John Boy Saint Posted 17 January, 2010 Share Posted 17 January, 2010 Not sure if this came up in the P*mpey main megathread above sorry if it did: David James loan to Stoke City, if heard right on Sky yesterday, fell through because Stoke only wanted to pay his wages until the end of the season whereas P*rtsmouth wanted Stoke to pay his wages until July. The crux of the chat was that this was damaging James chances of playing in the World Cup for England. Surely if this was the case and David James really wanted to go to South Africa in the summer, James would have taken a salary cut to enable the loan to go through putting himself back in the mind of Capello, especially as Capello has said that if you are playing for your club then you will be in his consideration. Maybe if James did take a salary cut it is what P*mpey have been pushing him for to salvage their precarious position which is why he did not make that concession, but if I was a player who was in with a serious shout of going to the World Cup at his age I would be moving heaven and earth to give myself the very best opportunity to make it happen. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Goalie66 Posted 17 January, 2010 Share Posted 17 January, 2010 Also because at the end of this month he will probably not get paid at all!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ludwig Posted 17 January, 2010 Share Posted 17 January, 2010 He can't take a salary cut in that way, not when going on loan. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John Boy Saint Posted 17 January, 2010 Author Share Posted 17 January, 2010 He can't take a salary cut in that way, not when going on loan. Why not? Surely with the supreme power that players have these days they can more or less do as they chuffin like. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gemmel Posted 17 January, 2010 Share Posted 17 January, 2010 Met him today ..... watching his son play football. Glued to he phoned for 90 mins.....didnt see his lad kick the ball once Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Micky Posted 17 January, 2010 Share Posted 17 January, 2010 I think that one of the sticking points is that if he plays a certain number of games for Pompey it triggers a claus in his contract entitling him to another years contract at the club (which they probably cannot afford), and therefore they don't want to pass that trigger point. Therefore he is not getting games for Pompey, which in turn is ruining his England chances. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hamster Posted 18 January, 2010 Share Posted 18 January, 2010 Swap him for Saga. yes you are correct, I am a genius. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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