'Additionally, it is believed the team’s wage bill has increased dramatically with certain players earning as much as £9,000-a-week on contracts with at least two years left to run.'
' it is believed those players on big contracts had a clause to increase their salary if Orient were promoted but not one reducing it if they went down.'
The owner controls one of Italy's main TV networks, and to add to the farce was a Big Brother style reality show for young wannabe Italian players, who would spend time over here then guess what - win themselves a professional contract.
The whole situation is a play thing, and its been turned into a joke. I feel for the fans, but Hearn needs some of the blame for selling it to such a tool
Why would the owner put them on such massive wages !
The t.v. show, the wages, the capital, it's all kudos and bravado and it all points to a very superficial connection to the club.
Who knows what hearn knew of this guy, but he looked after the club while he was owner and seemed prudent.
Many of us feel an affinity with their fans after the 'death' match and so it's quite a sadness how they have fared after producing such a good team last season and missing out in cruel cir***stances.
Another undesirable in football - like we don't have enough of them.
