Steven Gerrard has THIS big problem to shift
There is no denying Rangers are a
club who have made plenty of mistakes. Only the truly conceited or smug would
never own up to errors with contrition. However one of the most significant gaffes
in recent years has been lavish signings brought in on fanfare and high wages,
who have utterly flopped and left us with expensive dead wood.
club who have made plenty of mistakes. Only the truly conceited or smug would
never own up to errors with contrition. However one of the most significant gaffes
in recent years has been lavish signings brought in on fanfare and high wages,
who have utterly flopped and left us with expensive dead wood.
Eduardo Herrera is one such
example and the most prominent of the moment.
example and the most prominent of the moment.
Signed as part of Pedro’s Pringle
campaign, Herrera arrived in Govan on a fat fee of £1.5M with wages we can only
guess at, but would imagine a Mexican international moving to Europe
would only do so for a handsome wage of circa £15,000.
campaign, Herrera arrived in Govan on a fat fee of £1.5M with wages we can only
guess at, but would imagine a Mexican international moving to Europe
would only do so for a handsome wage of circa £15,000.
And naturally, whatever his pay
is, we are left with a player happy to sit on that salary and reject any moves
back to Mexico
because his homeland isn’t going to pay anything like what the fools who
negotiated with him offered.
is, we are left with a player happy to sit on that salary and reject any moves
back to Mexico
because his homeland isn’t going to pay anything like what the fools who
negotiated with him offered.
We can’t blame him. He’s like the
rest of us – slaves to money. We live on the stuff and no one reading this would
reject a fat wage increase or wish to lose out on it once it’s established.
rest of us – slaves to money. We live on the stuff and no one reading this would
reject a fat wage increase or wish to lose out on it once it’s established.
And if Eduardo Herrera can sit on
£15k a week he’s going to.
£15k a week he’s going to.
More fool those who agreed to pay
it in the first place.
it in the first place.
Many fans reading will think
about greed, a lack of honour, and his fat salary draining our precious club.
about greed, a lack of honour, and his fat salary draining our precious club.
Alas our precious club offered
that money and many of our own fans have benefited directly being on the club’s
payroll too so let’s not be too hypocritical shall we?
that money and many of our own fans have benefited directly being on the club’s
payroll too so let’s not be too hypocritical shall we?
We’re not defending him – end of
the day his ambition is clearly weak and he’s happy to sit on big money and no
real future in the game. But then he’s 29 and making the biggest wage of his
career – to be on the salary he’s on given the non-descript career he’s had is
literally his peak.
the day his ambition is clearly weak and he’s happy to sit on big money and no
real future in the game. But then he’s 29 and making the biggest wage of his
career – to be on the salary he’s on given the non-descript career he’s had is
literally his peak.
He wants a loan to Europe, to ensure he still gets a handsome wage – it’s an
ugly side of the game, but the moment Jean-Marc Bosman won that case back in ’95
the player gained the power to control such things. Naturally that case was
very specific, but his victory won players power they’d never had and it grew
exponentially.
ugly side of the game, but the moment Jean-Marc Bosman won that case back in ’95
the player gained the power to control such things. Naturally that case was
very specific, but his victory won players power they’d never had and it grew
exponentially.
And guys like Herrera
understandably benefit from that.
understandably benefit from that.
Here’s hoping the negotiating
table this summer has learned from those lessons.
table this summer has learned from those lessons.