da bet7k： A stereotype the majority of us associate with your average Premier League footballer would be one of greedy, over paid pre-Madonna’s who hardly justify fame and fortune. But according to the Manchester United striker, Michael Owen, this generalisation is grossly unfair.
da blaze casino： The former Liverpool and England hit man protested that many professional footballers give a lot of their spare time to do work for charities and local community projects, yet remain undetected by the media.
Talking to BBC Radio 5 Live, he said: “People like to judge footballers as a whole but I think that’s pretty unfair.
”Everyone’s different. I’ve met some footballers that are absolutely fantastic people, are always visiting sick kids, they do things for charities, but they don’t ask for any press coverage. They just go about it because they want to do it.”
Firstly, I’m as encouraged as anyone to hear that such stars are anonymously using their countless monies and iconic status to help those in need. But really, are fans that interested in how much of their hard earned cash they give up, as long as players’ performances are still winning football matches?
Take Wayne Rooney for example. His initial decision to leave Man United was met with some cynical opinions from biased fans, myself included. ‘He hasn’t been good enough for a while, anyway. With the money from his transfer, we could re-build the squad.’ However fast forward a week and the general consensus around Old Trafford is, ‘£20ok a week? Well he maybe over-paid, but he is still world class, after all.’
Owen, who has been ruled out for a further three weeks with a hamstring tear, made his comments at a time where footballers are being hung out to dry for the amount they earn due to the current financial climate.
But the modern day footballer now seems so far out of the realms of real life, that as long as our team is winning and our favourites are providing us with moments of football genius, we can excuse the fact they earn more in a week than we do in five or even 10 years.
Seeing your team lift a trophy is the stuff of dreams for every football fan. But this comes at a cost, particularly given the spending power of some of the bigger teams in England. The only way it seems to be successful nowadays is to pay for it. Chelsea have shown us that.
If fans of lesser clubs picture their captain, who earns over £100, 000 a week, lifting the F.A Cup at Wembley for the first time in decades, I’m not so convinced at that moment in time they would be thinking of the consequence of these professionals being so handsomely paid.
So as fans do we care how much professionals are being paid? I wouldn’t have thought so. Just as long as we’re winning.
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