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‘What a joke’ – Villa Fans React To Striker’s Potentially Huge Pay Rise

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Ross McCormack could see his yearly wage rise by £1million if the club are promoted to the Premier League, according to Sky Sports.

The 31-year-old has effectively been frozen out by Steve Bruce but still has two years to run on his current contract:

Fans on Twitter didn’t react particularly well to the news:

Verdict:

If we are promoted, there’s not much really we can do about a clause in his contract. Sky suggest that he is on £2.3m a year currently, but that could increase to over £3m a year.

A player who is not part of the club’s plans, and is on £60k a week, would be far from ideal, to say least. No doubt, the club would look to offer to sell him on a cut-price deal in the summer to get him off the wage bill.

Melbourne City were interested in retaining him following his loan spell in Australia during the first half of the campaign, but he has returned to Villa Park with no prospect of first team action.

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