1danewhitehouse
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So Thorpy by definition are you saying increase his wage from £2K to £20K making him the highest paid player.
He's not ever played a game in the men's league yet and you're suggesting he's worth around £10 million.
Amazing!!
Agents negotiate salaries based on the players worth (transfer fee wise) to the club, so if you're confident we could get £10 million for him in 2 or 3 years then the agent can easily justify that he's worth £20K a week salary (which is £4 million over 4 years).
He's hugely talented and has great potential but he's currently no where near good enough to get a starting place. There's a massive difference between the Toulon under 19 tournemnrnt and the real deal of men's standard league football.
I’d say based on his pre-season exploits that he is very near to being good enough to start. Maybe not quite there yet (probably impact sub at the moment) but that isn’t anything like “nowhere near”. Someone like Jordan Hallam, Jake Wright Junior etc. might be considered “nowhere near” but certainly not Brooksy. He’s very much part of the first team squad and if he stays, I wouldn’t bet against him being a regular starter before xmas.