Originally Posted by
Insidious
Well, we've just raised Alisson's weekly wage from about £90,000 per-week to £150,000 per-week.
Then we've also raised Trent's wage from about £40,000 per-week to an estimated £180,000 per-week*
Then we've also extended Fabinho's contract and have likely upped his wages of about £100,00 per-week to who-knows-what. For talk's sake we'll say £140,000 - just for the sake of example.
If (and it's a huge if) those figures are roughly right, then we're talking about an added £240,000 per-week being added onto the wage bill, just from those three renewals - with more due. That's equivalent to adding two £120,000 per-week players, if you like. People will (rightly) highlight that Wijnaldum came off the wage bill, but he was "only" (how the other half live!) on £75,000 per-week, so we are still talking about £165,000 per-week being added to the payroll, purely in the interest of keeping players. Then Konate is thought to have approximately £70,000 per-week as his basic wage as well, so we'll (guesstimation, admittedly) call that a £235,000 net increase on the wage bill. So that's another £12,220,000 we are "spending" this Summer, even though it isn't on transfer fees. It's not massive compared to what City/Chelsea/PSG are up to, but we shouldn't ignore it.
*This estimate comes from media comments about a "bracket" of players that Trent is now in, which included Firmino's name and the other names mentioned earn more, so I have gone with Firmino's. To be fair, I don't have a figure, so the estimate is subject to critique, which is absolutely fine*
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