"People who are normally very good judges of players completely forget whether someone is playing well or not and decide to give them a new deal solely on the basis of how old they are," said Claridge in reference to Arsenal’s decision to break tradition by offering Dennis Bergkamp a final season at Highbury.
"..as for my situation at Wycombe, I’ve consulted minimum wage legislation and to my surprise the first offer I’ve been given is actually legal. But if I were to take it, after driving into training three times a week I would only just break even," he added.