DaveAV1 Posted May 8 Share Posted May 8 On 24/11/2023 at 17:10, NoelVilla said: So Rotherham would be mid-table in Ligue 1? No, I don't think so. They easily dispatched hugely ambitious SHA recently, that can’t be dismissed lightly, surely?? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
VillaChris Posted May 8 Share Posted May 8 1 hour ago, brummybloke said: Stoke have released him. Doesn't look great for his career now. Think he'll just go back to Brazil now. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
brummybloke Posted May 8 Share Posted May 8 27 minutes ago, VillaChris said: Think he'll just go back to Brazil now. Hopefully he has secured enough money to have a good life for his kids and his family. The top earner in brasil was suarez and he was on 75k per week Most are on nothing like that and that's the top players. I still think after a year of his attempt at recovery an insurance payout should have been done for both him and the club. Waste of a player due to a Thug of a player Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Davkaus Posted May 8 Share Posted May 8 It's not how his career should have gone, but he will be sorted for life just from the contract with us if he's sensible. I was surprised we were reportedly only paying him 35k a week though, that's an absolute pittance for a player we expected to be a starting striker in the premier League Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
villa89 Posted May 8 Share Posted May 8 9 minutes ago, Davkaus said: I was surprised we were reportedly only paying him 35k a week though, that's an absolute pittance for a player we expected to be a starting striker in the Premier league He probably more than doubled his wages from Belgium in joining us so 35k a week would have seemed huge. In reality it was a total gamble from us, and given the dubious nature of our signings from Belgium, all seemingly coming through one agent, could be seen as something more suspicious. Not that I am hinting at anything for legal reasons. Whatever happened to Jesus pitrach? 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AXD Posted May 8 Share Posted May 8 2 hours ago, brummybloke said: Hopefully he has secured enough money to have a good life for his kids and his family. The top earner in brasil was suarez and he was on 75k per week Most are on nothing like that and that's the top players. I still think after a year of his attempt at recovery an insurance payout should have been done for both him and the club. Waste of a player due to a Thug of a player I’m sure he made more money in his short career than most ordinary people do in their lifetime. 35k per week and he was 4 seasons with us (or on loan) + what he made before at Brugge + this year at stoke = decent earnings. Not big PL player earnings but still enough to have a more than decent life if he wants 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Straggler Posted May 8 Share Posted May 8 1 hour ago, AXD said: I’m sure he made more money in his short career than most ordinary people do in their lifetime. 35k per week and he was 4 seasons with us (or on loan) + what he made before at Brugge + this year at stoke = decent earnings. Not big PL player earnings but still enough to have a more than decent life if he wants That's over 7 million quid. Even after tax that's pretty tidy. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rodders0223 Posted May 17 Share Posted May 17 Scored more goals fjay ii On 08/05/2024 at 17:45, Straggler said: That's over 7 million quid. Even after tax that's pretty tidy. Only if he planned to retire at 27. Unfortunately most footballers don't plan to retire at all yet alone 8 years early. Let's hope he did but my instinct says footballers don't think of tomorrow and live a lifestyle to project an image. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thabucks Posted 21 hours ago Share Posted 21 hours ago (edited) Very sad reading about his struggles post injury … A career of what could’ve been and Ben Mee is the reason the prick Quote "It was very difficult for me because I was selected for the national team in November and then on January 1st I was injured," Wesley told human too. "I scored against Burnley as well. "The defender went in, I’ve got a scar on my leg. He went in and I got hurt. But I didn’t think it would be serious. The next day, the doctor said I needed an operation. I did the tests, everything had to be operated on. "Mentally I was very shaken. My wife was with me. I was really shaken up. I went into drinking depression. I drank practically every day. I cried every day, practically for 20 days." https://www.birminghammail.co.uk/sport/football/football-news/aston-villa-22m-signing-bravely-29247301 Edited 21 hours ago by thabucks 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rjw63 Posted 21 hours ago Share Posted 21 hours ago Sad story, but on another note how **** awful is the Birmingham Live website? 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rodders0223 Posted 19 hours ago Share Posted 19 hours ago Drinking every day after an injury sustained like that is a staggering admission. Like I know depression can do a number on you but I'd be amazed if that wasn't a huge contributing factor why he's never got back to a level. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Davkaus Posted 19 hours ago Popular Post Share Posted 19 hours ago The club should be learning from that. He's an adult and he's responsible for his own actions, but he was also a young employee in an unfamiliar country going through a hard time, plus, selfishly, a multi million pound asset. Just from that snippet, it seems we could have been much more proactive in helping him work through it 7 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HongKongVillan Posted 18 hours ago VT Supporter Share Posted 18 hours ago 3 hours ago, thabucks said: Very sad reading about his struggles post injury … A career of what could’ve been and Ben Mee is the reason the prick https://www.birminghammail.co.uk/sport/football/football-news/aston-villa-22m-signing-bravely-29247301 wouldnt surprise me if Ben Mee smirking at reading this Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zatman Posted 18 hours ago Share Posted 18 hours ago 1 minute ago, HongKongVillan said: wouldnt surprise me if Ben Mee smirking at reading this His manager at the time laughed it off as well. Claimed Wesley told him these things happen in football but not sure he even spoke English at the time Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mjmooney Posted 18 hours ago VT Supporter Share Posted 18 hours ago 1 hour ago, Davkaus said: The club should be learning from that. He's an adult and he's responsible for his own actions, but he was also a young employee in an unfamiliar country going through a hard time, plus, selfishly, a multi million pound asset. Just from that snippet, it seems we could have been much more proactive in helping him work through it I don't think it would happen under our current regime. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The_Steve Posted 15 hours ago Share Posted 15 hours ago That Wesley article hurt to read. Shame on anyone who mocked his injury or recovery. I cannot imagine having my career ruined like that. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
T-Dog Posted 12 hours ago Share Posted 12 hours ago 5 hours ago, mjmooney said: I don't think it would happen under our current regime. I'd be amazed if it happened under the old regime. I know they're young men with loads of money but alcoholism in football has been rife for years, and, in most instances, I would imagine lead to a other substances too. I'm not suggesting the club should be taking blood samples every week, but I would have thought that kind of thing was monitored through most levels of the professional game. I might be wrong, but staggering if true. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
claretman Posted 12 hours ago Share Posted 12 hours ago The most disgusting thing was I don’t think he even got a free kick. Mee got away scott free, horrible human. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jacketspuds Posted 10 hours ago Share Posted 10 hours ago I hate Ben Mee. I don’t even think it was the first time he scissor challenged someone either, and I wouldn’t be surprised if he has done it since. I would have loved to have seen what Emery could do with a striker like Wesley in the squad. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
villa4europe Posted 4 hours ago Share Posted 4 hours ago 5 hours ago, jacketspuds said: I hate Ben Mee. I don’t even think it was the first time he scissor challenged someone either, and I wouldn’t be surprised if he has done it since. I would have loved to have seen what Emery could do with a striker like Wesley in the squad. Broke something of Joe Gomez's too and I'm pretty sure that was another won the ball not even a foul horror tackle Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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