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Sat Nov 13, 2004 6:15 pmby parchpea
Well its all too much there can be no doubt. Its crazy money. They cannot earn what they are paid no matter how good they play, and its no joke when you pay a guy that for playing poorly. If these figures are correct I guess Keane is on some kinda loyalty bonus. Despite the silly money we are paying his £90k a week looks complete madness 
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Sat Nov 13, 2004 6:57 pmby JBG
Also remember Hernan Crespo, who was paid a basic 97,000 a week by Chelsea.
I know he's now with Milan, but he's still a Chelsea player, and Milan only contribute around 20,000 a week to his wages, the rest being made up by Chelsea.
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Sat Nov 13, 2004 9:44 pmby The_Rock
I hope keane earning 90k will create disharmony in the scum camp. All he does is bitch nowadays. RVN, Ronaldo, Rooney & Giggs shouls also ask for 90K per week 
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Sat Nov 13, 2004 10:39 pmby kazza
Kewell practically came on a free, that is how they subsidise his salary
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Sat Nov 13, 2004 11:49 pmby L-type
I think when his term comes up at Liverpool we shoudl renogtiate for about 1/2 that. If he says no way then we should cut him loose because that is him basically saying, i don't care about playing football anymore and i just want a nice treasure chest. If he's not in it for Liverpool anymore why should we keep supporting him. He needs to face that if he isn't playing well then he doesn't deserve to rob us blind.
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Mon Nov 15, 2004 8:12 amby polygemus
In the NBA (National Basketball Association in USA), the top 10 salaries averages out to be US$15 million per person per annum. Roy Keane would not even made it to the top 30 there.
Cuz 90 000 pounds = US$ 167 000
$167,000 x 40 weeks (I assume they are not paid in offseason?) = $6,680,000
So the salary in soccer is not that obscene compared to pro basketball.
Of course I wish that salaries could be much lower so that we, the consumers, will not have to pay monstrous prices for game tickets and merchandise. But that's fat hope of course.
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Mon Nov 15, 2004 10:35 amby maximus
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Mon Nov 15, 2004 10:38 amby dawson99
well, i just cant be bothered to moan and bitch about it. i just wanna watchf ootball, let them upstairs deal with the politics
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Mon Nov 15, 2004 10:53 amby XSD
If there is a wage cap of some sort it must come from FIFA. Anything that is only inside the UK will mean the top players go elsewhere...
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Mon Nov 15, 2004 11:06 amby Santa
JohnBull wrote:If any shyte wants to go to the arabs - then let him , he's not an LFC player.
It's love or nothing , as far as I'm bothered
How Very True !!
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Mon Nov 15, 2004 11:12 amby Santa
gabbyh wrote:£74k a month for Henry? A bargain, or at least he is well worth every penny paid him!!
That's £74,000! (US$136,000) a WEEK my friend, or close to £4M a year excl. bonus.
One bad game and there goes my annual salary + bonus! 
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Mon Nov 15, 2004 11:14 amby Santa
dawson99 wrote:well, i just cant be bothered to moan and bitch about it. i just wanna watchf ootball, let them upstairs deal with the politics
yeah but higher salary means higher prices for tickets & PPV
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Mon Nov 15, 2004 11:15 amby Redrider
Manu are reported to be limiting the wage cost of new players, by introducing performance related pay, based on issues like qualification for the champs league etc. Same as they did with the transfer fee for shrek', Everton may be lucky to get £20m for the 'redlighter' unless he performs on the pitch.
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Mon Nov 15, 2004 11:18 amby Santa
XSD wrote:If there is a wage cap of some sort it must come from FIFA. Anything that is only inside the UK will mean the top players go elsewhere...
Top teams in German and Italian league are suffering financially, I am sure to a certain extend the Spanish league too (what' Real's debt on last count?)
Don't bother a bout French and Dutch league...players there are paid peanuts!
I believe as a people's game, football should be affordable and accessible to all.
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Mon Nov 15, 2004 11:27 amby Santa
polygemus wrote:In the NBA (National Basketball Association in USA), the top 10 salaries averages out to be US$15 million per person per annum. Roy Keane would not even made it to the top 30 there.
Cuz 90 000 pounds = US$ 167 000
$167,000 x 40 weeks (I assume they are not paid in offseason?) = $6,680,000
So the salary in soccer is not that obscene compared to pro basketball.
Of course I wish that salaries could be much lower so that we, the consumers, will not have to pay monstrous prices for game tickets and merchandise. But that's fat hope of course.
But the market and TV rights for NBA is much more lucrative than Premier League. (I don't have the numbers but until Premiership has penetrated the US market, we cannot compare like-for-like with the NBA in term of financials)
