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marko69 wrote:That is an excellent story in amongst all the Shyte news recently. People will no doubt moan that these players earn too much anyway, but I see this as a gift to those lads......, and rightly deserved. Very nice touch by the Leicester chairman. Wouldn't be surprised if some Leicester charities make some money when some players auction them off.
I agree wages are way too high and probably should be capped however im sure they do more than kick a ball for one and a half hours each week. If Town could afford it and want to compete then i guess we would all be happy to have these players at the going rate.saint jude wrote:Can appreciate the gesture, Leicester City have achieved something they will never duplicate, but while someone brought to attention the issue of wages, took the time to look into last seasons EPL competitors and you'd be surprised at the findings.
It's been touched on before the problem with clubs paying their star assets asinine amounts of money - and all for kicking a f**king ball around for one and a half hours a week - and in an ideal world, you'd have each individual donating half of their "earnings" to charity and research each week (think of the difference it could make) but the pity is, it's an idea that will never be implemented or see the light of day. Granted there may be a select few who donate a proportion of salary to good causes, but with such infrequent regularity, or to such a small extent, that no significant difference will ever be achieved.
Keep in mind also people such as law enforcement, medics, surgeons etc, who save lives every day and make a relevant contribution to people's lives, who only receive a fraction of these stupid - if not belligerent - figures, and it's no wonder people may lose interest in the game.
Here are last season's EPL club salaries for top earners :
Bournemouth
Juan Uturbe
55,000 per week
Watford
Mario Suarez
48,000
Norwich City
Youssof Mulumbu
40,000
Manchester United
Wayne Rooney
250,000 (top earner)
Leicester City
James Vardy
undisclosed
Manchester City
Yaya Toure
190,000
Crystal Palace
Yohan Cabeye
86,000
Southampton
Charlie Austin
55,000
Swansea City
Andre Ayew
70,000
West Bromwich Albion
Salomon Rondon
55,000
Aston Villa
undisclosed
West Ham United
Dimitri Payet
110,000
Sunderland
Jermaine Defoe
80,000
Stoke City
Xheridan Shaqiri
65,000
Everton
Romelu Lukaku
80,000
Newcastle United
Fabricio Coloccini
60,000
Tottenham Hotspur
Hugo Lloris
95,000
Liverpool
Christian Benteke
140,000
Arsenal
undisclosed
Chelsea
Eden Hazard
200,000
Bottom line, none of the aforementioned names are going to be giving a f*ck about poor little Johnny in Uganda who doesn't have adequate drinking water, or sufficient living conditions, when they're picking up their paycheck and make for shopping at their favorite mall..
Someone needs to implement a salary restriction on these figures before it all gets out of hand (if indeed it hasn't already)