I don't really see why he wouldn't take the paycut
It's prob still around 250-300k I reckon he will get
His stock is in the dirt atm and he would rather be playing than not I feel
Also the draw of being able to retire in front of a club that actually likes you would be nice.
Look at the send off Ben Youngs and Dan Cole got would imagine for a player thats a big draw
Yes, I can see him taking £250-300k, especially if he's seeing it a semi-retirement as he moves into coaching, where he's starting from the bottom and probably closer to £50k
But... because, if he's Lozowski's injury dispensation pick, then he can only be paid the amount that Loz would have been paid whilst out.
So IF Loz is on £200k p.a., and due to miss 50% of the season, then they'd only be able to pay Fazlet £100k (and bank on Loz not making an early come-back - or leaving him out once available anyway, until he hits 50%)
ETA: Ooops, of course, if Sarries also have room in the salary cap to pay him, just not as much as he's worth - then they can add those 2 figures together, to make a more respectable number.
People have a very odd view of who Farrell is as a person that doesn't seem to be rooted in anything but their animosity towards him
Yeah, I'd never make assumptions about him as a person; beyond that I'd expect him to be a really intense personality, and even there, I reserve my right to be wrong.
My animosity to him as a player was mostly due to the blind spot that the entirety of the press had towards him as being the messiah for a good decade where he could do no wrong, despite not being particularly skilled as a rugby player - and keeping out a better (IMO) option in Ford, before finally merely being a ball-and-chain on Ford, and having the team built around him.
I'm sure I took my criticisms and animosity too far - as an over-reaction to the over-praise he was receiving, but repeated enough that I'm sure I believed some of my over-reaction. Once polarised, the reactions become polarised, and the whole thing gets unhealthy.
To a lesser degree, I get the same with Finn Russell - it's not that the press think he can do no wrong, but that think he can walk on water if tried it; and just won't stop talking about him.
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