Winston Bogarde
The mercenary’s mercenary.
Winston Bogarde earned £8 million over the course of four years at Stamford Bridge, having elected to run down his £40,000 per week contract as soon as manager Claudio Ranieri decided the Dutch defender was not in his first team plans.
“Why should I throw fifteen million euro away when it is already mine?” asked Bogarde in his autobiography, as quoted by ESPN.
“At the moment I signed it was in fact my money, my contract. Both sides agreed wholeheartedly.
“I could go elsewhere to play for less, but you have to understand my history to understand I would never do that. I used to be poor as a kid, did not have anything to spend or something to play with.
“This world is about money, so when you are offered those millions you take them. Few people will ever earn so many. I am one of the few fortunates who do.
“I may be one of the worst buys in the history of the Premiership, but I don’t care.”
Top attitude.
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