Alvaro Recoba took (accepted) close to 50% pay cut 2 years into a 5 year contract at 27 years of age. Fact.
Sneijder played 1 great season and the rest of his time was as constructive as Quaresma.
Cambiasso with almost 2/3rds the salary of Sneijder has been more useful to the team post treble than Sneijder. Despite results and state of affairs with the team /managers.
Edit:Reports that Cambiasso will be asked to reduce his wages, time will tell if he honours this or that his influence is indeed prominent.
Van Gaal's decision to drop Sneijder as Oranje captain was another disappointment for the former Inter star after Galatasaray president Unal Aysal said the Turkish giants are ready to sell him following his below-par performances since his winter move.
"I have been following the rumours about Sneijder, but we have not received an offer for him. If an offer in the region of €15 million comes in, we might decide to sell him, though," Aysal told Sabah.
The 29-year-old has a contract with the Istanbul giants until 2016, but he stated last week he would be keen to be reunited with Jose Mourinho at Chelsea.
Im surprised you're reading goal.comHe is surprised for losing the captaincy.
http://www.goal.com/en/news/462/net...at-painful-oranje-captaincy-loss?ICID=HP_BN_8