Stoke City: Lawrence hoping for promotion to Premier League wage packet
by Michael Baggaley
STOKE midfielder Liam Lawrence is expecting a formal contract offer from the club in the next 24 hours ... and hopes to resolve his future within a week.
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The 27-year-old is under contract for another 12 months, but has asked for a pay rise and a deal to tie him to Stoke for the next four years.
Lawrence signed his last contract in March 2008 during the club's promotion season from the Championship. He has asked for a deal to reflect Stoke's Premier League status, but says he doesn't want to be the best paid player at the club.
He said: "I have read stuff about me wanting to be on £30,000 a week. That's just not true. I can't expect to go from less than £10,000 and ask for a 200 per cent increase."
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by Des Evans, newquay cornwall
Thursday, July 02 2009, 8:05AM
“Liam as much as i admire you as a player you only played half a season , no fault of SCFC (woof woof) it works both ways”
by steve o, milton
Wednesday, July 01 2009, 4:53PM
“liam, and all other footballers are seriously taking the biscuit.... there should be capped at 50k for the top top players then the liam lawrences ( championship player in my opion) wouldn be moanin at 210 k a week...
come be a postman and earn 16 grand a YEAR... i bet you took 400grand off stoke when you supposedly fall over your mut..
im fed up with greed in football, i am seriously fed up with all greed... i wish we had more local talent who wants play for the clu, not just keep taking.”
by steve, Ottawa
Wednesday, July 01 2009, 4:42PM
“Seen him play against Bristol, and also watched the games in Canada on TV, in my humble opinion, there are a few players, the above included, that are not quite good enough to keep Stoke up and running in the Prem...so paying em prem wages, will that make them play any better? don't think so”
by john, crewe
Wednesday, July 01 2009, 4:05PM
“It's not the comparison to the average person's wage that amazes me, it is the obsession that football club director's have to buy success at any price. Nearly all directors / chairman are successful business men in their own right, so why do they take crazy risks and put their clubs on the point of administration by paying over-inflated salaries for football's prima donnas. Most football clubs would now be bankrupt if they were a private sector business. Everytime a player like Kaka or Ronaldo moves for obscene sums of money, the Lawrences of this world want to jump on the bandwagon. Get real Mr Chairmen, the world is in recession or are footballers "out of this world".”
by ST, Stoke
Wednesday, July 01 2009, 1:16PM
“Martin
Id be shocked if our players didnt have a relegation release/ wage reduction clause. St Peter is far to savvy to get caught out by that.
As you say though, the market dictates the wages people get in any walk of life. Football has gone off the scale and is due a reality check although until that happens, players will want parity with others in the same job - regardless what the rest of us earn.. thats just life.”