Even players like Anthony Martial, Niccolo Zaniolo and Angel Gomes are known to have Ballon d’Or bonuses in their contracts. Like I say its very naive to believe that this award is voted for without influences behind the scenes (and in the one circumstance with PSG local reporting has already revealed it)
2 Likes
If they see them as extras rather than a diversion of what they would be getting as base salary or from other more achievable bonuses I can easily see them agreeing to it.
Odds of it being activated/ paid are probably fairly remote for most players that clubs/ sponsors are likely to agree to it as an added incentive.
1 Like
5 Likes
Its a flat sofa and he’s not even stretching. I’m just taken by how modest his place appears.
Who was the player (goal keeper?) who cut his foot so badly he was out for weeks when he ‘caught’ a glass from falling off the kitchen counter/emptying the dishwasher or something with his foot?
1 Like
Was that Chris Kirkland?
Arsenal’s Steve Morrow i think broke his arm when a team mate dropped him during a team celebration (they had either just scored or won a game, possibly a cup final?).
Didn’t he injure himself lying in bed? He was less a goalkeeper and more of a medical curiosity. Since retirement, he has been kept in a preservation jar at the Wellcome Collection
4 Likes
Tony Adams dropped him after a League Cup final I think.
2 Likes
I mean all jokes aside, he is notably the most recent ex-player of ours to have taken charge of a team of ours, albeit it being Liverpool Women.
1 Like
Think that was Tony Adams.
Yes Kirkland rings a bell.
Edit: Google is telling me it was David Beasant:
The veteran goalkeeper was already battling to keep his place at Chelsea in 1993, but the means by which his career at Stamford Bridge came to a close was distinctly unusual. The former Wimbledon man managed to drop a jar of salad cream on his foot, the shattering glass severing the tendons in his toes. He never played for Chelsea again, with manager Glenn Hoddle shipping him off to Southampton.
Apparently it was a gigantic 2kg jar which did the damage, which tells us a fair amount about Beasant’s eating habits as well. He would at least go on to make more than 200 further league appearances in a career which only ended at the remarkable age of 55 at Stevenage – he didn’t play for them, but did make the substitute’s bench against Carlisle United. Whether his taste in condiments had improved by that point is unknown.
2 Likes
Dave Beasant. It kept him out of the world cup or Euros
I think it was David James who hurt his knee by sitting with his legs up on the coffee table and somehow hyperextended it
4 Likes
I’ve definitely been in danger of doing that more than once, falling asleep with my legs up… 
1 Like
Thing is it can happen. If you are a regular gym goer or play amateur football then amount of niggles I would pick up at times when resting. Nothing serious but I was far healthier than now and yet.
2 Likes
One season wonder, they said
One trick pony, they said
8 Likes
I’m more impressed that he has overtaken Gordon Hodgson in a similar number of games. Could he equal Hunt if he stays?
3 Likes
I like the quality of his penalties lately.
11 Likes
Yup, reminds me of Milner’s at his best.
Mo Salah has equalled two all-time Premier League records today:
Most goals scored by an international player (184)
Most goal contributions in a 38-game season (44)
8 Likes
2 Likes