Rojofiam
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This issue is now getting overblown. I'd even argue the wage bill is fine by now compared to 2-3 years ago.
Our weekly payroll is around 3.3m/week currently.
In the last 24 months, we've already cleared over 2 million/week in wages by the departures of De Gea, Ronaldo, Varane, Pogba, Cavani, Martial, Mata, Greenwood, and van de Beek. It's actually probably much closer to 2.5m than 2m.
That's close to 75% of the whole current payroll.
A lot of players from the current squad are also likely to leave within the next 24 months: Casemiro, Antony, Sancho, Maguire, Eriksen, AWB, Lindelöf, McTominay, Bayindir, etc. That's another more than 1 million shaved off the wage bill.
I'd argue that it's actually time to fill the wage bill again with a lot of new players. Mainoo and Garnacho will need improved terms as well, if they keep performing the way they have been. Probably other young players will get improved terms as well, if we start improving as a team. Fernandes might get a pay rise. De Ligt could take around 170k-200k/week.
My point is that it was a big issue 2-3 years ago, however now, I think our wage bill is actually pretty small for a club of United's size. It has become easy to fix it, if there is even an issue with it.
Guys like Mount earning big money is not an issue, if he plays and performs. PL players will get better contracts than guys coming from Portugal or Holland, especially someone coming from another big club, with big trophies and individual awards to their name. Comparing AWB and Dalot is also a good example of this. Or Martínez, who just joined 2 years ago from the Eredivisie, compared to Lindelöf who has been playing for one of the richest clubs of the richest league in the world for over 7 years now, and is not on his first contract at the club.
Our weekly payroll is around 3.3m/week currently.
In the last 24 months, we've already cleared over 2 million/week in wages by the departures of De Gea, Ronaldo, Varane, Pogba, Cavani, Martial, Mata, Greenwood, and van de Beek. It's actually probably much closer to 2.5m than 2m.
That's close to 75% of the whole current payroll.
A lot of players from the current squad are also likely to leave within the next 24 months: Casemiro, Antony, Sancho, Maguire, Eriksen, AWB, Lindelöf, McTominay, Bayindir, etc. That's another more than 1 million shaved off the wage bill.
I'd argue that it's actually time to fill the wage bill again with a lot of new players. Mainoo and Garnacho will need improved terms as well, if they keep performing the way they have been. Probably other young players will get improved terms as well, if we start improving as a team. Fernandes might get a pay rise. De Ligt could take around 170k-200k/week.
My point is that it was a big issue 2-3 years ago, however now, I think our wage bill is actually pretty small for a club of United's size. It has become easy to fix it, if there is even an issue with it.
Guys like Mount earning big money is not an issue, if he plays and performs. PL players will get better contracts than guys coming from Portugal or Holland, especially someone coming from another big club, with big trophies and individual awards to their name. Comparing AWB and Dalot is also a good example of this. Or Martínez, who just joined 2 years ago from the Eredivisie, compared to Lindelöf who has been playing for one of the richest clubs of the richest league in the world for over 7 years now, and is not on his first contract at the club.