Is it anything as ludicrous as O'Shea's? And before you start, I know Chelsea pay silly money, but O'Shea must have thought he'd won the lottery!
I would say he will be on about 65 - 70k a week. Thats just a rough guess though. I do honestly doubt JOS is on more than 50, this 80k a week is nonsense.
I'm not so sure. Our wage bill in 2009/10 was ã130m for the year. Our 1st team squad last season was around 26 players, which is about ã5m a player. After Employers NI and all that guff that probably still makes an average wage for the squad of about ã85-90k a week, with players like Rooney on lots more, but players like Gibson on a lot less. So it's not inconceivable that O'Shea ended up on ã75-ã80k a week. Although I think Chelsea win it with their ã172m bill over about 20 players. Based on the same maths, that means the Chelsea squad has an average salary of almost ã150k a week! Makes Rooney's ã160k a week seem positively reasonable...
I thought I'd diffused the possibility of getting a dig about that Swarbs you berk Torres is on appx ã175k, Terry and lampard ã155k...Drogba ã120 and it goes down from there... I thought Rooney was on circa ã250k?
Seriously if JOS is on more than 50k a week the worlds gone mad. I see how it is possible, but the logic is ridulous. To pay a non key player footballer that much is ridiulous.
Rooney is on 180k or 200k. I remember Gill saying he will get a massive deal and can't be bettered else where, so are we talking plus 200k?
I can't believe we are spending 200k plus on such a average player. There is about 20 other strikers who are better than Wayne out there we could get on a cheaper and better wage.
I have to agree, it is ridiculous money, but for the amount of merchandise/sponsorship cash he brings in it makes some business sense.
ã250k a week if you read the Sun. ã175k if you read any other source. And ã175k far more believable. Can't imagine Chavski would have only offered Torres ã175k if he knew Rooney was on almost 50% more. Either way it's a ridiculously large amount!
lol who reads the sun? If people are prepared to pay that much, then it will always be a load of money. It's football. I think it would of been fitting if he got the 200K last season when he was performing really well, not on a season where he's not shone so much. Ah well.