Beachryan
More helpful with spreadsheets than Phurry
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Given the length of his current contract, the contraction of TV revenue, the PSR/cash issues United and have and most importantly the recongition that our wage structure is dangerously broken - of course we're not going to throw money at Kobbie.
The whole reason we're where we are is Big Ed's misunderstanding of how football economics works, and belief in keeping asset value by offering ridiculous wage bumps.
We as fans can't have it both ways. We all bemoan what enormous bumper contracts given to, for example, Shaw, Jones, Martial, Williams (!) and of course Rashford did to our ability to be solvent, much less compete. Well, here's a chance for the new ownership to show some real strength.
Give him a good base, and an enormous amount of incentive-based upside. Big CL-qualification bonuses and so forth.
If Kobbie and his agents prefer to go sign somewhere new of course they'll offer him big money, but we can't keep giving in to those demands.
The whole reason we're where we are is Big Ed's misunderstanding of how football economics works, and belief in keeping asset value by offering ridiculous wage bumps.
We as fans can't have it both ways. We all bemoan what enormous bumper contracts given to, for example, Shaw, Jones, Martial, Williams (!) and of course Rashford did to our ability to be solvent, much less compete. Well, here's a chance for the new ownership to show some real strength.
Give him a good base, and an enormous amount of incentive-based upside. Big CL-qualification bonuses and so forth.
If Kobbie and his agents prefer to go sign somewhere new of course they'll offer him big money, but we can't keep giving in to those demands.