KopTalk.com Forums Football Liverpool FC Forum Stan Collymore.

Mate we are paying he exact same wages Chelsea were paying him and what does sponsorship and image rights have to do with a club? It's the player not the club honk about David Beckham!

Well at Chelsea, if he'd made it into the side as a regular, he'd probably (don't get me wrong, I'm out of my depth here) have been a little higher profile in Europe with champions league football.

Suppose its all hypothetical anyway. Hey he's leagues top scorer for us!


I think Suarez will get golden boot though.

Samir Nasri London to Manchester - doubled his wages
Gael Clichy London to Manchester - offered him more money
Phillipe Coutinho Milan to Liverpool - wasnt get much of a chance and wanted game time

stan has a point. most player would like to live in london ( make a note of most ).

Yes but that just proves my point?

my point is if there were two identical clubs ( same history, same playing style, paying the same wages and playing in the same competitions) the only difference was paying in the capital or some where in the north i think MOST player would choose london

With all things being equal probably a player would choose London, ie, same salary, playing in the CL, same guarantee to play in prefered position etc. However, this seldom happens in football as the Manager, the support in the stadium (have heard that from a number of French players), chances of winning trophies, history is never the same and plays a major role.

United has been able to attract players because of Ferguson and chances of success for a long time, City have been attracting players by paying higher wages like Chelsea and now Chelsea has also got Mourinho. So what Collymore is saying is true but in a perfectly competitive market, which does not exist.

I shouldn't get angry really, it's only a radio show that's meant to divide opinion but I did [oops] me off last night.

As someone who lives in London I can understand why FOREIGN players would choose to live in the South then North. London has become the Babel of the modern world. More than a third of Londoners are now foreign born - that's around 2.5 million people. The city encompasses more than 270 nationalities and 300 languages.

I disagree with him and find him a very irritating commentator , his shouting / screaming when someone scores a goal is embarrasing and childlike.
As someone who used to live in London , I couldn't wait to get out and players of any intelligence will wanna play alongside Suarez , Sturridge , Stevie n Coutinho in my opinion.