Is it time for clubs to end goal bonuses and put players on flexible pay? | Sean Ingle

Mar 26, 2017

Rewarding players based on a team’s performance – rather than individually – makes sense in the modern Premier League. But how many clubs are prepared to risk it?

It was a classic local newspaper story from the mid-90s, joyfully regurgitated for the social media generation. “I’ve had enough Yorkshire puds, says United star Yeboah” ran the clipping from a 1996 copy of the Yorkshire Evening Post which did the rounds on Twitter last week, along with the story of how the Leeds striker’s unique bonus – two puddings per goal, plus one for each for his team-mates – had ended because “the Ghanaian hotshot’s goal-grabbing exploits have earned him so many puds he had to say ‘no more thanks’.”

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