Wes Brown Holding Out For £80K

After rejecting Manchester United's offer of £55 000-a-week, Wes Brown feels that he's worth more.

Apparently the defender is holding out for £80k-a-week. Are you kidding me?

In my opinion I do not think Wes Brown is worth that much, I agree with Sir Alex Ferguson when he says that the offer is more than genorous.

Let's take a look as to why he wants £80k:

1. He feels that he's worth more than £55k because in the absense of Gary Neville, he has become a first team regular.

2. Man Utd rejected Newcaslte's £800 000 bid for Brown last month and then placed a £3 million price tag for the player. His advisors claim that such a price should put Brown among the club's top-earners.

First of all, just because Wes Brown is filling in for Gary Neville does not make him worth £80k a-week. If Sir Alex Ferguson knew that he would lose Nevile for the majority of the season he may have invested in a defender. And when Gary Neville recovers, Brown will find himself on the bench again. I don't think a bench warmer is worth £80k and at 28, £55k is a good deal.

Secondly, I honestly doubt that players worth £3 million earn £80k a-week.

In last summer's transfer window four players in the Premiership moved for a fee of £3 million:

Oliver Kapo (Birmingham) Fredrik Ljungberg (West Ham) Kenny Miller (Derby) Claude Davis (Derby)

Out of the four, only Claude Davis is a defender and is also 28 years old.

So does that mean Davis should also be earning £80k a-week?

Wes Brown needs to get off his high horse, he's not going to get a better deal than the one Manchester United offered. Ferguson must be getting frustated with Wes' games now and his departure seems iniment. I just hope Brown relises how stupid he's being and accepts the deal.

If he doesn't accept, well United have Rafael and Fabio, two young Brazilian full-backs coming in the summer. The transfer window will be open, so if Brown does leave United will have the chance to buy somebody who's better than him