Wages

[FriethBlade]

A lot of chat on wages and what we need to pay to attract the right talent.

This shocked me...David Marshall joining Derby from Wigan to get his 12k a week wages off Wigan's wage bill.

Hes 35 and only joined Wigan a year ago, crazy money for someone that age and shows what we are up against. I think our wage bill is going to have to go substantially higher

 

[Brian Deane]

No. Keep our wage structure to how the club see fit.
Its not our fault other clubs are piss poor in financing deals.
Those from South Barnsley are a prime example. UTB

 

[OrderOfStGeorge]

As long as we identify the right players for us as a team I dont see the problem in paying big wages at all for better quality young players which have the potential for a big re-sale value.

What i would be against is giving big contracts to over the hill journeymen.

 

[GodricBlade]

I thinks it’s inevitable we’ll have to increase them if we want to hang about in the Prem.
I’d like it to be controlled growth though aligned to success & added investment as we build ‘brand Blades!’
Plus - as has been mentioned elsewhere - sensible deals, relegation clauses & investment in the right players not past-it big-earners.

 

[CopenhagenBlade]

Keep the wages good but not at the level where the club’s future is at risk and then give them big incentives. Salaries should be based around, worst case scenario, £90m for bottom finish and then great incentives for every place above the relegation places

 

[sufcboy95]

The longer we’re in the prem, the higher the wages will go.
If not we’ll soon end up back in the championship

 

[derfblade.3]

So anyone any idea what our players are earning.....no guessing please.

 

[tincan]

This site claims £13.1m or 1/25th of Manure: https://www.sportekz.com/football/premier-league-clubs-wage-bills/
On those figures we are 1/5th the wage bill of the 9th place team Palace.

As a comparison the same site shows La Liga : https://www.sportekz.com/football/la-liga-clubs-wage-bills-2020/

The bottom team there is claimed to have 30m Euro. So we're well below a top flight wage bill.

 

[1889]

I agree, we do need to pay wages that are comparable to other Premier League teams, but the number one priority has to be, sustainability.

I think that is the case with the current wage structure, which sees players on decent money, but is also heavily weighted by and allied to performance related bonuses. Appearance money etc is paid on a sliding scale, dependant on current league position.

The first team squad shared several £million bonus, pro rata, per appearence, after promotion from the Championship. I imagine they’ll have got something similar for finishing ninth this year too. I think that’s a pretty sensible approach, if the club is successful, everyone is rewarded.

If a player doesn’t like those terms and wants a higher guaranteed monthly wage, he probably isn’t what we need, in my opinion?

 

[BigBed]

Or they could carry on like they are, and give the players big bonuses for hitting the required targets, pretty much the same as they have been since CWAK arrived?
Just an idea....?

 

[Grizzly blade]

What we need to put right here is that we are as big a club as all The rest bar the usual suspects when it comes to attracting supporters. There’s also no reason why we cannot compete on the same level as those in the corporate and marketing depts.

So it goes without saying that if we stay up long enough for the club and it’s infrastructure to catch up to the level (the top level) of the team then wages at United will be comparable to pretty much all the established clubs.
In fact, being a pretty much “one team“ city these days In a top 10 size city in the country it wouldn’t be unreasonable for us to be in the top 10 budgets in 5 years time.
The trick is staying up while we build up to it and hoping that off the field the businessmen can do the job needed.
As it happens I believe the businessmen will, I feel the prince and his experience/interest in sport in America will help.

 

[st23]

I think our wage bill is much bigger than people think. It’s £56 million according to this https://www.forbes.com/sites/samind...effield-uniteds-saudi-boss-on-soccers-future/

 

[Sheffsteel]

As long as we identify the right players for us as a team I dont see the problem in paying big wages at all for better quality young players which have the potential for a big re-sale value.

What i would be against is giving big contracts to over the hill journeymen.

The problem is players who are fantastic 1 match in 5 and very underwhelming 4 matches in 5.
Also there are players (like Lundstrum) who look the real deal at PL level for 3 months when brought on as sub but the other 2.5 years have been poor.

Their agent’s demand top wages because at their best they’ve shown they are worth it and have big potential
but if that player is so inconsistent and struggles to produce their best then it makes it difficult to agree a true valuation.

Todays players seem to want financial rewards before they’ve produced the goods
and clubs are so desperate they are prepared to pay out huge salaries based on potential or raw talent.

 

[nopigfansintown]

Whilst ever the Prince has his hands on the tiller we have a difficult choice. Blow the majority of the prem money on wages ala Burnley, or keep the wage bill down and have money to make big capital investments e.g. Berge and Mcburnie. To do both you need a Bournemouth/Leicester type sugar daddy prepared to put in a lot of their own money. For what it's worth, I'd rather continue our model than go down the Burnley route if they are the two choices.

 

[Sheff de party]

I think our wage bill is much bigger than people think. It’s £56 million according to this https://www.forbes.com/sites/samind...effield-uniteds-saudi-boss-on-soccers-future/

I know there’s bonuses etc but £56m? Being generous and awarding £6m to everyone out of the registered 25 players still leaves £50m. That’s an average wage of £38k a week.

Can’t see it.

 

[nopigfansintown]

I know there’s bonuses etc but £56m? Being generous and awarding £6m to everyone out of the registered 25 players still leaves £50m. That’s an average wage of £38k a week.

Can’t see it.

The figure might include bonuses.

 

[Houston_Blade]

This site claims £13.1m or 1/25th of Manure: https://www.sportekz.com/football/premier-league-clubs-wage-bills/
On those figures we are 1/5th the wage bill of the 9th place team Palace.

As a comparison the same site shows La Liga : https://www.sportekz.com/football/la-liga-clubs-wage-bills-2020/

The bottom team there is claimed to have 30m Euro. So we're well below a top flight wage bill.

That will be based on accounts from our Championship season. A lot of these reports quote your last released accounts. Clearly this is not realistic for the current situation.