Mexes Gives In; Will Stay At Roma
By: Martha | June 8th, 2007
According to the Italian press, Philippe Mexes (AKA The Prettiest Man in Football) has gotten over his irritation at Roma’s £1.7 million (non-Totti) salary cap, and is going to sign a four-year contract extension later today. Though the fact that I can’t find this story anywhere but Channel 4 makes it immediately suspicious, it never really seemed likely that Mexes would leave, despite the fondest wishes of Tuttosport and other Turin-based rumormongers.
Assuming this actually happens, it’ll be interesting to see if Mexes ends up seeing out the deal; if Roma aren’t willing to adjust their pay structure in the future (something that seemingly will come only if the money fairy pays them a visit), they’re probably going to have to accept that the defender’s eventual departure is inevitable. If Mexes’ career continues on its current path, he’ll soon be offered money that dwarfs that £1.7 million/year and it’s going to be awfully hard for him to say no. I know he’s loyal to the club and all, but there are limits — not everyone can be Lucarelli.
Or am I not giving Mexes enough credit? Would he stay forever, totally out of love? Because, you know, that happens in football ALL the time. What do you think, Chris?
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It’s done. If you can read Italian it’s the top story on http://www.ilromanista.it behind the Totti capocannoniere t-shirt ad which is really starting to drive me mildly insane.
As for the pay structure, it’s really shady. Montella definitely makes more (something like a ridiculous 5.5m next year), De Rossi I believe makes like 3.3-3.5m - and in line for whole lot more - and Mancini 3.1m. So I don’t know how it works out but once Franco Sensi passes on, he’s in mighty frail condition, I think everyone expects Rosella to sell the club and that’s when the players will get their big money (owning Roma for the right person would be a massively profitable business venture). The younger guys like Mexes will stick around and wait and still make nice coin while doing so, though I do think Mexes loves Rome. Plus, their younger talent like Okaka Chuka, Curci, De Rossi and Aquilani are all future/current stars, so the future is promising on a football level too. I think it’s a multitude of things that kept him around.
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There are much prettier Mexes photos than this one. Where’s the beef, Martha?
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Just reading Chris’s comment. I think Okaka Chuka sounds like something that would require the Heimlich maneuver.
(It’s Friday. Can you tell?)
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