Bayern has players on less money than some of our bench players. The likes of Kroos, Dante at Bayern (not the biggest stars but important players), are getting less than 100k per week in €. We have Lescott, Rodwell, Richards on similar wages. They wouldnt get close to play at Bayern, they are hardly playing for us these days...
But if I remember well when Txiki first looked at the squad worth and the wage list he nearly fell off his chair. I read it somewhere surely, didnt make it up.:)
I hope we continue what we started that giving smaller fix wages with greater bonuses. If the infos are right none of Navas, Negredo, Fernandinho are over 100k per week. Maybe if all the bonuses would be active they would be even on 120-150k.
But if they arrived here around 2008-2010, their basic wage could have been 150-200 basic wage maybe. Thats where the inflation comes from. I mean we did pay 15-17m for a crocked RSC and 12m for Bridge and 80-90k per week wages. We still had to pay these wages last year when they were out on loan. Or Adebayor still being paid as we had to pay off him next to the pretty low fee we got for him as his wages were high so any possible fee became pretty low.
thats why we couldnt sold Barry for a fee, werent many going to pay his wage and some fee on top of it. At least Everton took him on loan and hopefully pay his wages in full.
Also for Dzeko, it could make it harder to sell him if wants the same wages he gets here at his next club.
I am not against to give huge wages to great players, but we really gave huge wages to some mediocre players or not world class players.
