for the likes of Liverpool and so and so will pay it. Let ’em! We have had people on these boards moaning that "how come Pompey and West Ham can get investment/ pay top whack and we (Everton) can’t?" Well, have a look at the state they are in now. Thank God we haven’t gone that route.
We should stick with youth. At best, I’d give himn a one year deal on such pay — he is bloody quality — a fit Saha would make my all-time (since 1977 as my memory doesn’t go further back) Everton line-up. Otherwise I’d stop at £40k a week plus bonuses for two years.
If no, thanks for the memories. Toodle-oo! — I’ve been reading PG Wodehouse I’m afraid.
Exactly Liam. But should we also pay him £60k a week when he’s lying on a table at Finch Farm? I certainly hope not.
As for the likes of Liverpool and so and so will pay it. Let ’em! We have had people on these boards moaning that "how come Pompey and West Ham can get investment/ pay top whack and we (Everton) can’t?" Well, have a look at the state they are in now. Thank God we haven’t gone that route.
We should stick with youth. At best, I’d give himn a one year deal on such pay — he is bloody quality — a fit Saha would make my all-time (since 1977 as my memory doesn’t go further back) Everton line-up. Otherwise I’d stop at £40k a week plus bonuses for two years.
If no, thanks for the memories. Toodle-oo! — I’ve been reading PG Wodehouse I’m afraid.
The press don’t know what is and isn’t paid to these guys. They pull numbers out of a hat to create talking points. Sure Saha is a class act when fit and he should get the same as Torres, Adebayor and the likes... but many high-paid stars get long-term injuries or a lot of little ones so where do you draw a line between who is worth 60 grand a week and who isn’t?
I read an interesting..ish piece in the Observer on Sunday - ’What a waste of money - the league’s best paid flops’.
http://www.guardian.co.uk/football/blog/2010/jan/10/portsmouth-wages-waste-of-money
Can’t help thinking Saha is looking a fellers like Portsmouth’s Utaka (on £80,000 a week and doesn’t play) and thinking ’I can DEFFO do a lot better than the £35,000 these are offering".
He’s probably right and if he can, he’ll be like milk on a hot day.
By the way, in the piece is an ’honourable’ mention for our very own Big (earning!) Dunc.
10 seasons 59 goals and what was it, £40,000 (plus!) a week?
Mind you, you try and tell the kids about Latch and...COUGH! HACK-COUGH!!
http://www.guardian.co.uk/football/blog/2010/jan/10/portsmouth-wages-waste-of-money
Can’t help thinking Saha is looking a fellers like Portsmouth’s Utaka (on £80,000 a week and doesn’t play) and thinking ’I can DEFFO do a lot better than the £35,000 these are offering".
He’s probably right and if he can, he’ll be like milk on a hot day.
By the way, in the piece is an ’honourable’ mention for our very own Big (earning!) Dunc.
10 seasons 59 goals and what was it, £40,000 (plus!) a week?
Mind you, you try and tell the kids about Latch and...COUGH! HACK-COUGH!!
Stopped reading after you mentioned the source. I can see King Louis wanting a big pay off for his last contract but even he and his agent knows that no "big" club will be coming in for himn so it would be a mediocre club offering stupid wages who he is likely to go to.
He is a class act when fit.....and there’s the rub, he is never fit for more than a handful of games at a time and you can’t imagine a struggling team willing to pay daft momey to a player who will not really help you that much, as he will be in the physio room more time than not.
I hope he stays and I hope we thrash out a deal for Pienaar soon (I actually hope that he gets a slight injury before the World Cup or South Africa get tonked in evry game and he has a mare of a tournament)
He is a class act when fit.....and there’s the rub, he is never fit for more than a handful of games at a time and you can’t imagine a struggling team willing to pay daft momey to a player who will not really help you that much, as he will be in the physio room more time than not.
I hope he stays and I hope we thrash out a deal for Pienaar soon (I actually hope that he gets a slight injury before the World Cup or South Africa get tonked in evry game and he has a mare of a tournament)
I saw that piece Eugene. Very interesting reading.
