FCBarça
Player Valuation: £10m
I see both sides of the argument, tbf. These clubs, organizations and media companies profit quite heavily from the product - which are the players themselvesIt always galls me that these players never once consider taking a pay cut in order to play. It's like they can't possibly live on just £200k a week rather than £300k a week.
I haven’t followed Rashford’s story closely enough to weigh in on all the factors but a contract is a contract. I also agree if you are brought up through the club and it needs you to accept some furlough or wage deferral to help with PSR/FFP then I understand this as well. Doesn’t mean they have to agree to it (Frenkie deferred money but several including Leo & Pique took less money when the club was decimated by contracts drawn up by previous management)
But equally, I would expect the club with so much riding on both the sporting and financial aspect of things wouldn’t get caught with their pants down like Barça were under Bartomeu - even when a player is unsettled, injured or simply not productive. Here corporate malfeasance should be dealt with seriously but punishing the rich is a race with no finish line
You wouldn’t give part of your salary back at your job if somehow it helped the company’s bottom line, just out of loyalty
Fair market value for your contributions make sense to me but equally I believe if you are invested in the club’s success you’d make an effort to modify the contract terms to ensure sporting & financial success at the club you purport to support & wish to thrive in….else, you’re just cashing in