Bearing in mind Butler’s comments, I feel the Mrs B social media post may have been an attempt to get ahead of things and try to set the narrative rather than have to deal with people calling him out for rejecting three offers.
Aye. Given there were three, I highly doubt that the best one was only just above minimum wage (were the other 2 lower than minimum wage and therefore illegal? I doubt it). If the money was the issue for the negotiations, I suspect the club would have made alterations in the renewed offers.
The truth is the club now has a wage ceiling it will not break – not even to re-sign its best player. We should actually be thankful for this step in the right direction towards sustainability.
