Blackpool have been reported to the PFA for paying one of their senior players just £90 a week.
Friends of former Manchester United winger Bojan Djordjic contacted the players' union after finding out he is relying on help from former team-mates like John O'Shea to live, and the PFA have pledged to look into the case.
Djordjic, 29, joined the Championship club last summer from Videoton in Hungary on an appearance-based deal but has not been picked by manager Ian Holloway.
A source said: 'Blackpool were concerned about something in Bojan's medical so they wanted to give him a contract of £90 a week plus appearance money.
'It was Bojan's understanding that, if he was fit, he would be member of the first-team squad, but it hasn't happened and he's been left with virtually nothing.
'Although things didn't work out for him at Manchester United, he was a popular figure there and John O'Shea is helping him with accommodation.'
Djordjic is thought to have received a pay-off from Videoton but that went to help his parents in Sweden.
The minimum wage means a worker earns £243 for a 40-hour week but the minimum wage for football clubs is £90 as it only covers time at the training ground.
The PFA may ask Blackpool to let the player leave in January if they have no plans to play him.
A Blackpool spokesman said: 'All our players know the contracts they entered into and any player who appears in our first team is paid accordingly.'
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Good to know there are still some great men in football.
Friends of former Manchester United winger Bojan Djordjic contacted the players' union after finding out he is relying on help from former team-mates like John O'Shea to live, and the PFA have pledged to look into the case.
Djordjic, 29, joined the Championship club last summer from Videoton in Hungary on an appearance-based deal but has not been picked by manager Ian Holloway.
A source said: 'Blackpool were concerned about something in Bojan's medical so they wanted to give him a contract of £90 a week plus appearance money.
'It was Bojan's understanding that, if he was fit, he would be member of the first-team squad, but it hasn't happened and he's been left with virtually nothing.
'Although things didn't work out for him at Manchester United, he was a popular figure there and John O'Shea is helping him with accommodation.'
Djordjic is thought to have received a pay-off from Videoton but that went to help his parents in Sweden.
The minimum wage means a worker earns £243 for a 40-hour week but the minimum wage for football clubs is £90 as it only covers time at the training ground.
The PFA may ask Blackpool to let the player leave in January if they have no plans to play him.
A Blackpool spokesman said: 'All our players know the contracts they entered into and any player who appears in our first team is paid accordingly.'
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sport/football/article-2069639/Blackpool-pay-United-old-boy-90-week-John-OShea-stumps-digs.html#ixzz1fadwnUtD
Good to know there are still some great men in football.
