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Should we pay our players more ?

Should we pay our players more ?

  • Yes

    Votes: 81 70.4%
  • No

    Votes: 20 17.4%
  • Not sure

    Votes: 14 12.2%

  • Total voters
    115

Kirito

Well-Known Member
May 22, 2013
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It isn't how much we pay the club for the player. It is about the cap on the players wages once he signs. A bigger club comes along and offers to double their salary and it is adios to Spurs.

All the biggest teams in the Premier League pay their players well over $100k a week while we pay our top player quite a bit less than that. When you have job offers, would you take the one paying less money or more, especially if the one paying more is a more well known or bigger company?

This is the second time my post has been responded to seriously. I was clearly being sarcastic.
 

Dr Benson

Well-Known Member
Aug 22, 2013
465
569
I guess we don't have to be the wage leading club (and we can't), but we have to sort of be competetive when it comes to wages. I don't know what we're paying our players now, but lets say if a player like Rooney or Willian, who are not to big for us (quite the opposite when we're talking about Rooney- but just random examples), wouldn't join us (if we were interested- and Willian once was a target), we have a problem.

But as long as most players we can afford accept our wage policy and we have a healthy economy, we don't have to pay much more, I guess..
 

tototoner

Staying Alert
Mar 21, 2004
29,387
34,059
As long as we keep the wages as proportion of turner under 55% Yes

This is from 2016 but still relevant

Premier League finances: the full club-by-club breakdown and verdict

https://www.theguardian.com/footbal...ue-finances-club-by-club-breakdown-david-conn

Wages as a % proportion of turnover
37 Burnley
50 Newcastle United
51 Manchester United
52 Tottenham Hotspur
55 Manchester City
55 Leicester City
56 Liverpool
56 Arsenal
60 West Ham United
62 Everton
67 Stoke City
67 Hull City
67 Crystal Palace
68 Chelsea
70 Southampton
72 Aston Villa
73 West Bromwich Albion
76 Sunderland
80 Swansea City
85 QPR

Tottenham
Accounts of Tottenham Hotspur Limited for the year to 30 June 2015

• Ownership Enic International Limited, registered in the Bahamas (tax haven), owns 85.55% of Spurs. Joe Lewis, resident in the Bahamas, has the controlling 70.6% ownership of Enic; trusts, of which Daniel Levy and family are the beneficiaries, own the other 29.4%

• Turnover 6th highest in League £196m, up from £181m in 2014

• Income Match-day income £41m; TV and broadcasting £91m; Commercial £60m; Uefa prize money £5m

• Wage bill 6th highest in League £101m, up from £100m in 2014

• Wages as proportion of turnover 52%

• Profit before tax £12m, following £80m profit in 2014

• Net debt £21m

• Interest payable £9m

• Highest-paid director Daniel Levy £2.61m

State they are in: Generally flourishing, with a third-place finish this season after fifth last season, solid finances, and manager Mauricio Pochettino signed until 2021. The new 61,000-seat stadium project, which has been long in the planning, difficult and controversial in a dense urban neighbourhood, has been granted permission, works have started, and it is planned to open in August 2018. Chairman Daniel Levy was paid a total package of £2.61m in 2014-15, the highest paid director in the Premier League; the package is understood to include bonuses for achieving targets.
 

TorontoYid

Well-Known Member
May 30, 2013
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1,691
I guess we don't have to be the wage leading club (and we can't), but we have to sort of be competetive when it comes to wages. I don't know what we're paying our players now, but lets say if a player like Rooney or Willian, who are not to big for us (quite the opposite when we're talking about Rooney- but just random examples), wouldn't join us (if we were interested- and Willian once was a target), we have a problem.

But as long as most players we can afford accept our wage policy and we have a healthy economy, we don't have to pay much more, I guess..
Most of our first team, with a few exceptions like Kane, Loris and (unfortunately) Sissoko, are getting between 70k - 80k per week.

Some get much less like Alli (50k), Rose (30k) and Janssen (25k) so we really are not even competitive with the big clubs as far as salary goes and unlikely to attract top players when they can get double or even treble what we can pay elsewhere with a team that has a history of European success and probably better weather. On the plus side, at least our books balance and we run at a profit.
 

tiger666

Large Member
Jan 4, 2005
27,978
82,214
Most of our first team, with a few exceptions like Kane, Loris and (unfortunately) Sissoko, are getting between 70k - 80k per week.

Some get much less like Alli (50k), Rose (30k) and Janssen (25k) so we really are not even competitive with the big clubs as far as salary goes and unlikely to attract top players when they can get double or even treble what we can pay elsewhere with a team that has a history of European success and probably better weather. On the plus side, at least our books balance and we run at a profit.

Rose is not on 30k.
 

widmerpool

Well-Known Member
Jun 18, 2012
3,378
5,605
I still think we're missing a trick by not fobbing them off with fancier job titles.
 
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