Monday, February 19, 2007

Zidane butts out

Well, apparently, Zidane wants 15 million a year to play for MLS, according to Steven Goff of the Washington Post, who also notes that the league isn't going for it.

For those of you who have followed the reality of David Beckham's actual salary (an estimated 9 mil a year) instead of the trumpeted total with endorsement dollars included, you'll know that 15 million yearly would break the MLS bank far more than Beckham's deal.

Like I posted before, I'm not shocked Zidane won't be in MLS this season.

Too bad. I really think it would have been a great opportunity for him and for the league.
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6 comments:

  1. AnonymousFebruary 19, 2007 at 2:54 PM

    Zidane is crazy to request $15 million a year, considering Real Madrid only paid him $8 million a year. And the guy hasn't played in a year either.

    http://images.businessweek.com/ss/06/06/worldcup_players/source/6.htm

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  2. A.C.February 19, 2007 at 3:39 PM

    Crazy like he got in the World Cup final?

    The pay request just basically confirmed my suspicion that Zidane doesn't really want to come back - and only an obscene amount of money would have convinced him to do so.

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  3. ToddzillaFebruary 19, 2007 at 4:31 PM

    Thanks, AEG, for floating the $250 million number on Beckham. Who knows if anyone had a real chance with Zidane, but surely he wouldn't have asked for as much as $15 million without knowing what Becks is getting. I think that for a while at least, their publicizing of that number is going to hurt everyone's chances of using that rule.

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  4. L.B.February 19, 2007 at 8:12 PM

    Maybe it's the skewed 5 years/250 million figure tossed around and Zidane figured hey, if Becks can get 50 million per, I should get at least 15.

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  5. ToddzillaFebruary 19, 2007 at 8:38 PM

    Well, I can't blame him for it...if that was his thought process, he would have certainly had a point!

    However, as an FC Dallas fan, I'm still bitter that the Edgar Davids thing suddenly fell apart after the Beckham announcement. It was probably a bluff to begin with, but I'll be 'typical internet guy' and make ridiculous assumptions about what my team is doing.

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  6. AnonymousFebruary 20, 2007 at 7:16 AM

    ya it would be great to see zidane and beckham playing together again. Last time they played together was for madrid.

    I also heard many great players ended their career in US.Why not zidane

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