Originally Posted by
Taksin
We have more players at the top end on more advanced contract extensions. I don't think they had 5 in the top 10/20 18 months ago. We did.
Anyway, this argument is self-refuting. On the one hand you're saying they have more players on high wages than us. You're getting this from reports on wages. On the other hand we're saying our wages add up to more than theirs. We're getting this from reports on wages.
Either we're paying our players more or we aren't. You'll have to explain if you think they are being under paid. If Sterling is only on a paltry £250k per week, or whatever is amounts to, you'll have to say he should be being paid more than Mané or something.
It isn't paradoxical if we accept that transfer fees are different to wages. People really only talk about transfer fee inflation - that's why they convince themselves that we are falling behind Villa and Everton. In reality we are currently driving wage inflation. And it's not because we are profligate - it's because we have excellent players who we want to hold onto in a market that values them highly. All it took was a wonder goal from Salah and there is a chorus of 'give him whatever he's asking for'. No-one is calling for that, currently, with Jesus, Mahrez, Havertz or Mason Mount.
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