08-27-2021, 06:15 PM
(08-27-2021, 05:40 PM)reza Wrote: It's not about fairness though. Football is very different than my and your job. Why? Cause only a few can afford to pay the 8 million. Within my field of work the pay is almost same across the board, no matter the company. Of course he is free to accept more, but then bunch of rich clubs will have 50 player squad size while the rest can't find players to fill their squads. It is not by scouting or smart football building that a team like Chelsea has dozens of players on loan, it is money.
Football is indeed different than our jobs because the dollar amount involved is greater, but the financial principals are the same. Supply and demand ultimately determines the price of anything in the market. In this case, if someone is willing to pay Kessie 8M, then he is worth that in the market regardless of how much we think he should make. We can sit here and talk about it like wearing the color of the jersey should mean whatever, but for a lot of these players, it is just a job. They do their jobs to make money and fund their lifestyle just like everyone else does. I work in the Silicon Valley, and companies like Facebook and Google don't get the talent they get because they give out cool T-shirts. I am not saying if Milan should or should not spend blindly to build a big squad like PSG does, just saying let's not get too critical on the players and their motivations.
