England players will recieve a £300,000 bonus if England manage to win the
2006 World Cup next year.
Obviously, many England fans will ask the question - "why do the players beed a bonus?" - should they not be honoured to play for their country.
David Beckham recently opened the Beckham football academy and broached the subject of England players recieving a World Cup winners bonus.
David Beckham Opinion
"The truth is that we're earning less for this World Cup than the last one," he told the Evening Standard newspaper.
The FA make money and the players always get bonuses. If we do not succeed then the money is not there.
I know for a fact that every one of the players in our team would play for our country for nothing.
There is money in football and we talk about bonuses every time a big competition comes around and there is always criticism of the players when bonuses are agreed.
But money isn't the motivation - not at all. When you are a 15-year-old watching the World Cup, you don't dream of playing in it because you can make loads of money.
Players don't think like that, you want to be there to play on that stage."
England Blog Comment - If England win the World Cup, the players can have their £300 thousand bonus with my blessing.
What say the England fans? What say you?
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Posted at 12:27 AM, Wednesday, November 30, 2005
1 Comments
If England win the World Cup, they can have any amount of money they want!