It is not about the highest earners, it is that the highest earner only gets 90k while we have total total shite paid 60k a week when they should be on minimum wage. There are 71 professionals contracted at Arsenal. 71. Jesus christ.
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It is not about the highest earners, it is that the highest earner only gets 90k while we have total total shite paid 60k a week when they should be on minimum wage. There are 71 professionals contracted at Arsenal. 71. Jesus christ.
Haha, I think Olivia is ugly
Not your type, sure. Ugly? Fo realz?
I have so many olivia gifs I could use to express my suprise/shock at that statement. But I am trying very hard to go one thread cycle without posting a single olivia gif. So you get a pass.
Where is spanish wrath actually? I am pretty sure his time with the avatar is up. Time for another wager me thinks. Anyone the female avatar betting type?
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Why would stoke even appeal that? idiots.
Freewheelin'
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Messi, I will take you up on your offer
Broder Salsa
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Milan Jovanovic. ONE HUNDRED AND TWENTY THOUSAND POUNDS PER WEEK.
Hahaha
Wow, at least he was kind enough to leave, wouldn't expect a player like him making so much money leaving again that quickly.
He never asked to leave so he got a "loyalty bonus" and a pay-off. Lol.
stoke are fuckin pieces of shit headed by a cunt of the highest order. These fucks should be playing rugby.
You really think van persie is worth only a few more bob than the likes of diaby and co? I wouldn't pay half these worthless tools championship money
Broder Salsa
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Alright, you guys are making me do it, starting up a stoke FM game whenever they get the transfer update out. Will win the CL by playing terrible anti football, could finally get that worst discipline steam achievement too.
160m.
Messi, I will take you up on your offer
What's the bet then? As I said penalty is a different female avvy, id say for 1 month. Which btw if I lose is torture for me, lol.
How about a bet on the Napoli vs Chelsea?
Freewheelin'
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I am calling a draw.
We will just use tomorrow's game.
Edit: I just want you to know, if I lose. You are killing the best avatar i've had in months. For around a month. You will be lucky if you don't get beaten up in here
Sveitadurgur
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I did some light Google-fu and found this here website, it looks more like a placeholder website than a real one and I'm not sure how valid their numbers are but I found this list: The top 23 highest earners in Serie A.
- Ibra get's around 170.000 a week, therefore topping the list, Sneijder and Buffon deservedly follow with around 115.000
-Flamini is in 6th (huh?), Amauri in 9th (whut??), Robinho in 15th (.....)
- Christian Chivu get's as much per week as Forlan, Pato, Pirlo, Chiellini, Van Bommel and Zambrotta. WHAT THE ACTUAL FUCK?
So money's getting spent poorly everywhere you look, although I doubt that fact would comfort anyone.
- Ibra get's around 170.000 a week, therefore topping the list, Sneijder and Buffon deservedly follow with around 115.000
-Flamini is in 6th (huh?), Amauri in 9th (whut??), Robinho in 15th (.....)
- Christian Chivu get's as much per week as Forlan, Pato, Pirlo, Chiellini, Van Bommel and Zambrotta. WHAT THE ACTUAL FUCK?
So money's getting spent poorly everywhere you look, although I doubt that fact would comfort anyone.
Broder Salsa
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Yeah I am going for Napoli win too. Especially considering how Chelsea are at the moment just having the ball a lot outside the box, without really doing anything at all. Napoli will love that shit and do their usual counter football.
Football Manager is on Steam? I'm tempted to buy it. Is it awesome?
About pay, here is last years top earners, including sponsorships:
The 10 highest-earning footballers
1) Lionel Messi (Barcelona) - £26.9 million
2) Cristiano Ronaldo (Real Madrid) - £23.9m
3) Wayne Rooney (Manchester United) - £18m
4) Kaka (Real Madrid) - £16.7m
5) David Beckham (LA Galaxy) - £16.5m
6) Ronaldinho (Flamengo) - £15.9m *Facepalm*
7) Carlos Tevez (Manchester City) - £13.4
8) Frank Lampard (Chelsea) - £12.3m
9) Yaya Toure (Manchester City) - £11.9m
10) Thierry Henry (New York Red Bulls) - £11.5m - Just because of the legend status?
The 10 highest-earning footballers
1) Lionel Messi (Barcelona) - £26.9 million
2) Cristiano Ronaldo (Real Madrid) - £23.9m
3) Wayne Rooney (Manchester United) - £18m
4) Kaka (Real Madrid) - £16.7m
5) David Beckham (LA Galaxy) - £16.5m
6) Ronaldinho (Flamengo) - £15.9m *Facepalm*
7) Carlos Tevez (Manchester City) - £13.4
8) Frank Lampard (Chelsea) - £12.3m
9) Yaya Toure (Manchester City) - £11.9m
10) Thierry Henry (New York Red Bulls) - £11.5m - Just because of the legend status?
