Tagged: Wages

Daniel Levy faces battle to control Tottenham wage bill this summer

Daniel Levy faces battle to control Tottenham wage bill this summer

I don’t think Levy would play hardball in negotiations with the players who’ve gotten them to this point. The likes of Batshuayi would be in line for pay in the £80,000 bracket even if the higher earners get an increase. He still has much to prove in his career for Levy to just offer him wages for the sake of adding much-needed depth. Tottenham’s wage bill will have to rise howeve Levy looks at it.

A retired manager gets £108,000 a day. So why can’t football pay the living wage? | Ian Jack | Comment is free | The Guardian

A retired manager gets £108,000 a day. So why can’t football pay the living wage? | Ian Jack | Comment is free | The Guardian.

We’ll have a couple posts, or just one big one, that will address this topic a bit more tomorrow in response to the soon to be £10 million a game entity that is usually called the Premier League.

Pretty sad that only 1 out of 20 of the richest clubs in football won’t pay anyone more than £7.85 an hour (£9.15 in London) and not even that.

Premier League wages dwarf those around Europe | Daily Mail Online

Premier League wages dwarf those around Europe | Daily Mail Online.

So, this Daily Mail exclusive study was a nice thing to come across.

Well. That’s a lot of money being thrown about in the sport. The Premier League’s attraction is even more obvious now as we see their average is £1 million more than the next league, the Bundesliga. Here’s the one thing that I don’t see considered in the study though.

Taxes.

I think, and forgive me if I’m wrong here, that taxes play a big part in why those wages are so high in the Premier League in particular. If I remember correctly there are less taxes in places like France and Spain. Again, I could be wrong.

The disparity between Algeria’s wages, and those in South Africa and Nigeria, is definitely eyebrow-raising as well. The high wages in the MLS were surprising but that’s probably due to the increasing number of extremely high-profile designated players.

The other factors looked at in this study, such as attendance and star quality in each league, offer some noteworthy facts as well but I think most would have known that the Premier League has the most stars in play.

We’ll introduce the remaining pieces of the study when they turn up on the Daily Mail.