George Burley says that the economic balance in football has changed and that in future the clubs will have greater power when negotiating contracts with players. Like David Sheepshanks Burley believes that players' personal terms will now be based more on performance.

The Town boss says that in recent seasons the players have had the upper hand when negotiating contracts: "In the past few years players have been in the driving seat while their agents have been negotiating contracts. That's all going to change.

"Before long clubs will be in a position to dictate terms with players happy to sign."

The advent of Bosman has seen players on long contracts, however, with the transfer market now flat and many players currently unemployed, Burley says that the balance has changed and that players will now agree to contracts which they wouldn't have considered in previous seasons: "In future plyers' contracts will be more related to performance. It will be written into contracts that salaries will be considerably affected by relegation.

"Last season, for instance, you would never have persuaded players to sign at all if such terms were included in their contracts."

A consequence of the players' bargaining power in past seasons is Town having to pay Premiership wages this season while on a Natiowide income.

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