Show me the money!

Flamini is learning fast.

Not how to dictate play from the middle of midfield against the best teams in Europe. No, no he has been attending the Wes Brown school of how to get far more money than your limited ability deserves.

Brown has managed to secure a reported £60,000 a week as Manchester United wanted to secure his services beyond this summer. Brown has played nearly all of United's games this season, looks set to win a League winners medal and appear in a Champions League Final, and still he felt he should try to push his luck even further and threaten to leave on a free so he could sign a lucrative new contract.

Brown is undoubtedly a very good player,England international and regular for the potential champions of England and Europe. But for him to try and hold United to ransom over his new deal is a slight over estimation of his importance to the team.

With Arsenal supposedly tabling a £50,000 a week contract for Flamini, how much does he think he is actually worth?

Footballers only have a limited time in the game so yes they have every right to maximise their income while they are playing, but maybe Flamini should be showing some loyalty to a manager who has shown enough faith in him to drop the captain of Brazil to allow him to play.

Arsenal took Flamini from Marseille when he refused to sign a long-term contract with the French side after emerging from the youth team. There he exploited a loophole that allowed him to move for mere "training compensation" and was shrewd enough last year to threaten to buy out his contract and leave if Wenger did not start playing him this year.

So clearly Flamini is all about doing what is best for himself.

Maybe it is time for him be a team player and show some loyalty to a club who has given him the chance to show case his talents on the biggest stage of all.