I don't think they are now, as I said in my post, these figures, while very informative, are out of date.How are aston villa spending more on wages than us? Bar Bent and Given, who else is going to be a top earner?
Hi TT, thanks for info, no surprise to me that one - what about the other proposals?A player wage limit was rejected by the Premier League clubs today
I heard it was rejected on Talksport but then seen a tweet that they will bring one in so looks like nothing official come out of the meeting yet
Wage cap would help us
It will NOT happen I think. For the solitary reason that it is not implementable across Europe.
So if we implement it in England it will allow clubs in other countries to attract players away, and even generate a situation like China or Russia where the wages can be ridiculous and lure talented players away.
The PL lives and dies on its TV revenues which are the result of having such a talent packed league, and they would not want to hurt that.
I think football has maybe spiralled too far out of control to implement a wage cap. It should have happened a long long time ago.
Say what you want but the NFL and NBA in America set ups are absolutely brilliant . By no means perfect but I think they are excellent.
They want to align wages with revenue - 70% or so
So the top clubs will still be able to pay the top wages
Bigger clubs with bigger wages already take our best players, modders, carrick, berba. Wage limits are a good idea it will limit the smaller clubs from panic buying and put themselves at risk if they are in a relegation battle.
I would like to see a rule that players earning over a certain amount get an automatic pay cut if relegated. Then we can get rid of parachute payments helping make the championship more competitive.