City

[Manny]

If having Kaka turning them down and Bellamy signing isn't funny enough, Robinho has sulked out of their Spanish training camp. 

[BoltonMad2oo8]

The Kaka outcome really has to be 1-0 to football, saying money can't buy you everything! Mind you it is still the lesser of two evils because he is making a mint at Milan and will end up over in England soon enough but for the moment, up the football!!!!

[Sluffy]

Always mystifies me about footballers and more money.

I don't know how much star footballers are on but it most be a small fortune they get paid every week.  Say it is £100,000 per week - if so they earn over £5 million per year.  Add on to this that they get sponsorship deals, image rights, product endorsements, etc, etc.

Also the clubs pampers them - free health care, their accountants probably have their accounts set up in such away that they pay minimum tax, restaurants probably don't charge them, etc, etc, etc.

So I don't think it far fetched to imagine that they probably can clear £10 million a year.

Five top years earnings - say from 24 to 29 earns them (in their pocket) £50 million!!!

Now that is enough money not only for their lives but also the lives of their children and probably children’s children as well!!!

So why do footballers kick up a fuss over say wanting an extra £10,000 per week?  It's not like they even could spend it if they got it - they already have all they need with millions sitting in the bank!

At that level of earnings I would only want two things - to be happy at the club I was playing for and to win things.

So if players are happy then why chase more money?

Maybe Kaka as similar views?

[Manny]

When you hear anything from Kaka in the press, he seems like a decent guy. I'd love to see him play in England but I have more respect for him for turning down such a move.

I understand what you say about the money, I'd have a good go at spending it but it'd be impossible.

[BoltonMad2oo8]

The biggest part of the money issue is when players aren't giving 100%, when they earn that much to do something they love and then they play abysmal it really irritates me!