Bosmans

[SoccerHQ]

Chelsea are signing Cahill in January.

And I think Stoke will try to sign Diame in that month aswell.

[avwebby]

Lets put it this way, We ain't in Europe and we can't pay big wages. This against a good stadium, reasonable team and a long illustrious history. Which one do you think players would look at. in the past before Sky,PL and the CL I ould like to think we were a draw but now.........................."sigh"

[Greg N'Ash]

Good players on Bosmans = big wages.

I think we can safely rule ourselves out of a scramble for a bargain with our Board

[Concrete John]

As I said previously, we still seem willing to pay high-ish wages to some players.  If soemone offers him £80k a week then we're out of it, but for the right player I can see us competing at around the £60k mark.

[SoccerHQ]

The players on the big wages need to be in the first 11.

Our problem has always been the ones signed on big money rotting on the bench like Sidwell, Ireland, Beye etc.

[Greg N'Ash]

I doubt we'd go to that amount. Ireland was the last gasp IMO. N'Zogbia is probably on a good whack but he came from wigan remember - they wouldn't have been paying him the earth. Given, given (heh) his age, again wouldn't have been on mega wages

[SoccerHQ]

I would say Shay would be on 40k + given (sorry) he signed for City in the early stages of their takeover.

Bent must be one of our highest earners now?

[Shoody]

Spurs wouldnt give Hoillet 60k a week. He's a young'n im sure their wage structure would mean he'd be at 20-30k. I cant see them breaking it for Hoillet either as they're yet to break it for players like Bale, Modric and VDV. (i think)

[SoccerHQ]

Modric was on around 25k a week when he joined Spurs.

I doubt Holliet is on much at Blackburn, maybe 15k?

[Iago]

Lets put it this way, We ain't in Europe and we can't pay big wages. This against a good stadium, reasonable team and a long illustrious history. Which one do you think players would look at. in the past before Sky,PL and the CL I ould like to think we were a draw but now.........................."sigh"

It is all about present day.

[KevinGage]

Lets put it this way, We ain't in Europe and we can't pay big wages. now.........................."sigh"

The amounts we pay to our senior players would be at odds with that.

Bent on 70k per week Given, Dunne, N'Zogbia, Ireland and Heskey on £60k per week.   Most of the rest of the starting XI (and Beye) would be closer to the £40k mark.  Not many of the clubs outside the top 4/5 can match that.   

The challenge to us -and to other clubs- is to make sure we get value for that, and not have our best paid players on the fringes of the starting XI or outside the matchday squad completely. 

[Concrete John]

I doubt we'd go to that amount. Ireland was the last gasp IMO. N'Zogbia is probably on a good whack but he came from wigan remember - they wouldn't have been paying him the earth. Given, given (heh) his age, again wouldn't have been on mega wages

Ireland wasn't the last gasp as we signed bent after him, who's our highest earner.  As for CNZ, just because he was at Wigan on what was probably a relatively low wage does not mean he won't be asking for parity with our better earners when coming here.  I'd be quite confident he's on at least £50k a week.

[Shoody]

Isnt Bent on 90k a week and received a £5m signing on bonus?

No chance was Ireland 'The Last Gasp'. I'd bet NZogbia is on 50-60k a week and Given the same.

Ireland, Heskey, Dunne, Collins, Beye, Cuellar, Warnock, Petrov all need to go to get our wages under control. Which, incidentally would give us the new back four we all know that we need. (earning just under £21m a year between them). The only worry is what we will replace them with.

I still think we'd have a new Starting 11 if Houllier hadnt got ill.

[Dave]

Isnt Bent on 90k a week and received a £5m signing on bonus?

Of course not. On both counts.

What on earth makes you think he would be?

[Greg N'Ash]

I doubt we'd go to that amount. Ireland was the last gasp IMO. N'Zogbia is probably on a good whack but he came from wigan remember - they wouldn't have been paying him the earth. Given, given (heh) his age, again wouldn't have been on mega wages

Ireland wasn't the last gasp as we signed bent after him, who's our highest earner.  As for CNZ, just because he was at Wigan on what was probably a relatively low wage does not mean he won't be asking for parity with our better earners when coming here.  I'd be quite confident he's on at least £50k a week.

50k max i'd say. I think with the moneybags years at Villa, a lot of people have lost track of what players get in the real world at other premiership clubs. MFH for instance had to halve his wages at least to go to Blackpool and we've all been moaning about paying Jenas' 40k wages, but at least he was player on the fringes of the england squad who was rated when he signed that deal, and we were paying arse like Sidwell more than that.  There's not really much point the club moaning about the wages some of our players are on and then signing someone for the same high wages is there. Just looks like complete hyprocisy.