Bollocks. London clubs pay more seeing as it costs 2 grand a month to live in a shed, here.
Its well known Northern clubs have had to pay more to get bigger players.
Foreign players mostly, as they have more amenities available, don't think British players are as bothered.
I think plenty of British players are bothered, but I think it's more the ones who have never spent more than 10 minutes in Newcastle that just assume it's a barren wasteland full of dole monkeys and bh home bargains's's. Basically they think the North is just an array of Sunderlands.
I really don't agree, most Brits from other parts of the country see Newcastle as the premier northern city, the sunderlands and middlesbroughs are like the bogs and marshes on the way. Or maybe that's just my perception, I always thought we were a little bit special and everyone else saw us like Kevin Keegan did.
I mean, not to be harsh, but I think this is one of the reasons for the deluded geordie stereotype. I don't believe people who have spent little time up here think that Newcastle is special in any way. It's just a norvern town really far away from everything. Especially for those who were born in London.
You're not taking the football factor into it, players know that this is a football city and that counts for something, that's why we have been able to attract big managers down the years IMO. If you want to talk about deluded Geordies you need to look at these guys who are thinking anyone's going to offer £50-60m or make that £100m in the posts before this one.
If thats directed at me i wasnt saying they would just id be happy with that amount buddy