I used to admire it, I guess, but really...

If I had to do something stupid like running and kicking a piece of leather for a living, I'd make sure to at least get paid as much as I could in the process.

 

Le Tissier, Totti, Gerrard

 

How much does Steven Gerrard make? Please include a link to it too. thank you.

I remember Steven gerrard puttng in a transfer request until he was burnt in efigy on skysports, his family threatened AND HE WAS GIVEN A HUGE PAY INCREASE.

Running around like a maniac and kissingt he badge of liverpool doesnt fool me. Please tell me Gerrard is the lowest paid player at Liverpool and in fact, he cant even afford a duplx and he brings lunch to all the other players at liverpool every day.

The highest paid player all of a sudden is said to play for his "heart" simply because he screams and runs around after he scores.

 

Tomassi, a class! :thumbsup:

remember players like Gerrard, Carragher, Totti, Giggs, Zanetti...etc

 

I remember the Roma midfielder Tomassi....who requested a salary of €1,500 a month as he had been injured for months with a knee injury. Economic considerations then were low on his list of priorities and requested minimum wage till he got back to his same level. Still have Roma his all. :thmbup:

Redondo gave up his salary too at some point during his longtime injury with Milan...not exactly "for the shirt" but rather because of professional pride and sense of fairness I guess.

 

but really there's only one world class player in recent decades who has stuck with his club all the way even if the club has not been among the top clubs in Europe: and this is Totti.

 

As long as they let him keep the scooter.

 

Messi just turned down an offer from Russia to renew contract with Barcelona

 

He's the best paid player in the world.

Barcelona have the highest combined wages in Europe actually, so they should be winning Champions League every year or it's a failure.

 

:star: PUYOL :star:

:star: XAVI :star:

 

how much do they make? links pleasem thanks.

 

For the players of the best clubs who get huge wages it hardly is a matter of shirt...

 

Which is the case with Totti, Gerrard, Maldini, Puyol, Xavi, etc. Sure there might have been more money available elsewhere, but they have always been on extremely high wages. Much easier to play for the shirt under those circumstances...

Now let's hear more of the players who actually stayed in small clubs on a low salary when there was a chance to cash in.

 

Which is the case with Totti, Gerrard, Maldini, Puyol, Xavi, etc. Sure there might have been more money available elsewhere, but they have always been on extremely high wages. Much easier to play for the shirt under those circumstances...

Now let's hear more of the players who actually stayed in small clubs on a low salary when there was a chance to cash in .

not only like this whether they play for small club or not..

let's take Gerrard as example, he had the chance to leave liverpool and play for chelsea, real madrid, not only because big clubs(because liverpool is bigger ), but because they have been in a better circumstances, and have completely better chances to win trophies and the league title, maybe more salary, more class players in the team..etc.

 

Matthew Le Tissier on Tottenham Hotspur's pursuit of him in the early 90's:
"Back in those days there wasn't such a massive difference in wages between a team like Southampton and Tottenham. The difference pre-Sky wasn't that big, so it wasn't difficult to turn it down. But if I was in the situation now there's no way I could stay at Southampton. If you're on 10 grand a week and somebody is going to offer you 150 grand a week, it's not quite the same as being on 10 grand a week and turning down 15 grand a week."

 

Steve Bull from Wolves.


ALl the other ones are pretty easy to do. Xavi, Maldini etc... Put them in Serie B or second division and if their biggest rivals came in with big money, I'm pretty sure they would play for either real madrid or inter milan.


Marcos rejected big money from arsenal to play all his career with Palmeiras. But he made good money anyway. But rejected world fame and premiership money.

 

Gerrard's stay at Liverpool is more down to gangsters than the love of the shirt apparently.

 

course it is :howler:

How much does Steven Gerrard make? Please include a link to it too. thank you.

I remember Steven gerrard puttng in a transfer request until he was burnt in efigy on skysports, his family threatened AND HE WAS GIVEN A HUGE PAY INCREASE.

Running around like a maniac and kissingt he badge of liverpool doesnt fool me. Please tell me Gerrard is the lowest paid player at Liverpool and in fact, he cant even afford a duplx and he brings lunch to all the other players at liverpool every day.

The highest paid player all of a sudden is said to play for his "heart" simply because he screams and runs around after he scores.

Such conspiracies . Love 'em. Wanna hear me.

 

Angelo Di Livio, although he was 36 when Fiorentina got relegated.

 

Victor Valdes.

 

I´d add Del Piero, I am sure he could´ve found another club easily whih had paid him good money when Juve was sent into Serie B.

 

his name was strictly connected to Juventus, who remain a big club even if they are forced to spend a season in serie B, and he had to gain more in staying than in leaving. Hey, he was the player-symbol of Juventus. Surely he didn't expect to be dumped by Juventus later otherwise he would have left before.

 

Players who played for the shirt and not just for the money

I 'd Say Ibrahimovic, he played his best every match. Every shirt he plays for.

More like a personal standard, than anything else .. (money).

His professionalism and commitments are just as good as those one-club guys.

like Raul or Hierro, eventually they get old and go... nothing wrong with playing for another club/s.

 

haha. good one.

 

I doubt he'd be paid more elsewhere anyway.

Also considering his commercial contracts on the side.

 

Jan Ceulemans stayed with Brügge for 14 years and turned down an offer from AC Milan.

 

Marco Rossi

 

Joseba Etxeberria - 15 years of service at Athletic and played his last year for free at the club. He could've gone to bigger clubs, never did.

Mikel Aranburu - Another one who got 15 years under his belt, though for Real Sociedad until he retired last year. The difference here is that he actually played all his life at Erreala.

Adelardo - Came from Extremadura as a 20-year old to Atlético in 1959 but spent a good 17 years at the club and holds the record for most games played.

 

one good post among the usual pointless arguing about world class players ITT

 

Valeron for Depor is another. One of the most talented players in Spain.

 

You're funny . Effigies. Riots. Threats. Hahaha.

Classic stuff.

 

Steven Spielberg should make a movie out of that story one day. When Stevie retires and the real truth comes out, innit.

 

Lol..I guess u think if u act a giggly and use the " " emoticon and talk about Spielberg, peppe would agree with you? Lol. We all saw the videos on skysports and we are not stupid. Ur heart is breaking as u remember why Gerrard did to your club. It's okay. Lol