Rooney (18 months left on a contract)

[Jags..class]

...4 or 5 year contract on offer of £300k per week, plus captain of the biggest football club in the world as well as a say on future transfer targets/contracts. I can't see him back here as anything other than owner of a private box.

Its a very desperate offer from Moyes.

 

[Toffeelover]

ROONEY WILL NEVER PLAY FOR EVERTON AGAIN.

 

[griffla]

ROONEY WILL NEVER PLAY FOR EVERTON AGAIN.

This is looking increasingly likely. Arr well... fat nob'ed.

 

[Toffeelover]

Afraid so mate, mind he is looking a bit slimmer these days, I will give him that.

 

[neil999]

The difference in increase in wages over past 20 years compared too increase in transfer fees is mental, can someone do a graph or something??

 

[royalblue66]

...4 or 5 year contract on offer of £300k per week, plus captain of the biggest football club in the world as well as a say on future transfer targets/contracts. I can't see him back here as anything other than owner of a private box.

They will never be able to say that no player is bigger than the club that's for sure

 

[jamieni]

Utd will do everything they can to keep Rooney. If the likes of him and RVP leave then it becomes an almost impossible job for Moyes to attract top players.

Wonder could Bill match the rumoured £300k per week wages by offering a percentage of the royalties to blood brothers?

 

[Eggs]

Its a very desperate offer from Moyes.

....absolutely, wonder what SAF is making of it. My understanding is that SAF was preparing for life without Wayne because he wasn't prepared to meet these demands.

 

[Toffeelover]

But our EX is desperate that is the difference. Needs more than just signing Mata. Looks like he lost out on Shaw as well.

 

[Allezfan]

The difference in increase in wages over past 20 years compared too increase in transfer fees is mental, can someone do a graph or something??

In 1985 the average wage paid to a player in the english top flight was a grand a week or 52 grand a year.

Now the average is 36,000 a week or 1.8 million a year. So the average wage is now 36 times greater.

The top paid player back them was probably Falcao who was on 10 grand a week or 520,000 a year. Now it'll be rooney on 300 grand a week or 15.6 million a year. So the top wage is now about 30 times more.

While the top transfer fee has gone from 5 million to 85 million, so only 17 times the increase.

So yeah wages have increased at about twice the rate transfers have (so will agent fees). I think it's taken a lot of fans and ex players who didn't grow up with the modern game a while to get used to the fact that it's wages more than fees that football clubs invest in the most these days. A free is still called that when it isn't.

 

[nsno-chris]

In 1985 the average wage paid to a player in the english top flight was a grand a week or 52 grand a year.

Now the average is 36,000 a week or 1.8 million a year. So the average wage is now 36 times greater.

The top paid player back them was probably Falcao who was on 10 grand a week or 520,000 a year. Now it'll be rooney on 300 grand a week or 15.6 million a year. So the top wage is now about 30 times more.

While the top transfer fee has gone from 5 million to 85 million, so only 17 times the increase.

So yeah wages have increased at about twice the rate transfers have (so will agent fees). I think it's taken a lot of fans and ex players who didn't grow up with the modern game a while to get used to the fact that it's wages more than fees that football clubs invest in the most these days. A free is still called that when it isn't.

John Barnes was the first player to earn £10k a week, in 1992 mate, http://www.sportingintelligence.com/2011/01/20/from-20-to-33868-per-week-a-quick-history-of-english-footballs-top-flight-wages-200101/

The average annual salary of footballer was £24k a year http://www.sportingintelligence.com/2011/10/30/revealed-official-english-football-wage-figures-for-the-past-25-years-301002/

 

[Allezfan]

John Barnes was the first player to earn £10k a week, in 1992 mate, http://www.sportingintelligence.com/2011/01/20/from-20-to-33868-per-week-a-quick-history-of-english-footballs-top-flight-wages-200101/

The average annual salary of footballer was £24k a year http://www.sportingintelligence.com/2011/10/30/revealed-official-english-football-wage-figures-for-the-past-25-years-301002/

Barnes was the first in england, falcao played in italy.

And fair play with the second correction.

The article I found said otherwise. Seems to be the same author so perhaps it's a pre or post tax thing?

 

[neil999]

We must be reaching some sort of apex, I mean 300k a week really is absurd

 

[nsno-chris]

We must be reaching some sort of apex, I mean 300k a week really is absurd

Its vile and disgusting

 

[TheFinnFan]

If he signs that paper, he's nuts.