MANCHESTER CITY plan to revolutionise their payments to players on the lines of the Barcelona model for rewarding success.
Basic salaries, particularly contract renewals, will be REDUCED – but bonuses will be INCREASED.
It means top stars earning £6million-a-year could double their money if they deliver trophies.
City’s chief executive Ferran Soriano and football director Txiki Begiristain are working on the new-style contracts, which will have the biggest incentives for success in the game.
Barcelona superstars like Lionel Messi, Andres Iniesta, Xavi and Cesc Fabregas are subject to that regime at the Catalan club.
And Soriano and Begiristain know the detail of Barcelona’s deals through their time at the Nou Camp.
Begiristain is currently going through City’s contracts with a fine-tooth comb and is understood to have been staggered at the basic salaries enjoyed by players like Yaya Toure and Carlos Tevez.
City hope to establish top, basic salaries at around £140,000-a-week – rather than nearer £200,000.
They know they have to address their basic wages in line with UEFA’s financial fair play rules and they want the emphasis based more on rewarding success.
