• The forums will be unavailable for a few hours on Saturday 6th June, when they do return they will initially be in a degraded state with some features missing, but normal posting/reading will be possible. The main website will not be affected by these updates.
    New user registrations are currently disabled.
    Some other features of the forum are also currently disabled.

Tommy Watson ( ...off to Brighton)


Locke's SAFC said:
Happy to be corrected. How do you know this?
Click to expand...
Well I mean I would hardly likely to say that on here but aside from how or why I might know just common sense tells you he isn’t on 600 quid a week. When he signed his first deal he was an England age group international with strongly rumoured interest from a number of sides. He also took quite a while to sign it. I mean people slag agents off on here about him but if they let him sign for 600 a week then they should quit. It’s you that is adamant that he is on 600 a week. Why you so sure he is on 600 a week?
 
halfpast3 said:
Well I mean I would hardly likely to say that on here but aside from how or why I might know just common sense tells you he isn’t on 600 quid a week.
Click to expand...

It's not your 'common sense' that dictates how much players are paid. I've posted on here how much a player who has been in the squad once or twice can expect to earn when signing his first contract at a second division club.

Look it up. It's all there for you at a cursory google. In fact, look it up and if you can find anything that says different, post it here. Happy to be corrected.
 
Locke's SAFC said:
It's not your 'common sense' that dictates how much players are paid. I've posted on here how much a player who has been in the squad once or twice can expect to earn when signing his first contract at a second division club.

Look it up. It's all there for you at a cursory google. In fact, look it up and if you can find anything that says different, post it here. Happy to be corrected.
Click to expand...
There you go
You must be logged on to see external links

Not just a random website of what players may earn, an actual contract. At Man City towards the bottom of the premier league and before the big money came in. So 18 years ago for a player who hadn’t yet made his debut, wasn’t a age ground international from his wiki either ,who was being offered a one year deal (normally a sign they are not convinced by a young un) and it’s 450 quid a week. But one of the brightest talents in the country who had loads of clubs trying to sign him signed for 600 quid 18 years later. Ok.
 
Last edited:
halfpast3 said:
So 18 years ago for a player who hadn’t yet made his debut, it’s 450 quid a week.
Click to expand...

Reckon you've made my point. A young lad at a club like Man City, 450 quid a week. How much do you reckon Tommy Watson signed up to when he signed his contract in September 2023 at Sunderland. He was only in the squad 4 times that season, the first time was on the 20th September.
 
Locke's SAFC said:
Reckon you've made my point. A young lad at a club like Man City, 450 quid a week. How much do you reckon Tommy Watson signed up to when he signed his contract in September 2023 at Sunderland. He was only in the squad 4 times that season, the first time was on the 20th September.
Click to expand...
That contract is from 18 years ago to a non youth international with likely no other interest on a one year deal , who hadn’t made a first team debut and before Man City were rich.
 
Last edited:
halfpast3 said:
That contract is from 18 years ago to a non youth international with likely no other interest on a one year deal , who hadn’t made a first team debut and before Man City were rich.
Click to expand...

According to websites he's being paid 600 quid a week. According to organisations that work with young players, like Football Academy and Player Scout, the wage for a player signing his first contract is between 350 quid and 1500 quid a week, the top clubs paying at the top end and those players who are near the first time, which Watson wasn't in September 2023, getting the most.

There's a bit of information there. If you think that your 'common sense' means they're wrong, that's fine, let's agree to disagree.
 
Locke's SAFC said:
According to websites he's being paid 600 quid a week. According to organisations that work with young players, like Football Academy and Player Scout, the wage for a player signing his first contract is between 350 quid and 1500 quid a week, the top clubs paying at the top end and those players who are near the first time, which Watson wasn't in September 2023, getting the most.

There's a bit of information there. If you think that your 'common sense' means they're wrong, that's fine, let's agree to disagree.
Click to expand...
You aren't fully quoting your crap source:

"This ranges from club to club, players can earn £300 -£1.5k per week (even more for hot prospects).This is often subject to how talented or sought after the player is and how close he is to first team football. E.g, after 2 Premier League starts Raheem Sterling at age 17 negotiated a new 30k a week contract."
 
You must log in or register to reply here.
Back
Top