Saha is worth £60k per week if you look at his goals this season. He is amongst the top strikers in the league at present and the scorers chart proves it. Torres, Defoe, Bent etc will all be on more. So he will obviously reject offers of £35k! Now whether he is worth £60k for 3 years is another matter. I would probably say not. But £60k based on appearances/goals seems reasonable. Sadly, it's just the going rate.
Saha is worth £60k per week if you look at his goals this season. He is amongst the top strikers in the league at present and the scorers chart proves it. Torres, Defoe, Bent etc will all be on more. So he will obviously reject offers of £35k! Now whether he is worth £60k for 3 years is another matter. I would probably say not. But £60k based on appearances/goals seems reasonable. Sadly, it's just the going rate.
Sell Yakubu and use the money to pay Saha.
Anthony O’Sullivan: "we should have signed Saha on a 5-year deal"! — At the time, we would have been the laughing stock of football. I remember at the time the headlines were ’Saha passes medical shock’ the fact he’s done so well is more luck than judgement and even now no team is going to get either a full shift from him or an extended run of games, which ain’t going improve with age.
Agree with David, we would have been stupid signing Saha on a 5 year deal on day one.
Remember how psycho everyone gets during the close season with possible signings etc? Believe me, this is just the start of it.
I’ve been watching this lot since the beginning of the 60s and seen people come and go. Heard all these stories a zillion times with players we thought were indispensable. I have no problems with any player, Rooney and Saha included. If you’re not happy and can do better elsewhere – bye bye...
£30,000 A WEEK, £40,000 A WEEK, some players on £100,000 A FECKIN WEEK, excuse me while I go and throw up.
Hope we don’t give in to those demands, £60k a week for a player who can’t play two games a week? Sorry, Louis... you're living in a dreamworld.
I’d offer him £500 for every minute he’s on the pitch.
That's 45 grand for a full game and 90 grand if we play mid week. Not bad.
If he’s injured then tough shit, I’m sure he’s got savings to keep him going. Then I’d drop him for being a cheeky bastard.
Actually, can you imagine the effect this would have on injuries if all players were paid this way. I suspect the physio wouldn’t be very busy.
That's 45 grand for a full game and 90 grand if we play mid week. Not bad.
If he’s injured then tough shit, I’m sure he’s got savings to keep him going. Then I’d drop him for being a cheeky bastard.
Actually, can you imagine the effect this would have on injuries if all players were paid this way. I suspect the physio wouldn’t be very busy.
There is no fucking chance Everton will, or should, be looking to pay that to a 31-year-old with an injury record like Evil Knievel. He spent most of last season injured and you can guarentee he would sepnd most of the next three years injured if given that sort of contract, just like he did when with the Mancs.
He is a good player, but if we are looking to secure futures by paying top wahck then Stephen Piennar and Fellaini should be at the head of that queue.
We’re talking about paying top money to 30+ players
See Arsenal are resigning Big Sol. No wonder Senderos wants away... Afraid Arsene's lost the plot if he thinks he can help them to the title. He can also have Saha if he’s not happy here. That’ll really bump up their average age!!
If I remember well, we got him on a two-year deal with an option on a third. If that is the case, can anyone tell me what on Earth that ’option on an extra year’ means?
If it means we are allowed to ask him to stay, does that mean we can’t say, "Hey about another year, mate?" if we don’t have the option - which sounds unlikely? I’ve never understood it; always assumed it must mean he stays if we, the contractor, says he stays.
But it would seem not. Do I remember it right? Can anyone fill us in on what it means? Genuinely curious.
If it means we are allowed to ask him to stay, does that mean we can’t say, "Hey about another year, mate?" if we don’t have the option - which sounds unlikely? I’ve never understood it; always assumed it must mean he stays if we, the contractor, says he stays.
But it would seem not. Do I remember it right? Can anyone fill us in on what it means? Genuinely curious.
Jesus Christ!
I have a twelve hour round trip to watch Everton and I am scared - really scared at the thought of my next gas bill.
What did I do wrong?
I have a twelve hour round trip to watch Everton and I am scared - really scared at the thought of my next gas bill.
What did I do wrong?
