Grimmy wrote:
Was there anything concrete around Escare's wages? One new poster claimed they had heard that he was on a six figure contract. At the same time the poster also claimed Shorrocks to Widnes and Hampshire to Huddersfield (neither happened), the source the poster later named was a widely disc. redited journalist, who said we hadn't made a bid for French due to Escare's high wages......a week before French's signing was announced.
Despite all the demonstrably wrong information the poster and his source gave out at that time, everyone seemed to blindly take the 'inside info' on Escare's wage as fact as it fitted with an agenda. When he signed the extension he had played 10 games for us after being on the fringes at Catalans. I doubt we offered him so much on that strength.
I was led to believe by someone from the club that Escare is on a £100k contract and that Lam thought he was grossly overpaid for his abilities and probably wouldn't feature in his plans.
I was told this before the 2019 season had commenced so not playing has proved to be accurate sods on balance I have no reason not to believe his contracted salary.
Escare's attitude I believe also grinds within the club and is another reason for his limited appearances.
I'm not anti Escare I just think that he is a limited player incapable of performing well on a consistent basis and seemingly on a comparatively ridiculous contract.
If he could improve his fitness and alleged poor attitude he could still potentialy turn it around but probably not at Wigan whilst Lam is there