£40 Million+ to keep Thierry?

[DougG_ATL]

Was watching Sky Sports News on FSC...of course, it's tabloid fodder, but some of the London papers are reporting that TH14 will require a £40 million, 7-year contract extension when his current one expires, plus licensing fees for his image and other benefits.

He's arguably the best player in the world (only not arguably to we Gooners) - I say he's worth every bit. Any thoughts?

[Fun with Acid]

Pay him. Make some of it based on games played.

Add a line that says he must buy a round at The Globe for all Cup Finals.

[antifan]

When does his current contract expire? He's going to turn 28 in a few days and a 7 year extension sounds a bit optomistic, this story sounds like typical bullsh!t to me.

[The one]

i say fuk off u french twat, think how greedy u are u top mug... the people who pay your wages struggle to pay to live in there 12th floor council flat, u've made your money, you have your big flashy cars that fuk up my air i breath in and your period english homes.

i cant stand greedy people who dont think of others, when you all die all those millions aint coming wiv you. give it to charity.

i must state he is a fine football player, the best in the world ATM... but to earn more in one week than im on in 4 or 5 years is wrong, and to complain because they want an extra 20k a week plus clauses like goal bonuses like most ball kickers do is very sad...

[DougG_ATL]

Poor argument, TheOne. While I certainly don't feel sorry for any professional athlete, the money is there. It's either going to the ownership or to the players. Thierry Henry is the elite of the elite. I say pay it, tie him up til he's 35 and let him finish his career a Gunner.

It's relatively tame to pay someone of his stature just shy of £6 million a year when you compare it to baseball players like Alex Rodriguez, whose contract comes out way ahead of the one rumored for TH14.

[Fun with Acid]

i say fuk off u french twat, think how greedy u are u top mug... the people who pay your wages struggle to pay to live in there 12th floor council flat, u've made your money, you have your big flashy cars that fuk up my air i breath in and your period english homes.

i cant stand greedy people who dont think of others, when you all die all those millions aint coming wiv you. give it to charity.

i must state he is a fine football player, the best in the world ATM... but to earn more in one week than im on in 4 or 5 years is wrong, and to complain because they want an extra 20k a week plus clauses like goal bonuses like most ball kickers do is very sad...

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[jatm516]

i say fuk off u french twat, think how greedy u are u top mug... the people who pay your wages struggle to pay to live in there 12th floor council flat, u've made your money, you have your big flashy cars that fuk up my air i breath in and your period english homes.

i cant stand greedy people who dont think of others, when you all die all those millions aint coming wiv you. give it to charity.

i must state he is a fine football player, the best in the world ATM... but to earn more in one week than im on in 4 or 5 years is wrong, and to complain because they want an extra 20k a week plus clauses like goal bonuses like most ball kickers do is very sad...
Welcome to capitalism! Glad you stopped by...don't forget to tip your waiters and waitresses on your way out.

[deeplennon]

Poor argument, TheOne. While I certainly don't feel sorry for any professional athlete, the money is there. It's either going to the ownership or to the players. Thierry Henry is the elite of the elite. I say pay it, tie him up til he's 35 and let him finish his career a Gunner.

It's relatively tame to pay someone of his stature just shy of £6 million a year when you compare it to baseball players like Alex Rodriguez, whose contract comes out way ahead of the one rumored for TH14.

Erm, no 33-35 year old forward is worth that much money.. That story is a joke.

And a tangent about your a-rod comparison...

Football salaries aren't as stratified as they are in Baseball (not as much disparity between the rich and the poor on any given club, notice i didn't say league). You can't compare top player's salaries across the two sports for this reason alone. Football clubs will have many more players at or around the same top wage while many baseball teams will have only a handful of their players taking up up to half their wage bill. Thus football teams are limited in their ability to give any one player a-rod money, though the total wage bill ends up near the same. It will be quite a while until a footballer gets anywhere near a-rod money... and probably quite awhile untill another baseball player does as well in all honesty..

[Coach_McGuirk]

i say fuk off u french twat, think how greedy u are u top mug... the people who pay your wages struggle to pay to live in there 12th floor council flat, u've made your money, you have your big flashy cars that fuk up my air i breath in and your period english homes.

i cant stand greedy people who dont think of others, when you all die all those millions aint coming wiv you. give it to charity.

i must state he is a fine football player, the best in the world ATM... but to earn more in one week than im on in 4 or 5 years is wrong, and to complain because they want an extra 20k a week plus clauses like goal bonuses like most ball kickers do is very sad...
Well, let's see, he has a skill that not more than 2 or 3 others in the world have, there is lots of money floating around in football, so he shouldn't get all he can? FFS, if they'll pay it, take it. If you were as good as Henry you'd be lining up for a contract like that yourself, so don't act as if he's evil or something.

Back to the article, though, I'm pretty sure it's complete BS.

[antifan]

Apparently the Daily Express is the source of this story. From the BBC Sport gossip page:

Arsenal will have to come up with a £40m, seven-year deal to keep Thierry Henry at the club for the rest of his career. (Daily Express)

[splara10]

Apparently the Daily Express is the source of this story. From the BBC Sport gossip page:

The Daily Express - a blazing light of truth amidst the frothing British media horde, eh Anti?

[antifan]

The Daily Express - a blazing light of truth amidst the frothing British media horde, eh Anti?
Who knows? They're putting out this piece of crap story. But to be honest i'm not familiar with that paper at all. When i was over in the UK i mistakenly picked up the Sunday Mirror... worst paper i ever read, hands down.

[Rima067]

Even if this were true, I say ALLEZ. Tie him down for his career with Arsenal already.

[fox point fury]

i say fuk off u french twat, think how greedy u are u top mug... the people who pay your wages struggle to pay to live in there 12th floor council flat...

You write it as if the poor are taxed to pay footballers' wages.

[antifan]

Even if this were true, I say ALLEZ. Tie him down for his career with Arsenal already.
Til he's 35? or beyond? If they wouldn't do it for Bergkamp why would they do it for Henry. I can't see Arsenal tying its hands with this type of long term, big money contract. I could see the club extending his contract to a four year deal, thats it. I'm still wondering how long he has left on his current deal, 2 years?

[juice013]

His contract is up in 2007, I believe.

[deeplennon]

His contract is up in 2007, I believe.

Heh.. so a seven year extension expiring when he's 37... for £6 mill a year... riiiiiiight.

If Henry is playing in the first division in any league when he's 37, i'll be very impressed. There's only one Dennis Bergkamp afterall.

[michaec]

The article was dreamt up by Harry Harris at The Daily Express. Complete bull on the slowest of slow news days. With 18 months to go on his contract I'd be surprised if the Arsenal board aren't starting talks with him and his advisers, but the story is crap.

[Its only Ray Parlour]

TheOne is a bigger prick than Harry Harris who wrote both of those articles in Daily Express and the Daily Star. He's never liked Arsenal and i can't remember the last time he predicted anything but doom for our club.

LMAO for thinking he knows anything about Henry. The first paper to have any exclusive on Henry would be The Sun. He has a contract with them.

Anyway, Henry is the least greedy player in our squad. He should be paid within reason whatever he wants.


PPS. Harry Harris is a knob.

[surfcam]

That story is tripe.