As good as Saha is, and I rate him highly, he just can’t guarantee he will be available for every game, never mind more than one season. Taking the figure as just a reported figure and not what he may or may not want, but IF the club could afford to pay that sort of money for a multi-year contract, you would expect to see a player available for every game of that contract, barring unforeseen injuries and card bans. Everton simply don’t have the money to give an injury-prone player at the end of their career a long-term lucrative contract.
How about a cheeky bid for Joe Cole? OK, I know... dream on.
I would guess that all Prem players are covered by insurance policies, paid for by the club, that would cover weekly pay cheques when the player is injured.
I would second-guess that Saha’s policy is not cheap, but he’s a handy player to have when fit so meantime let the Pru take care of his weekly pay; along with Arteta, Jags, Distin, Yobo, Gosling, Hibbo, Rodwell ...... jeeps we must have stacks of cash.
I would second-guess that Saha’s policy is not cheap, but he’s a handy player to have when fit so meantime let the Pru take care of his weekly pay; along with Arteta, Jags, Distin, Yobo, Gosling, Hibbo, Rodwell ...... jeeps we must have stacks of cash.
I’m sure I read a stat which said he hasn’t started 3 games in a row for us. On that basis I’d go for £40k a week and 2 years - 1 third off!
If he won’t take that, fuck him! He scored a few for us and looked great at times, but also was ’injured’ on a number of occassions.
Was a great short term buy, but if he wants a big pay day, let him have it elsewhere!
If he won’t take that, fuck him! He scored a few for us and looked great at times, but also was ’injured’ on a number of occassions.
Was a great short term buy, but if he wants a big pay day, let him have it elsewhere!
He can do one... £60k for an injury risk as bad as him is silly money. Where’s his appreciation for Moyes taking a gamble on him and then making him the first striker picked? ... £40k max ... if not, sell him now for as much as possible and bring in someone 5 years younger on £25k.
Dont know how true this is but there seems to be a lot of rumblings over this from the Emirates, seems that Arse have offered Sanderos for Saha, straight swap.
With Moyes signing Donavan for three months, the Yak and Victor will be fully fit by then and he has scouts watching Matt Derbyshire there might be some milage in this.
Also the Premier League clubs are paid around £7 million this time of year, TV rights stuff etc... I wonder what happened to the Everton £7 million???
With Moyes signing Donavan for three months, the Yak and Victor will be fully fit by then and he has scouts watching Matt Derbyshire there might be some milage in this.
Also the Premier League clubs are paid around £7 million this time of year, TV rights stuff etc... I wonder what happened to the Everton £7 million???
I’d give him it... because it’ll probably go on a utility player otherwise...
Great player but as a mate of mine said when we signed him "made of balsa wood."
A total class finisher and certainly worth a contract but £60k seems a bit much for me.
Can’t we just throw Cahill and Felli up front like we did last year? That worked out ok? Only kidding...
A total class finisher and certainly worth a contract but £60k seems a bit much for me.
Can’t we just throw Cahill and Felli up front like we did last year? That worked out ok? Only kidding...
Whatever the equivalent (pro-rata) is of £60,000 on a pay-as-you-play is, then give him that!
If he's fit week-in, week-out, then I’d have no qualms about paying him but his injury record speaks for itself. He is honest enough to admit that & I also realise he’s in his last few years so he trying to earn as much coin as possible but there has to be give & take from the club & the player.
If he's fit week-in, week-out, then I’d have no qualms about paying him but his injury record speaks for itself. He is honest enough to admit that & I also realise he’s in his last few years so he trying to earn as much coin as possible but there has to be give & take from the club & the player.
He would need to stay fit for the rest of this year and probably next year to have a chance to play for one of the sky 4 and by then it would be too late, i think he’ll be 33 in 2 years. Talent has never been a question with Saha, it’s his inability to stay fit.
Most of the rumours linking Saha with a move away have Arsenal as the destination, and the Arse are well known for only offering 1-year deals to over 30s. I would simply offer an extension of 1-2 years to his current deal — after all, what has he done to deserve heaps more cash? Perhaps an enhanced goal & appearance bonus, but that’d be the limit for me.
if it's for mega bucks, a pay-as-you-play deal is all I would offer, good as he is...
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