With this season’s £80m spend on new players having wiped out their cash reserves and Newcastle’s first-team players lacking relegation clauses which would reduce their wages by around 50% in the event of the team dropping into the Championship, it is clear the impact of dropping out of the Premier League would be devastating.“In total, the summer 2015 and January 2016 transfer windows have seen a net spend on the playing squad of just under £80m, and a significant increase in the club’s annual wage bill.”
Newcastle will be in the shit if they drop.
Newcastle will be in the shit if they drop.QuoteWith this season’s £80m spend on new players having wiped out their cash reserves and Newcastle’s first-team players lacking relegation clauses which would reduce their wages by around 50% in the event of the team dropping into the Championship, it is clear the impact of dropping out of the Premier League would be devastating.“In total, the summer 2015 and January 2016 transfer windows have seen a net spend on the playing squad of just under £80m, and a significant increase in the club’s annual wage bill.”
As Newcastle failed to insert relegation clauses – automatically reducing players’ wages by 50% should they drop into the Championship – into individual contracts, there is a suspicion certain players lack sufficient incentive to fight for survival.McClaren disagrees. “I really don’t believe that’s a factor. We’ve got very good individuals and when they click together we can beat anybody, but when they don’t we can lose to anybody.”
How does the author of the piece know about player's contracts?