Player Testimonial Matches

Pexbo

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I’ve just noticed it’s Shaw’s 10th season at the club so he should be in line for a testimonial next summer. I know Jones decided against having one for sad but obvious reasons but I was thinking about De Gea who definitely deserves one and might be missing his chance. Hopefully even if he leaves we can give him that honour.

Anyway, point of the thread is - have we just not had that many players hitting the 10 year mark recently or have we not been holding testimonials by default on a player reaching 10 years of first team service like we used to?
 
Probably up to the player too isn't it? Shaw is 27, he might see a testimonial as something a player does when they're on the way out, he's only just starting to peak as a player!

DDG is an odd one, hopefully he still gets one eventually despite the terrible circumstances of his surely imminent departure
 
We just don't have many players hitting the 10 year mark yet. The squad has gone through so many changes over the years, I mean De Gea is the last player remaining from the 2013 title win.
 
Testimonials seem to be becoming a thing of the past. They are expensive to organize, and don't generate tons of revenue for charity, due to ticket prices having to be low to sell out.

Not to mention it's getting increasingly harder to fit them into cramped schedules with way too many matches every season.

It also seems players aren't too fussed about them either.
 
When was the last testimonial? Neville's?

I think the last one I went to was Solskjaer's and it was bloody boring.
 
BeltUp said:
When was the last testimonial? Neville's?

I think the last one I went to was Solskjaer's and it was bloody boring.
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Solskjaer's randomly being against Espanyol, if I remember correctly
 
Don't understand the point unless they've retired
 
altodevil said:
Don't understand the point unless they've retired
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They used to do it so the player got a nice pay cheque as a thank you.

When players all started becoming multi millionaires, they stopped giving a shit. A few gave the money to charity but in the end, the players and clubs stopped bothering.
 
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