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Hang on, because Woolwich over pay their wasteman means we have to increase Eriksen's wages? What Woolwich pay their players has no baring what we pay ours.If eyes are offside is being paid 350 a week then Surely we must make a huge and decisive offer to Christian immediately
Could explain why, in my opinion, he has not had the best of starts to the season. He definitely deserves to be one of the highest earners. Isn't Harry now on about twice as much as Lloris?
Hang on, because Woolwich over pay their wasteman means we have to increase Eriksen's wages? What Woolwich pay their players has no baring what we pay ours.
Fine to judge who and how much we pay our other players in the side though.
Considering we're the only club club to spend absolutely fuck all on transfers this summer, there is simply no excuse for not paying our best players what they deserve to keep them at the club.
Especially as our manager and chairman have both earned huge new contracts and bonuses way in excess of their peers.
Hang on, because Woolwich over pay their wasteman means we have to increase Eriksen's wages? What Woolwich pay their players has no baring what we pay ours.
Fine to judge who and how much we pay our other players in the side though.
I'm saying we should be capable of paying our players what they deserve. I never mentioned Ozil.How much do you give him weekly to keep him sweet? On par with Kane? He's top class but there's no way he can be compared with the money Ozil is on surely
I'm saying we should be capable of paying our players what they deserve. I never mentioned Ozil.
So we can pay a manager who has never won a major trophy more than virtually any other manager in Europe.If we don't get the safety certificate this autumn and need to spend much of the season at Wembley, we'll probably need to be more careful on the wages we offer players.
The most important business over the past 3 years has been to secure the signatures of the current players that Poch wants. I think that remains the case. Perhaps more now that we go again in the league with the same squad that has done so well. Having kept our transfer “chest” intact because we can’t realistically improve on the squad, we need to make sure that we are paying the “heartbeat” players in the side like Eriksen, the kind of wages their abilities deserve. I’m not saying we should go full retard and pay Ozil type wages, but pinning Eriksen down to a new contract on £150-£175k a week shouldn’t be an issue to the club. In fact, we shouldn’t bat an eyelid at that kind of money, as obscene as it is. It’s becoming the lower end of the going rate for world class talent. And Eriksen couldn’t be replaced for £120 million in today’s market.So we can pay a manager who has never won a major trophy more than virtually any other manager in Europe.
And we can pay a chairman who has delivered 1 league cup in 18 years more than any other chairman or C.e.o in the premier league.
But we can't pay our best players the going rate until the stadium gets its safety certificate.
Even though we didn't spend £1 on transfer fees this summer.
Unbelievable.
They've been over paying so many of their donkey's for years Welbz, Gibbo, Jack, Theo, The Ox, Rambo, Jenko. They have been stuck with this lot, none of them getting many minutes No team is mad enough to match the wages they were being paid.Woolwich probably need to pay 'top dollar' and way over 'market' wages to get good players to join them as they are so obviously bottom of the top 6 PL clubs.
Spurs look to be way ahead of them (training facilities, new stadium, coach reputation and pool of top players) so we don't need to match Woolwich's wages
That may well be what Levy is doing for all we know. But when inferior players, at inferior clubs, like Crystal Palace and West Ham are already earning those figures, Christian Eriksen would be well within his rights telling Levy to fucking sit on a fat one and swivelEriksen is on 75k? If I were Levy I'd open the offer at an even 100,000/week, with an eye to settle at 125,000/week.
So we can pay a manager who has never won a major trophy more than virtually any other manager in Europe.
And we can pay a chairman who has delivered 1 league cup in 18 years more than any other chairman or C.e.o in the premier league.
But we can't pay our best players the going rate until the stadium gets its safety certificate.
Even though we didn't spend £1 on transfer fees this summer.
Unbelievable.