Effes wrote:s@int wrote:You mean like Bellamy ? cos I can't think of anyone else who has taken a pay cut to join us.
Torres is just about the only player we have signed that could have picked his club, but I don't think he took a pay cut.
Torres did take a pay cut as far as I can recall, Saint.
Looks like you are right mate
The top 20 players list features one other Red - new boy Fernando Torres ranks as the 19th richest footballer in the UK with an estimated worth of £10m. The 23 year old Spaniard allegedly took a pay cut to join the Reds this summer and is now on £90k per week as opposed to £100k at Atletico.
Confirmation from BBC that Cofie has gone to the mancs:-
Man Utd capture 14-year-old Cofie
Manchester United have beaten Liverpool and Chelsea in the race for 14-year-old Burnley striker John Cofie and agreed an undisclosed fee with the Clarets.
Burnley rejected a reported £250,000 bid from Liverpool for Cofie this week.
But the German-born Ghanaian refused to return to training with the Clarets and they agreed he could leave Turf Moor.
Burnley have inserted a 25% sell-on clause in the deal, which also gives them first refusal on any loan deal and a future friendly match with United.
It will be three years before Cofie can sign professional terms at Old Trafford and the friendly game will take place within 12 months of that.
Cofie was signed by the Clarets last summer after he was spotted at a youth tournament in Germany.
"The player was unwilling to come back to Burnley so we didn't have a choice in keeping him here," Burnley operational director Brendan Flood told his club's website.
"He was going to go to one of the clubs chasing his signature and in the end, we all felt that Manchester United was the right option.
"He has a good future ahead of him and hopefully we can try and keep youngsters of John's quality at the club in future."
