Now that RVP has gone, does Wayne Bridge, currently at Championship side Brighton & Hove Albion, currently earn more than any player on our books?
[with our team having been a Champions League team for the last 15 years and the third most successful English club in terms of league titles]
I was under the impression that he was on wages of £100k a week, which, if true, must really get under the skin of Brighton's other players. They must feel like the MLS guys who get paid peanuts to play alongside Becks at LA Galaxy. What the hell is going on with the money in football?!
Browse:
Can someone please clarify this for me?
comment by SuperGoon - Wizard of Özil! (U8455)
posted on 22/8/12
Bridge being on £100k a week at Brighton? Can't see that.
comment by Flamini'sShirtSleeves (U8186)
posted on 22/8/12
Never! It's become appropriate now that Nasri's gone bad and eaten all the oysters.
comment by oOg(Ö_ö)nzOo²©®™ (U1023)
posted on 22/8/12
Who is this plum?
comment by 8bit (U2653)
posted on 22/8/12
yeah Bridge earns more than anyone in our squad, City are still paying his wages
comment by Flamini'sShirtSleeves (U8186)
posted on 22/8/12
Bridge being on £100k a week at Brighton? Can't see that.
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I'm sure Man City are still paying it all. But if he was on the £100k that was rumoured, wouldn't they still have to pay him it, like the Adebayor situation?
comment by SuperGoon - Wizard of Özil! (U8455)
posted on 22/8/12
City are subsidising Adebayor's wages as well, aren't they?
Must be nice to have so much money you can pay people who don't even work for you
comment by Seebs™© 🇵🇸🇦🇫🇹🇷 (U1410)
posted on 22/8/12
They've also got Roque Santa Cruz on their books, haven't they?!
Looks like this FFP will mean feck all, after all!
comment by Flamini'sShirtSleeves (U8186)
posted on 22/8/12
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comment by Flamini'sShirtSleeves (U8186)
posted on 22/8/12
I'm just thinking what it must be like for all the youth players at places like Brighton who are desperate just to get a professional contract, and then they see the likes of Bridge turn up to training in a ridiculous car, on ridiculous wages. Every young player must be thinking
I've got to get an agent who can get me to sign for City. Cos even if I don't make it, I'll be able to go out on loan and be a big fish in a small league, earning a fortune to effectively do the same job as a player who costs 1/100th the amount.
As fans we often wonder why the likes of Rodwell and Sinclair and SWP would want to go to City when it's pretty clear they are unlikely to play first team football. But I guess in the end they'll get first team football for someone else and City will still pay them big money.
comment by CrouchEndGooner (U13531)
posted on 22/8/12
These guys are generally below the age of 25 with less education than most people
They might not care as much about the money as we think but the leeches that 'advise' them do
An agent and taxman take a percentage of your earnings while solicitors like darren dein will take a cut from any deals they help you negotiate.
These people are business and money oriented so will want the more lucrative deal in 99% of situations.
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