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Original Title: Jonjo Shelvey on leaving England to play football in Dubai: “If I’m honest, I don’t want my kids growing up in England any more. We’re lucky that we lived in a nice part of the UK. But where I’m from, originally, you can’t have nice things. I’d never wear a watch or have your phone out in London”
Jonjo Shelvey on his critics saying he only went to Dubai for the money
"I’ve since seen a few things like ‘he’s gone there for money’. I’m thinking ‘what money? There’s no money in the UAE Second Division League’.
"The ballpark of the standard wage here is £2,000-a-month for a footballer. In terms of what I’ve earned throughout my career, that’s nothing.
“My brother earns more working in a hotel in London, so it was never about coming here for the money.”