Nigel Reo Coker on Exit - “I didn’t know who was in charge.."

[Concrete John]

It pretty depressing to think that such an average footballer must have cost the club 15-20 million for his 4 years here.

That's what average players cost these days.

Especially the ones signed by MON.

£15m is a £7m fee and £40k a week for 4 years.  That's not just MON excess - it's what you pay for a PL player capable of hoding down a place in a mid table side.

[PeterWithesShin]

I said it was depressing that he cost us between 15 and 20million (depending on exact wages, bonuses, signing on fee etc) for 102 league games over 4 years, especially as he was very average. Maybe you don't find that depressing because it's an average, but I do.

[Concrete John]

I said it was depressing that he cost us between 15 and 20million (depending on exact wages, bonuses, signing on fee etc) for 102 league games over 4 years, especially as he was very average. Maybe you don't find that depressing because it's an average, but I do.

25 games a season means he's involved a lot more often than not, but depression wise it's just a symptom of the overall lunacy of money in football to me.