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Radio 5 Live,1 min

The crazy world of football contract clauses

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According to files leaked in The Sunday Times footballer Mario Balotelli was rewarded by Liverpool with a million pounds for not spitting during a season. Speaking to 5 live鈥檚 Stephen Nolan, sports journalist Richard Beech said football contract clauses 鈥渇rom the eye-watering to the hilarious.鈥 鈥淩azor Ruddock in the early noughties could be docked 10% of his weekly wage if he was over 100 kilograms, which is about the weight of rugby player Owen Farrell, just to put that into context.鈥 This clip is originally from 5 live's Stephen Nolan Programme on Sunday 4 December 2016.

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