So by letting him buy out his contract for next year..

for ?230k (as suggested) we save ourselves approx ?10k per week i.e. approx ?500k. Given that at Helveg's age he isn't going to be able to cope with a tough 46 game league season AND international football (given the difference in prestige between the two I suspect he'd be saving hiomself for the internationals) it'd be a good deal for us. He was never going to stay if we went down (and for the reasons suggested above we wouldn't really want him to). For the money we could get someone younger and more committed.

Posted By: mr carra on June 7th 2005 at 11:21:03

Message Thread

RE: Helveg's wages... (NCFC) - d0mj4y, Jun 7, 11:11:01
- The downside to all this (NCFC) - Pompatus of Creosote, Jun 7, 11:38:12
  - I'd like him to stay (NCFC) - Yellow Jersey, Jun 7, 11:50:31
  - I thought WE were paying the ?230k (NCFC) - mr carra, Jun 7, 11:40:19
    - No HE pays US BUT (NCFC) - Pompatus of Creosote, Jun 7, 11:45:17
    - No, if he wants to breach his contract by not serving it for the full duration... (NCFC) - d0mj4y, Jun 7, 11:43:32
      - excellent - delighted to be wrong... (NCFC) - mr carra, Jun 7, 11:45:30
    - surely not if he's the one who wants to leave... (n/m) (NCFC) - duke of york, Jun 7, 11:41:54
    - No, he's going to pay us to get out of the contract (n/m) (NCFC) - Delveg, Jun 7, 11:41:14
- it was 16k in the prem-now has been halved......so im told! (n/m) (NCFC) - a scrimmage, Jun 7, 11:29:38
  - That's about right, IMO. (n/m) (NCFC) - BeverlyHills0201, Jun 7, 11:32:07
  - I stand corrected then (n/m) (NCFC) - d0mj4y, Jun 7, 11:30:45
    - i was nearly right then (n/m) (NCFC) - duke of york, Jun 7, 11:42:08
- Got what right? (NCFC) - mr carra, Jun 7, 11:12:48
  - Well maybe you're wrong? (NCFC) - d0mj4y, Jun 7, 11:15:25
    - So by letting him buy out his contract for next year.. (NCFC) - mr carra, Jun 7, 11:21:03
      - I think the Mirror have got their figures wrong. (NCFC) - d0mj4y, Jun 7, 11:23:12
        
        no I reckon they're about right because ... (NCFC) - mr carra, Jun 7, 11:25:39
        
        not sure that is the case (NCFC) - brandmoanio, Jun 7, 11:43:51
        
        He's paying us to leave, so we... (NCFC) - Delveg, Jun 7, 11:47:00
        
        We wouldn't be compensating him though. (NCFC) - roywallerslovechild, Jun 7, 11:46:02
        
        funny how such a simple statement like (NCFC) - duke of york, Jun 7, 11:53:54
        
        I'm easily confused. (NCFC) - roywallerslovechild, Jun 7, 11:59:52
        
        I know, I went back and re-read... (NCFC) - Delveg, Jun 7, 11:55:07
        
        Yep, I think it's a good deal all round... (NCFC) - Delveg, Jun 7, 11:30:28
        
        I haven't actually read the article to see exactly what they say. (NCFC) - d0mj4y, Jun 7, 11:28:37
    - i think he's on about ?15k (n/m) (NCFC) - duke of york, Jun 7, 11:16:43
      - So that's another guess then? (n/m) (NCFC) - d0mj4y, Jun 7, 11:19:35
        
        but a much more reasonable one (NCFC) - mr carra, Jun 7, 11:22:27
        
        He was 33 when we signed him. (NCFC) - d0mj4y, Jun 7, 11:25:13
        
        Roy Keane is older than that and gets nearly ?100k per week (NCFC) - mr carra, Jun 7, 11:28:06
        
        OK. (NCFC) - d0mj4y, Jun 7, 11:30:16
        
        no problem... (NCFC) - mr carra, Jun 7, 11:32:01
        
        :-) (n/m) (NCFC) - d0mj4y, Jun 7, 11:35:36
        
        yes (n/m) (NCFC) - duke of york, Jun 7, 11:21:50

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