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Article: Football: I am no mercenary; SOCCER SPECIAL: Toon Army's latest idol hits back at the critics SAYS pounds 65,000 A WEEK KLUIVERT.(Sport)
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- Sunday Mirror (London, England)
- Article date:
- July 25, 2004
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Byline: Brian McNALLY
PATRICK KLUIVERT last night blasted critics of his pounds 10.5million Newcastle United contract by insisting: "I'm no mercenary."
The Dutch striker, who will be paid pounds 67,000 a week for the next three years, reacted angrily to suggestions that his St James' Park move owes more to finance than football.
But 28-year-old Kluivert, desperate to resurrect his status as one of Europe's top strikers after a bitterly disappointing finale to his Barcelona career, is adamant that his switch to the Premiership was entirely down to ...