And yet, if he sees out this contract, he'll earn the best part of €50m in wages in nine years at the club. Luke Shaw (pictured) and Jesse Lingaard have recently signed new deals that will earn them millions in the coming years. It helps, too, if like Lingard and Shaw, the player happens to be English. That, in relative terms, however, still leaves him underpaid by comparison with a weekly salary of just over a third of Shaw's new deal. If Shaw's new deal has proved anything to Rice, however, it's that his patriotism is likely to matter more than his performance when it comes to earning the big bucks.

Source: Irish Independent October 20, 2018 01:30 UTC