Brown
WES BROWN’S Manchester United future is on a
knife-edge after Alex Ferguson hit out at his contract
demands.
Brown, 28, wants £65,000 a week to sign a new deal but
has been offered £10,000 less. He could leave on a free in the
summer.
Boss Fergie said: “We’ve given him his offer. It’s in
his hands, not in ours. Players today live in their agents’
pockets. It’s a situation which depresses me at times.
“Wes has been with us since he was 12 but I don’t think
that matters these days. Their agents live their lives for them —
and if you are happy to go along with that then you get the
situation you have just now.”
Brown, who currently earns £31,000 a week plus another
£10,000 a week every time he plays, has enjoyed one of his best
seasons, deputising at right-back for Gary Neville.
Fergie added: “It’s amazing given he has had such a
good season and such a good run of games while Gary has been
injured.
“We wouldn’t have made the offer if we hadn’t had faith
in him.”