A real football character

[Ex-RoNiN]

Pearce says he is working without a contract at Eastlands and does not intend to sign one.

"I have not signed a contract because it is not worth the paper it is written on," Pearce told The Sun.

"There is one, but I've insisted on clauses that would mean I could leave for free and they would not have to pay me if they got rid of me.

"I did not cost anything when I became manager, so why should the club get a million or two if I went somewhere else? By the same token if the club does not want me to be the manager, I don't want a pay-off.

"I'd rather they gave the money to the next manager to spend."

Pearce claims he has an excellent relationship with City chairman John Wardle and is not looking to force the club into handing him a bumper pay hike.

"If the chairman said to me tomorrow 'Do you want more money?' I would say no," he added.

"From the outset he could have offered me much less than I'm earning because I was untried.

"If he offered me more now I would say no because the money he gave me was more than generous.

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Amazing

 

[4T5]

I agree Pearce is a Top Dude.
I love his passion for the game and am glad that he is still heavily involved in league action.
Coverage of him on the touch line is great. I hope he goes from strength to strength as a manager.
Good luck to him.

 

[CliffyG]

How stupid lol.

 

[atpbx]

I cant say i can agree with his sentiments on turning down free money.

"hey atpbx, here is 2 million pounds, for nothing, you dont even need to buy a lottery ticket"

"No thanks, i am following in Stuart Pearces footsteps"

"ok then.........................idiot"

 

[HangTime]

Reminds me of Seth Johnson signing for Leeds. In the preliminary meeting, he was asking for £30k/week. Then when he sat down to sign the contract the next day, Publicity Pete was offering him £40k/week.

Being a sensible lad, he penned the deal

 

[Gilly]

Little bit off there, but not far.

Seth turned up expecting 10 a week but hoping for 20. He was offered 25 and when he hesitated it was bumped to 30.

Yeah, cheers Ridsdale. Thick ****.