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While I agree with you completely about modern wages for footballers beng obscene I think you are being a little bit harsh on Gerrard. He would have got more money with Chelsea when they came in and he stayed with us.
I think he has given the club great service and that's all that matters to me. I think he could be a future manager.

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Torres obviously. Owen did not directly join our main rivals, he left the country came back to Newcastle and then joined United.

Its all so in the past now, is McManaman a traitor too? Alonso? Benayoun? players move on to suit themselves, we need to move on ourselves....

Exactly Derek and some of the current team will also move on getting better deals elsewhere possibly Suarez or Enrique.

Not at the expense of everything else

obviously some would disagree - John Terry, Ashley Cole and your good self

I'd like to say you're in good company - but you're not

I have not read all the posts but the biggest traitor is Macca. Atleast with the Torres money we could partly rebuild the team and we also got a few mill for Owen. Macca however held the club to ransom and left on a free transfer. So much for being a local boy, loyalty etc

Thats a high horse your on there Jim. Fine words but does not mean much unless put in practice. Not many people (and especially footballers turn down money. I presume you forego half your wages each month because they are paying you too much? Yeah right.....

Torres, Owen, MacManaman, etc, are what modern footballers are, they hunt for glory and reward and in todays world who can blame them? A. E. Housemans words come to mind;

"Smart lad, to slip betimes away
From fields where glory does not stay
And early though the laurel grows
It withers quicker than the rose."

They have a short time span and have to make the best of it, in addition they see how little loyalty football clubs towards them, managers, coaches and other employees when it suits them to move people out, so I for one dont blame players from selling their labour for the maximum they can get for it, just like the rest of us. Having made that as a general point I do believe Torres exit was pretty shi*ty to say the least.

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