Ryan Giggs has reflected on how money in football has changed since he started playing.
“A lot of players now, before they’ve established themselves, get a lot of money, which I never got,” said Giggs. “I was on good money, don’t get me wrong, but I was playing in the first team and I was on £30. I was on an apprenticeship wage. Then my next contract was like £200 with expenses and gradually contracts would get better the older you got. That was how I grew up. Now, before you’re proven, you’ve got the money – a four or five-year contract – which is the way football’s gone. Some players can handle it, some player’s don’t. I’ve been at the club during its most successful era and been here a long time. It’s going to be hard to beat. I’m not going to say it will never ever be done, but it will be tough.”
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if Sir Ryan got £30 than i bet there aint many who who would have got more than him…………..
Arise Sir Ryan…..
On the subject of old kits, anyone got any snaps of our 1991 Cup Winners Cup shirt – that was a great kit!
wages is ruining football just like its ruined north american sports alot of hockey teams, baseball teams,basketball teams lose millions every year ticket prices keep going up which makes the game unaffordable to the ave fan,players have no loyalty to the team or city just looking for the next big contract so fans become more and more disconnected with the team and player because and its happening in football now in a big way with more and more clubs facing bankruptcy and most players getting greedier and greedier,they kiss the badge but would be gone a week later if they could make 20k a week more somewere else.its a sad state of affairs and its runing pro sports all over the world.”money is the root of all evil” is the truest statement ever
Now that is shrewd business. Ryan Giggs for £30 a week and grateful to get it!
@ Wayne
Well said mate
How much does Giggs earn today?
@joggish i think its around 80k a week i’m pretty sure he took a pay cut a few years ago
I think he’s on about 50k a week due to his reduced games but hey he’s worth whatever he’s had at UTD
wayne your right
the offered him a 1 year contract he wanted a 2 year one. so they said a 2 year one with a cut wage and he said no problem
he just does it for the money cause id say he’s saved up a few of those 30 and 200 pounds over the year because apart from a house party with lee sharpe and nicky butt hiding in a wardrobe theres nothing about this kid/man that would make you think he spends over the top
Most well spent 30 pounds you are ever going to see.
How can anyone not respect Giggsy? A true professional and gentleman, on and off the pich. Other footballers these days get obscene wages and still behave like brats. Is Yaya Toure actually getting paid 220,000 pounds a week??? If so, that’s beyond crazy.
He’s got more medals than the fucking thug.
is this a tiny pot shot at bebe?
Giggs is the only god out there.. He should be on 250,000 a week
£30 was probably his YTS allowance; United were cheapskates in those days and Martin Edwards would do anything to save a few quid; Giggs comments put the modern game into perspective!
Everybody always gets p*ssed off at the players getting outrageous wages. Rightly or wrongly that is the nature of the game that we as society have shaped. What people don’t really consider all that often, is who signs the players’ cheques? How much money does that guy have?
If we feed the best it only gets bigger. I don’t have solutions, only observations….