Michael_Vronsky
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As Arsenal plan to make 55 of their staff redundant, they also agree to pay Willian £35 million over three years. Truly sickening. Morally repugnant.
Yes but It’s not just Sky anymore. It is BT sport, Bein sports and a miriad of cable operators in the US, Middle and Far East who pur the money inI agree
Hope you are not helping to fund it with a sky subscription
Arsenal's owner is worth £8bn. He can afford to pay Willian and Özil and all 55 staff.
Exactly the point. People can complain about obscenities like this but if you buy into it, you're part of the problem. For myself I don't so much miss the premiership but I'd love to see English test cricket. But I won't fund a company like Sky.I agree
Hope you are not helping to fund it with a sky subscription
In response to your statement I would quote FFP but it’s not worth the paper it’s written on !!Arsenal's owner is worth £8bn. He can afford to pay Willian and Özil and all 55 staff.
They still have Ozil on their books who refuses to take a pay cut on a massive salary and he is a bench warmer these days as staff lose their jobs at the Club. Football is morally repugnant yes.
It is unfair to blame Ozil for that, the club was daft enough to give him that contract so why should he now turn down their money? Remember the owner is worth about 10 billion, he could afford to pay those 55 peoples wages for life and not even notice it. Questions should be asked of him not the players
Exactly the point. People can complain about obscenities like this but if you buy into it, you're part of the problem. For myself I don't so much miss the premiership but I'd love to see English test cricket. But I won't fund a company like Sky.
Bit virtuous this Finny. If you're watching it in the pub, subscribing at home to Sky (whether or not you add Sports to the package), subscribing to NowTV for one-offs, or Amazon Prime (or buying anything off Amazon), listening to commentary on Talksport, buying shirts, paying for a season ticket , you're part of the 'problem'.I agree
Hope you are not helping to fund it with a sky subscription
Just saw this after my post, yes 100% agree.Where do you draw the line though? Most big business has an unsavoury element to it. Nike comes to mind as does the Ben and Jerry's recent virtue signalling faux pas.
I do blame a system when this sort of thing happens though. In fact I call it obscene personally but that just my opinion. Do I blame Ozil - well in these days of greed and self serving probably not. Yes you are right the way that football has pimped its way to oil billionaires and ruthless overseas owners then it is no surprise sadly.
My mate is an executive at Arsenal (he'll have done the deal with Willian). I bet the owner knows nothing about the redundancies or how much they're paying Willian.Arsenal's owner is worth £8bn. He can afford to pay Willian and Özil and all 55 staff.