Isn't that theft? He acquired it during the course of his work. That is akin to your house cleaner acquiring your Rolex during the course of her employ. Don't think that item will last long before being pulled.
it makes for interesting reading. They bought him a house that he rented from them & had an option to purchase it at any time and into the bargain they then bought his existing property from him, paying all costs (his as well) - so no problems settling in and having to do the usual finding & selling houses that most people would have to if re-locating to a new area.
Signing on fee of £400k, paid in 4 yearly instalments and a bonus of £125 per point for every Premier League game played or nominated as a sub...........but then they only paid the squad £100k in total if they won the Title - max payment would have been around £7,500 if he played all (then) 42 league games.
Q: Where did this come from and do you have anything regards the authenticity? Thank you 06-Nov-13
A: uklimeyboy, thank you for your enquiry. The item is genuine, I can assure you, but there is no certificate of authenticity because it's a case of "finder's keepers". If Roy Keane knocked on my door tomorrow and asked for it back, I'd have to give it to him! Six years ago I was working as a Compliance Officer for a firm of IFAs in Bromley. We had acquired the PFA's own firm of financial advisers in Birmingham, a group of ex-pros. As part of the acquisition, all of the documentation from the Birmingham office was brought down to Bromley when we closed down the Birmingham operation. My boss and I spent a couple of days sifting through thousands of documents to establish what needed to be thrown away (because it was out of date and irrelevant) and what needed to be kept. The important documents were to be dispatched to South Wales to be scanned and then destroyed. The paperwork was mainly to do with players taking out insurance, investments and pension policies and, quite frankly, 95% of it was to do with little-known players from the lower leagues. However, I came across Roy Keane's contract among all this, and put it to one side (as you would!). I don't know why on earth it was there, as there weren't any similar documents from any other players. I can't believe that he would have sent in his original copies and never ask for their return. That, in a nutshell, is how I came to be in possession of this paperwork. But for me finding it, this would have been shredded a few years back. I have no idea of what it's worth, as I cannot find anything like it to have been offered for auction before. I have no wish to keep it, as I'm not a fan of Man Utd and I'm not a collector of any kind. I don't know what else I can tell you. I've bought and sold on Ebay a few times, as can be seen, but I've never sold anything like this. If there's anything else you'd like to know, please ask.
Mr Leary can't live in place that may be deemed unsuitable by the directors! Did I read it correctly that it was £1 a week plus £8 per match? Bit surprised it was signed by the manager and not a director / chairman.
£250,000 per annum for the bloke signed for the British record transfer fee - still a lot to you or I but shows how football money has gone crazy in 20 years, some on that per week now rather than per annum.
The Charlton Museum has copies of some 50s contracts for the likes of Eddie Firmani.
In some ways these contracts are more interesting than say a shirt as it gives you a glimpse of internal workings of football at the time
Good god now that is interesting (not a single piece of sarcasm intended either) as someone who has worked with Contracts for employment for the last five years would be interesting to see how they've changed over the years, not to mention what actually goes into a Footballers Contract (minus the wages as dont care bout that)
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Signing on fee of £400k, paid in 4 yearly instalments and a bonus of £125 per point for every Premier League game played or nominated as a sub...........but then they only paid the squad £100k in total if they won the Title - max payment would have been around £7,500 if he played all (then) 42 league games.
Q: Where did this come from and do you have anything regards the authenticity? Thank you 06-Nov-13
A: uklimeyboy, thank you for your enquiry. The item is genuine, I can assure you, but there is no certificate of authenticity because it's a case of "finder's keepers". If Roy Keane knocked on my door tomorrow and asked for it back, I'd have to give it to him! Six years ago I was working as a Compliance Officer for a firm of IFAs in Bromley. We had acquired the PFA's own firm of financial advisers in Birmingham, a group of ex-pros. As part of the acquisition, all of the documentation from the Birmingham office was brought down to Bromley when we closed down the Birmingham operation. My boss and I spent a couple of days sifting through thousands of documents to establish what needed to be thrown away (because it was out of date and irrelevant) and what needed to be kept. The important documents were to be dispatched to South Wales to be scanned and then destroyed. The paperwork was mainly to do with players taking out insurance, investments and pension policies and, quite frankly, 95% of it was to do with little-known players from the lower leagues. However, I came across Roy Keane's contract among all this, and put it to one side (as you would!). I don't know why on earth it was there, as there weren't any similar documents from any other players. I can't believe that he would have sent in his original copies and never ask for their return. That, in a nutshell, is how I came to be in possession of this paperwork. But for me finding it, this would have been shredded a few years back. I have no idea of what it's worth, as I cannot find anything like it to have been offered for auction before. I have no wish to keep it, as I'm not a fan of Man Utd and I'm not a collector of any kind. I don't know what else I can tell you. I've bought and sold on Ebay a few times, as can be seen, but I've never sold anything like this. If there's anything else you'd like to know, please ask.
In some ways these contracts are more interesting than say a shirt as it gives you a glimpse of internal workings of football at the time
Thanks for posting DaveMehmet.
Mr Leary can't live in place that may be deemed unsuitable by the directors!
Did I read it correctly that it was £1 a week plus £8 per match?
Bit surprised it was signed by the manager and not a director / chairman.