In an era when football has lost a little of its dimension and value for money, when clubs spend stratospheric amounts of money on players' signatures, one should not be surprised by the absurd and often 'indecent' clauses that players demand to be included in their contracts. Not all of them are accepted by presidents, but most are.
One of the most expensive transfers in world football (so far) is the one involving Kylian Mbappélast summer from Monaco to Paris Saint-Germain for the 'modest' sum of 180 million euros. Such a high price for the cost of the card could only be matched by an equally high amount demanded in terms of salary, as well as rather 'peculiar' claims for benefits and rewards. According to Football Leaks, in fact, the entourage of the French jewel would have requested an increase in his salary from the current 18 million per year to 30 million if he wins the Ballon d'Or. But the footballer's nabob whims would not stop at sky-high salaries. In fact, the former Monaco player is said to have demanded compensation in case the club was excluded from the Champions League - for exceeding the Financial Fair Play pegs, the availability of a private jet for 50 hours a year and, finally, 30 thousand euros for rent, a butler, a driver and a bodyguard. Expenses, the latter, perhaps difficult to manage with a 'paltry' salary like his.
From France to England the journey is short if you have your own 24-hour helicopter. What it took David Beckham for his wife to move to AC Milan, as well as a fitness centre, a spa pool, a personal hair stylist and a macrobiotic chef.
13Similar to the Ivorian's demands Gervinho. For his passage to the Al Jazira he demanded plane tickets for his family, a helicopter and a private beach.
But how can we not mention the exuberant Balotelli and his request, to Liverpool, for an extra £1 million in case he missed three expulsions in the season for violent behaviour.
There are also those who, in addition to their pretensions, also have hearts of gold. The altruist HazardIn fact, he did not hesitate to think of his former Lille teammates, for each of whom he wanted 10,000 euros in compensation for the loss of the team's best player.
While some players insert clauses in their contracts to increase their wealth, others require them for reasons of force majeure. This is the paradoxical story of the Dutch aerophobe Dennis Bergkamp who stipulated in his contract with Arsenal that he should always travel by road or rail. Hence the nickname 'non-flying Dutchman'.
The protagonists change but the meaning remains the same. This time, the unusual and extraordinary proposal is made by a club to a player: the Rot-Weiss Oberhausen, a German fourth-tier team, in order to convince Zlatan Ibrahimovic to sign for the club, offered him the sceptre of the city after establishing the monarchy.
But, at the end of the day, who cannot say that at these figures, the life of these characters is already king?
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