Daniel Sturridge - must be having a laugh

[Rosco]

Daniel Sturridge may leave Manchester City over £75,000-a-week pay demand

• Teenager Sturridge rejects £45,000-a-week offer
• Striker has started three league game this season

Daniel Sturridge, Manchester City's young player of the year, will almost certainly leave Eastlands in the summer after talks broke down about his £75,000-a-week salary demands to become the best-paid teenager in English football.

After several months of negotiations, Sturridge has turned down City's final offer of around £45,000 a week and informed the club that he will look elsewhere unless they make him one of the team's highest earners, despite starting three league games all season.

His stance has angered the City manager, Mark Hughes, and led to accusations of greed within the club. Hughes believes Sturridge has been badly advised by his representatives and the club are dismayed by the 19-year-old's attitude at a time when Stephen Ireland, their player of the year, is negotiating a contract that will earn him an initial weekly salary of £60,000, rising to £80,000 over two years.

"We've put in another offer [to Sturridge] which has been declined and we haven't gone back to Daniel's people since," said an unhappy Hughes. "I don't think there's much leeway to negotiate now. I am disappointed about how it has turned out."

Sturridge is now a target for several other Premier League clubs, including Aston Villa and Everton, but Hughes is more optimistic about concluding the negotiations with Ireland, despite the midfielder expressing frustration this week about the length of time it was taking.

Ireland had said he was "way off" agreeing a deal but Hughes is encouraged by the player's recent statements that he wants to stay at City for the remainder of his career. Brian Marwood, recently appointed as the club's football administrator, will be holding further talks with Ireland in the next few weeks.

"For everybody's benefit we want to get it done and dusted quite quickly," said Hughes. "It's important we recognise the progress Stephen has made this year. He's been outstanding and he needs to be rewarded for that."

 

[Ossi]

Has the whole world gone crazy? *Walter Sobchak*

 

[LFD]

75,000? Hahaha.

 

[Paddy]

No quotes of wanting 75k a week. Maybe he knows he will get barely any playing time when City bring in a couple of new attackers.
Probably wants to go to a club where he will get more games.

 

[Rosco]

A demand like this just sends out the wrong message completely, doesn't it ?

We all know Sturridge is a talented player who could become a very capable Premiership operator in time, but this sort of attitude could seriously hinder him.

What club is going to pay him £75k a week ?

His situation isn't clear either, while he's out of contract soon to qualify for a Bosman I'm pretty sure you need to be 24 and moving abroad. So someone is still going to have to pay for him.

 

[Portly]

Are Aston Villa or Everton prepared to pay Sturridge £75,000 per week? I very much doubt it. It's a pity that Premiership clubs can't show more solidarity when a player starts taking the piss, instead of fanning the flames.

 

[Rosco]

City have made a rod for their own back though with Bridge.

Every single agent when he goes to negotiate is going to say "Well my client is better than Bridge, and he is on £93k a week"

So I can see why they might try to take the piss

 

[Biggus Dickus]

[quote author=Rosco link=topic=33696.msg873035#msg873035 date=1243074013]
City have made a rod for their own back though with Bridge.

Every single agent when he goes to negotiate is going to say "Well my client is better than Bridge, and he is on £93k a week"

So I can see why they might try to take the piss
[/quote]

That pretty much sums it up

 

[Peatcheo]

What a prick, i hope that he fades to obscuirty.

 

[SummerOnions]

I think he'd accept much less at a different club. I just think he wants parity with some of the other fringe players, and fair enough.

 

[manwithnoname]

It's not fair enough at all, the clueless bellend has played about 4 games and been injured half his career

 

[King Binny]

If he stick with his current agent, he's career will only go on a downward spiral.

 

[rebel23]

wrong attitude. it means so much in football...

 

[Ossi]

From the guardian:

Manchester City to seek compensation if Daniel Sturridge joins Chelsea• £10m 'development fee' wanted by City for Sturridge

Daniel Taylor guardian.co.uk, Tuesday 9 June 2009 22.00

Manchester City will seek £10m compensation for Daniel Sturridge if, as expected, the teenager defects to Chelsea when his contract at Eastlands expires at the end of the month. City have resigned themselves to losing the talented 19-year-old striker while another of their young English stars, Joe Hart, is also making plans to join the potential exodus, having verbally agreed a year-long loan to Birmingham City.

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Sturridge's situation is based more on finance – he turned down the offer of a new £45,000-a-week deal to open negotiations with Chelsea about joining them as a free agent. He would become the best-paid teenager in English football, with a weekly salary around £75,000. However, City are entitled to claim a "development fee" through an FA tribunal because Sturridge is below the age of 24 and the club are determined to get a substantial sum for a player they took from Coventry City's youth academy as a 13-year-old.

So...how many minutes will he play for Chelsea next season or will he go on loan to a championship team with £75.000 per week in salary?

 

[Irish_Red]

What a greedy little bastard, hopefully he'll do a Jeffers and disappear into obscurity.

 

[keniget]

Is he *really* asking for 75k? I've seen it mentioned in the press but can we take that as fact?

 

[Ossi]

[quote author=keniget link=topic=33696.msg885521#msg885521 date=1244620395]
Is he *really* asking for 75k? I've seen it mentioned in the press but can we take that as fact?


[/quote]

Don´t know of course but it sounds stupid to go to chelsea considering he´s not a starter for man c...so it has to be the money in the end. Or?

 

[Paddy]

Going to Chelsea.

 

[SaintGeorge67]

City think the tribunal fee should be £10m, Chelsea think £3m.

 

[Paddy]

Should settle on about 5 or 6 then.

Wonder what wages he will be on?