Happy Final Pay Day;

[davids]

Not his fault he was signed on possibility the oddest contract in Prem history.

 

[Marius57]

Best wishes to him. Unfortunately didn’t work out but hope he can continue on his journey to try and work through and find some form of recovery/peace from his trauma and get back to playing football again if that’s what he wants.

No idea what’s gone on behind the scenes regarding his contract, for all anyone knows he did take a reduction, best not to make assumptions about someone when the facts aren’t known. Which coincidentally lots did without understanding about his trauma.

 

[Timbucktoo]

Not sure how petty it is to pick up a huge wad of money ,not be in the reckoning to do the job your getting fabulously rich for.
Use all the facilities on offer, take advantage of a club who quite clearly is struggling to keep afloat. No ,imo that isn't petty, I'd like to think he might have agreed to a reduced wage !, ....doubtful though. Very rich man before he came here, getting more rich for very little or no return whatsoever.

Showed more interest in going down to watch Spurs than showing up on the last day at Goodison.

 

[MikeH72]

Just curious, if you were suffering from mental health problems and were unable to work because of it, how would react if your boss suggested you went on a reduced wage until you recovered?

I thought he was injured?

 

[Ferguson1878]

The thing I’ve never got about deli Ali and his health…

Why have spurs never commented or been questioned about there treatment of him ?

They must have known something wasn’t quite right and he was still technically there player wasn’t he ?

That levy comes across as the type of person who would throw his mother in a home just to sell her house , utter scumbag

 

[Hinchcliffe's Corner]

I thought he was injured?

We all know that we couldn't afford to play him.

 

[bluelife]

This is the way loans can go sometimes.

 

[Ferguson1878]

Be funny if he turns round and starts giving Everton loads when he leaves

 

[Bluebonic]

I wish him and every ex-Everton player all the best, but my god it is good to see these people off the wage bill. If the only thing the new owners do is to put a stop to these mad deals then i will be content. The one thing we cannot do is sign up players with bad injury records on wages nobody else would match if we needed to get rid.

 

[Lob]

Wish him all the best psychologically and health wise but man is it good to get him off the wage bill. Still paying for his rehabilitation for a little while but that pales in comparison to his wages. Paid out millions for absolutely nothing in return other than looking charitable which does nothing for your PSR apart from make it worse. Been ran shambolically for too long but hopefully we are now on the precipice of positive change.

 

[Eggs]

….football is such a ruthless business that this is where my thoughts always turn on 30th June;

We know a number of young professionals are being released, many of whom have been with the club since they were 6 or 7 years of age. Hopefully, they will have careers in the game, I remember watching Everton’s Peter Clarke playing against Ronald for England U21s in about 2002, and it’s testament to both that they were still playing professional footy last season.

Away from young professionals are the Academy kids who’ve been informed that they will not be awarded professional contracts and their time at Everton is over. Here lies the real heartache, kids and parents who’ve dreamt of footballing glory and now will feel so low.

All I can advise out of personal experience is to continue playing at whatever level. Playing football brings friendships and life skills that will help you through whatever journey you take. Being a professional is far from a guarantee of a happy and successful life, which I know only too well from old teammates.

And when you’re in your ‘60s you can be proud of what you achieved as a young footballer. You can tell your grandkids you played for Everton and one or two of you might even have scored a screamer in the Stretford End

Very best wishes to you all.

 

[Hinchcliffe's Corner]

….football is such a ruthless business that this is where my thoughts always turn on 30th June;

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We know a number of young professionals are being released, many of whom have been with the club since they were 6 or 7 years of age. Hopefully, they will have careers in the game, I remember watching Everton’s Peter Clarke playing against Ronald for England U21s in about 2002, and it’s testament to both that they were still playing professional footy last season.

Away from young professionals are the Academy kids who’ve been informed that they will not be awarded professional contracts and their time at Everton is over. Here lies the real heartache, kids and parents who’ve dreamt of footballing glory and now will feel so low.

All I can advise out of personal experience is to continue playing at whatever level. Playing football brings friendships and life skills that will help you through whatever journey you take. Being a professional is far from a guarantee of a happy and successful life, which I know only too well from old teammates.

And when you’re in your ‘60s you can be proud of what you achieved as a young footballer. You can tell your grandkids you played for Everton and one or two of you might even have scored a screamer in the Stretford End

Very best wishes to you all.

Maybe you should have started your thread with this instead of creating boomer bait by having a pointless dig at an unwell ex player.

 

[Marc bolan]

You’re also presumably capable of working in that job till at least 65, which footballers can’t do. Hence why they have contracts that run for a set time, guaranteeing them their income until it expires, rather than the set up you’re describing.

Anyway it doesn’t really answer my question, if your boss asked you to take a pay cut during those first six months of illness how would you react?

Should also add I’m not defending the obscene amount of money footballers earn, just think it’s bizarre to expect the lad to voluntarily reduce his wage while out injured.

I suppose it would help by having several millions in my bank account

 

[Hinchcliffe's Corner]

Guess this will give the DCL thread a rest for a day now the Everton Dars have a new thread to foam in.

 

[CielosGrises]

Good luck to the lad, but a terrible deal for the club - one of Bill Ks 'bargain' false economies, possibly with Uzzy/Moshs desire to have big names - I hope we can manage risk / reward a bit better moving forwards.

Hopefully with pthe arts of the contract that required playing time - we haven't come out of it so badly.

It's not like he wasn't struggling when we signed him.