Now that we know that this Lampard situation is FUBAR, it's making me look a bit more critically at the run-up to how we got here.
I remember that people thought it was odd that Lampard wasn't represented on the MLS' Players Union's salary dump in September. You can find that here.
It was odd - Lamps had been stated to have a DP contract, and he wasn't represented with the rest of the roster. We should likely have known something was up at this point.
Look again at those numbers, and note that David Villa is listed as having a base salary for 2014 of $60,000. That's enough to have him on the books, but isn't enough to fit his designated player contract. It's obnoxiously low for a player of his caliber, and, frankly, can't be the full amount of his contract.
What gives? Where's the rest of that money? Was it paid out by Melbourne FC, or are there similar contractual shenanigans going on here?
I don't think that MCFC would pull a similar stunt as they have with Lampard, but the lack of transparency on his contract makes me concerned that they're within their rights to do so.
I remember that people thought it was odd that Lampard wasn't represented on the MLS' Players Union's salary dump in September. You can find that here.
It was odd - Lamps had been stated to have a DP contract, and he wasn't represented with the rest of the roster. We should likely have known something was up at this point.
Look again at those numbers, and note that David Villa is listed as having a base salary for 2014 of $60,000. That's enough to have him on the books, but isn't enough to fit his designated player contract. It's obnoxiously low for a player of his caliber, and, frankly, can't be the full amount of his contract.
What gives? Where's the rest of that money? Was it paid out by Melbourne FC, or are there similar contractual shenanigans going on here?
I don't think that MCFC would pull a similar stunt as they have with Lampard, but the lack of transparency on his contract makes me concerned that they're within their rights to do so.