We've defiantly got rid of a lot of high earners and replaced them with players earning less who are of equal quality or better which is good.
Also there is no way Coutinho is on £12.5K a week more likely £40K(Minimum) to £65K(Maximum) but he earns that in his performances.

coutinho on 12.5k cant be true this.

improve his contract asap.

he won't have been on very much at all at inter. he was only a teenager on the fringes of their first team kind of like shelvey was who was earning 18k, So he won't be on much but there's no doubt he'll get a big rise with a new contract

I know he is young and wasn't hugely impressive at Inter but you really have the guy on 12.5k a week?!

No chance Toure is only 70k. 40k max for a 32/33 year old who has been on the City bench.

Why would a free agent who was previously on a lot more money take such a reduction when other clubs would offer more?

Unless you chucked a load of money into the signing on fee as he was a free transfer.

Lescott sits on City's bench and his wages dwarf 40k a week...

SAF no doubt he would have got a nice signing on fee but he was out of contract and in the Indian summer of his career so there is no chance he'd be on so much.

He also said he wanted to stay in the northwest for family reasons cos no doubt a Turkish club would have offered more.

40k is a pretty small amount (crazy isn't it) these days, not saying it isn't possible but I would expect him to be on more like 50k-60k...

Maybe it is more 50k. The reason why I questioned the figure was because the owners have been on mission to reduce the wage bill so paying a 32 year old 70k would be going against what they are preaching.

Well speculate away but multiple sources say toure is on 70-75k a week. He was on like 110k at city. He is carraghers replacement who was 80k so if we were willing to keep carra then it's not so bad

Wasn't Carra on 100k a week?

As his direct replacement it would still be a significant saving... you may be right though.

Ahh 80k was it, still a saving.

It's impossible to know exactly but some sources suggest around 80k and that sounds about right to me. Certainly wouldn't be any less than that so its a saving still

If Borini is on 45k a week then i'm off to take 1000 paracetamol and call it a night life's not fair.

Cara was on a par with gerrard at around 120k a week

Toure took a huge paycut to sign he's on about a third if what he was on at city

this is not right in my view.

We keep forgetting the club is still not saved and not in europe so just cos we reduced the wage bill by X does not mena we can go out and then hired more guys at the same x figure.

The club can't afford the wage level and must reduce to start generating a positive cash flow and stop relying on FSG hand outs.

in my view there is a hit list in ayres desk drawer with the name sof our higher earners on it. The moment for example reina said if barca come in i'm off his name was on the list and ayre pushed him out the door on loan to napoli. Skertl's name is on that list after signing a new deal and promptly finding BR doesn't like him.

I think johnson is on that list....

I honestly believe that for papadopolos to arrive skertl will have to go.