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Between you, me and the rest of the world, there are some players out there moving clubs every year to earn contract pay-offs and signing-on fees.
The Secret Footballer: Why do they blame us for the high wages? 2011
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Diarra's salary, which amounts to some £120,000 a week, is in excess of the wage ceiling at White Hart Lane, though Levy is hoping to secure the player with a package of bonuses and a significant signing-on fee.
Tottenham's Harry Redknapp admits desire to be reunited with Joe Cole 2011
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Coming on the day when the taxpayer-owned Lloyds banking group revealed it is paying its new boss a signing-on fee of £4.6m, on top of an annual salary of £1.06m, the arts cuts are a reminder that we are certainly not all in this together.
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Young was earning more than £2m a year at Villa and has three years remaining on his contract, with further signing-on fees due over the course of that period.
Liverpool fail to complete the signing of Aston Villa's Luke Young 2010
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Iggy knew that it was a no-go, so he distanced himself, hiding, while signing-on, hedging his bets with back-room Libs and revealing his true need to simply be a Dion replacement at the expense of ANY principles whatsoever!
Would A Coalition Government Have Been Good For Conservatives? « Unambiguously Ambidextrous 2009
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“Alistair Darling: Government cannot prevent 'signing-on' bonuses for bankers Alistair Darling has admitted the Government cannot prevent the award of guaranteed "signing-on" bonuses to bankers, even in institutions owned by the state.”
Archive 2009-09-01 Thatsnews 2009
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“Alistair Darling: Government cannot prevent 'signing-on' bonuses for bankers Alistair Darling has admitted the Government cannot prevent the award of guaranteed "signing-on" bonuses to bankers, even in institutions owned by the state.”
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Salary is below international standard for seafarers and worse, it is being held for about a year upon signing-on.
Taiwanese Fishing Vessels Exploits Filipino Seamen Nomadicasian 2008
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It is really disheartening to see HUNDREDS of scientists, many probably very brilliant, signing-on to what amounts to a religious belief.
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It is really disheartening to see HUNDREDS of scientists, many probably very brilliant, signing-on to what amounts to a religious belief.
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