[Albion] Would you be happy with the Albion paying a player a £100,000 a week?

[drew]

I trust Bloom and Co to pay what we can afford and if that is £100k per week for the right player then so be it. Perhaps we should have a limit on how much a funeral costs, or how much a hedgefund manager can earn or a pop star, author etc etc.

 

[drew]

Voted no. I just don't think it's acceptable to pay anyone that much. No-one needs £100K a week, nor frankly does anyone 'deserve' it. From a time when in my early years the gap between the richest and the poorest in this country was at its lowest ever to a time now when footballers earn - or should that be 'earn' - more in a week than the Prime Minister does in a year (and I know the present PM is despised on here, but that's irrelevant) I can only see it as the opposite of progress.
Yes, I know many will come back with arguments along the lines of 'going rate' and 'market value', but I don't care. I'm an armchair fan these days, I admit, but will remain a fan all my life. Should we start paying £100K a week though, that connection I feel between me and the club I love would inevitably be diminished.

So you're an armchair fan. Does that mean you are a subscriber to Sky or BT?

 

[GT49er]

So you're an armchair fan. Does that mean you are a subscriber to Sky or BT?

No.

 

[Beanstalk]

Had a barney with my dad about this after the Chelsea game.

Currently, no way. We have built ourselves as a sustainable football club with a solid, intelligent wage structure in place. In 5 years time with solid progression and if a wage structurer is still there I'd probably be fine with it.

Ultimately, we are probably paying our top earners around £70,000 a week currently. If we settle around 10th as a normal placing in the PL then we'd probably have additional income of at least £10million - we could probably afford to boost our top wage to £100,000 a week. In short, as long as we remain sustainable in the long term, I don't mind. Right now, I don't think it is sustainable.

 

[RM-Taylor]

I was led to believe, Lallana was on 60 a week and Dunk 70.

You may know more than what I do Harty, but it was widely mentioned that Lewis deal for last season was £70k a week and he got an increase between 20 and 25% for the deal signed this summer due to Lallana signing.

 

[albionfan37]

If you wanna fish with the bigger boys you need better bait

 

[wellquickwoody]

Happy to see us paying stupid money? No.

Footballers are not worth their money, but that is the way the world is. Pleased if we begin to compete with Villa, Sheffield Utd etc, yes.

Would I like to see a wage cap of £100k per week? Best thing that could happen.

 

[A1X]

Yes, because I believe the club would only offer it to someone if they felt they could justify and afford it within their means, so I'd trust them on that.

 

[Bakero]

I don’t think ‘disgusting‘ is a fair word . Players who command £100k a week are at the very top of what is , as you say, a multi-billion pound industry. That’s probably the same as any other multi-billion pound industry - the movie business for example.
They’ve earned that wage through hard work and talent.

I know what you mean but I'm not singling out footballers. I find it disgusting that anyone earns way more than they need when others are going to be hungry.

 

[chaileyjem]

Dunk was on £70k a week last season and had an increase of 25% or slightly more to his last signed contract.

I’ve heard Dunk has already broken the £100k barrier.

Ultimately, we are probably paying our top earners around £70,000 a week currently. .

I was led to believe, Lallana was on 60 a week and Dunk 70.

Hmmm.

 

[Beanstalk]

Hmmm.

I'm going to put my hands up and admit that I'm not ITK with the £70k remark!

A solid guestimation based on lots of credible sources saying that Lallana is not on anything like the £80k reported by certain sections of our ITK support. Dunk was supposedly on £50k last season (though again, who knows if that is true) and has just signed a new deal.

 

[SAC]

£100k a week for a player is fine so long as it's affordable (which I believe it is). It's a risk though as it obviously doesn't guarantee success.

 

[Withdean11]

Are there any 'regular top 10' sides who DON'T pay £100K to their star players?

If that's where we want to be, then we need to act like it. If Bloom is comfortable with it then i'm all for it.

 

[Diablo]

£100k salary sounds a lot to me .......and I`m talking per year !!

 

[DJ NOBO]

I know what you mean but I'm not singling out footballers. I find it disgusting that anyone earns way more than they need when others are going to be hungry.

Can’t argue with that

 

[El Presidente]

This is the present estimates based on 2019 accounts. Mean PL wage is £72,000 a week and median £54,500.

 

[Diablo]

This is the present estimates based on 2019 accounts. Mean PL wage is £72,000 a week and median £54,500.

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Crikey how do the Cardiff players manage on £25,000 a week ?

 

[Swansman]

The average salary should be in line with the average salary of the citizens of the city as the purpose of a football club is to entertain (mainly) the local community, and through that create a sense of belonging and comradery through the excitement and passion that comes with sports. And of course to give young and old people the opportunity to play football, because its fun.

The optimal way of doing this and making people able to associate with the team is to turn the players from superstars with alien money into normal people with great football skill.

This would allow the money from TV to be used in more sensible ways, for starters all tickets to the games should of course be free while in the PL.

£100k a week for a player is disgusting, just like £10k.

I realise that society how I want to be and how it currently is are two different things, but the closer we could get to my version the better, since my version rocks and the current one stinks.

 

[drew]

I know what you mean but I'm not singling out footballers. I find it disgusting that anyone earns way more than they need when others are going to be hungry.

A player on £100k per week is giving £45k to the Government to spend on things like the NHS, welfare etc.

As for way more than they need, who determines at what level you stop paying because 'it's more than people need'!

 

[mike1901]

Unfortunately that’s potentially how this hunt for a proven striker is going to pan out.

With the Covid pandemic and the resulting dire upcoming economic situation it doesn’t sit comfortably with me, but this is the level of football we find ourselves in, the only way to get off the hamster wheel now is relegation and none of us want that.

I’m old so can’t work out how to put a poll up, could a youngster do the honours please?

If it’s a decent proven forward and we can afford him then yes, if there’s a problem then let us know!