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Edgar Davids
He MUST be serenaded against Manure - suggestions, anyone ?
Absolutely. He must.
It's simple:
One Daniel Levy. There's only one Daniel Levy.
Please make it happen.
He MUST be serenaded against Manure - suggestions, anyone ?
Question RE our wage structure, plus also some of the things Wenger was touching on in the build up this week, and also with some of the Walker rumours.
The Walker stuff made me worry as if one player I thought was super loyal to Spurs and Poch, playing the best football of his career etc, could want to leave then it may make other players turn their heads too. Plus Wenger was saying that were coming up to a period of tough finances because of our stadium (as if we're competing financially at the moment anyway...LOL), but also Jonathan Liew writing in the Telegraph that players will eventually leave because they are making far less money than elsewhere - e.g. Kane supposedly on 80k according to him.
I don't agree with the Wenger thing, because we don't really need cash lying around that we won't spend, we need a bigger stadium for a bigger wage structure, so that will surely help. But I was also thinking, we must have sold this squad a vision of helping build this club into the new stadium, with a promise of greater wages once we get there, surely?
I guess what I'm asking/hoping/assuming is, good players won't be earning that much less here. We must but a heavy bonus component in our players contracts so that if they perform, they get paid well for it. Otherwise, I don't think any player would stick around just for the love of the club or the manager or the new stadium, and I could understand Walker wanting to go if he felt like he was about to hit his peak years. Because there's no way our players would work harder, run harder etc and achieve way more than their peers for half the money. Just wouldn't happen.
What I'm trying to say is, I think it's been clever by Levy. Young players will take lower basics, but we've shown we'll reward them fairly and proactively with increases the more they improve. And I can only imagine our bonuses must be comparably higher than other clubs to get around this idea and make sure players are fairly rewarded. Win bonuses, goal bonuses, league placing bonuses, clean sheet bonuses, I bet we put it all there and as such give the players another incentive to perform. We probably pay Sissoko quite a high base, but I bet Alli, Son and Eriksen make way more than him this year because they've been the performers.
And if we do that, we really don't have to worry about losing anybody, certainly not domestically, and only really if Real decide they need a galactico (and even Man United aren't immune to that). Which, if we do, we get a boat load of cash from to hopefully invest more wisely this time!
If you look at our total wage bill compared to the richest five clubs in the league, it is clear that we are paying significantly less than our competitors. We cannot hope to compete with them on this.
The question is, does bringing in young players and getting them to develop with us, develop a bond between them and the club/manager that they are reluctant to break?
I am sure that we will see some players chase the money but as long as we keep the core of the squad together, get decent money from sales and spend it well, that may not be a hindrance. Some refreshing of the squad can be a good thing because it keeps players on their toes.
No doubt we aren't going to compete on wage bill, but what about bonuses? Is this ever taken into account? There's a good chance we'll pay higher on bonuses to level it up as much as we can. Not saying that means we pay Real Madrid money in reality just that I'd think it narrows the gap somewhat to the other clubs in our league. Otherwise I just cannot see why Eriksen would sign something for 75k per week.
I think we'll see that wage difference narrow in the next few years
Question RE our wage structure, plus also some of the things Wenger was touching on in the build up this week, and also with some of the Walker rumours.
The Walker stuff made me worry as if one player I thought was super loyal to Spurs and Poch, playing the best football of his career etc, could want to leave then it may make other players turn their heads too. Plus Wenger was saying that were coming up to a period of tough finances because of our stadium (as if we're competing financially at the moment anyway...LOL), but also Jonathan Liew writing in the Telegraph that players will eventually leave because they are making far less money than elsewhere - e.g. Kane supposedly on 80k according to him.
I don't agree with the Wenger thing, because we don't really need cash lying around that we won't spend, we need a bigger stadium for a bigger wage structure, so that will surely help. But I was also thinking, we must have sold this squad a vision of helping build this club into the new stadium, with a promise of greater wages once we get there, surely?
I guess what I'm asking/hoping/assuming is, good players won't be earning that much less here. We must but a heavy bonus component in our players contracts so that if they perform, they get paid well for it. Otherwise, I don't think any player would stick around just for the love of the club or the manager or the new stadium, and I could understand Walker wanting to go if he felt like he was about to hit his peak years. Because there's no way our players would work harder, run harder etc and achieve way more than their peers for half the money. Just wouldn't happen.
What I'm trying to say is, I think it's been clever by Levy. Young players will take lower basics, but we've shown we'll reward them fairly and proactively with increases the more they improve. And I can only imagine our bonuses must be comparably higher than other clubs to get around this idea and make sure players are fairly rewarded. Win bonuses, goal bonuses, league placing bonuses, clean sheet bonuses, I bet we put it all there and as such give the players another incentive to perform. We probably pay Sissoko quite a high base, but I bet Alli, Son and Eriksen make way more than him this year because they've been the performers.
And if we do that, we really don't have to worry about losing anybody, certainly not domestically, and only really if Real decide they need a galactico (and even Man United aren't immune to that). Which, if we do, we get a boat load of cash from to hopefully invest more wisely this time!
@BoL
Don't forget that lower wages can perversely work in our favour i.e. Ozil is seriously underperforming for the Goons... but in commentary Lee Dixon said Ozil likes living in London and is happy pocketing a massive salary regardless of how much he tracks back, so he has become complacent and the Goons are stuck with him.
And we only retain the truly hungry, hard-working players rather than mercenaries.
But yes, the gap is too much at present and players can certainly have their heads turned as soon as Poch leaves or results start to slide.
It will be a shame if we pull in another £100m in gate receipts each year and it just goes directly into the pockets of agents and players... those that are already here... it would be easy to spend a LOT of money and not achieve all that much comparatively speaking.
I still think we're moving towards a flat wage structure where first team players get a certain wage and squad players get say 30% less, and so on. With people knowing each other's wages so it's the carrot and stick
I believe in America it's the normal way to declare who earns what publicly And it drives competition (probably good and bad)
Some players will depart for more money but if we're sensible and take the right steps (which so far we are) we can be like Dortmund and atletico in that we're very very competitive without mega money turnover and wages
I think this is pretty close to bang-on.
Our basic wage is likely no more than average, but our bonus systems are lucrative and leave players earning a whole lot more than it looks on paper when the performances are strong. In fact, it is an excellent way of doing it, the right way IMO...I understand, however, the problems involved...
I don't think that we are. The only club in the league with a model like that is Arsenal and I don't think that it has been a success there.
Our model seems to be frequently offering new contracts with improved terms to reward good performances.
I'm thinking more of everyone on £100k which sounds crazy for now but is very palatable in the new world
Those bonuses are included in the wage stats that are included in the Deloitte Annual Review of Football Finance though which is where most of the salary comparisons come from. Even with the bonuses, we are paying well behind our competitors.