Evening Telegraph (First Edition)
United will not ‘reward failure’
DUNDEE United chairman Mike Martin has vowed the club will not continue to “reward failure” in a shakeup of the wage structure.
Martin took overall charge of the club in March and is conducting an overhaul of how the club is run.
He said: “We have put a new wage structure in place which i s split between Championship and Premiership, ensuring players coming to the club know what they will be paid in the Championship but also know t he earning opportunity once we are back in the top flight.
“Linked to that, we have increased the reward element of total pay. In other words, we are going to reward success – and reward it quite handsomely.
“However, we’re not going to reward failure. We have been very clear to the players still here, and those joining, that we expect success and are happy to pay for that success. We will not continue to pay for mediocrity.”
Martin has also put in a place a rule that harks back to the Jim McLean days as he wants every player to be living within 25 miles of the city.
He added: “What we are saying to these professionals is we want them to live in the Dundee area.
“We don’t just want them to be part of the team but also part of the club and part of the community.
“We have put in place a new rule that says players need to live within a 25-mile radius of Dundee and we believe that will be a major factor in creating the spirit and collegiate nature we want to implement.”