Broder Salsa
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It is very awesome and on steam. Think this years version is a bit too easy though, might just be me who have nerded it way too much and had it open more than anything else on my computer. I see it's fairly expensive on steam though, I bet you could find it cheaper in some store and just register it through steam, i got it for like 35 euros at launch (in a store) and it's 49 on steam now. :/
Henry and Ronaldinho are probably fantastic for the clubs, both with shirt sales but I bet it could also get some more interest in the US with Henry playing for Red Bulls.
Napoli (home):
w ISA 18-09-2011 Napoli 3 : 1 AC Milan
d ISA 24-09-2011 Napoli 0 : 0 Fiorentina
w ICL 27-09-2011 Napoli 2 : 0 Villarreal
l ISA 15-10-2011 Napoli 1 : 2 Parma
d ICL 18-10-2011 Napoli 1 : 1 Bayern Munich
w ISA 26-10-2011 Napoli 2 : 0 Udinese
d ISA 19-11-2011 Napoli 0 : 0 Lazio
w ICL 22-11-2011 Napoli 2 : 1 Manchester City
d ISA 29-11-2011
Napoli 3 : 3 Juventus
l ISA 18-12-2011 Napoli 1 : 3 Roma
w ISA 21-12-2011 Napoli 6 : 1 Genoa
w ICI 12-01-2012 Napoli 2 : 1 Cesena
d ISA 16-01-2012 Napoli 1 : 1 Bologna
w ICI 25-01-2012 Napoli 2 : 0 Inter
d ISA 01-02-2012 Napoli 0 : 0 Cesena
w ISA 13-02-2012 Napoli 2 : 0 Chievo
Conclusion: If you play football, you're already dead.
Vivalaraza
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The problem is as mentioned, the way the wages are spread, but also the affordability.
Clubs like City and United have/make so much money it's very easy for them to pay players high wages; they don't actually pay that much more than Arsenal, United don't anyway. Arsenal don't have the same financial strength, so they need to spend the money they do have more carefully...those figures suggest they aren't doing that.
I think it's because they pay young players high wages to attract them to the club. So they pay young players who would get only £10k/£15k a week elsewhere...£40k. But then when that player makes it, his wage increases to "only" £90k a week whereas the other clubs offering £15k to start with are happy to offer those now top players above and beyond £100k.
It's an inefficient model.
Broder Salsa
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They lost to Roma at home, can't be that hard then.
Frank the Great
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that's in euros though, right? that would be 133m pounds, slightly more than arsenal's wage bill (125m euros). considering how superior our squad is, it is probably worth it.
Vivalaraza
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This man disagrees.Sir Alex Ferguson said:
Fergie says Rio is working hard with Pogba who is "unsure what to do". It's okay Salazar, we still got Tom.
Roma played on the counter
Yes!
Careful now, it's the only thing you'll be celebrating about for a few good years.
Vivalaraza
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I assume that's what he means, what else could he be unsure about. Though it would be kind of strange for Fergie to mention a player being uncertain about his future in an interview.
He's in and around the first team now, on the bench most weeks. He's changing agent to that fat Dutch bloke though who apparently is bad news. We'll see.
My friend who's got a season ticket in the Main Stand nearest the Away section said he's never experienced an atmosphere as hostile and horrendous as that of Napoli in the Europa League. And he's seen many an atmosphere. So it isn't just Napoli at home.
That makes Gerrard's finger to his lips even better. I'm pretty sure everyone in the stadium was aware of the hostile atmosphere, least of all Gerrard who'd been warming up on the sidelines for the first half.
I thought the problem was that players who are deemed poor are making not much less than those who aren't. My point is that it's not unusual and isn't exclusive to Arsenal.
As was mentioned, we had Jovanovic earning over 100k per week and he played less than ten games last year. At City, Tevez earns 250k per week and isn't even training.
Van Persie not making that much more than, say, Almunia isn't that much of a surprise. You can't predict injuries, poor form, mental collapses, etc. and long time players at any club will earn more regardless of their performances. We have Daniel Agger, who is (IMO) one of the best center backs in the league - he keeps Jamie Carragher out of the starting XI every week. Yet he earns 20 or 30k per week less.
The numbers aren't shocking to me at all - its what I would expect from a team like Arsenal. It's not a good situation, but any top team that is underperforming will find themselves in a similar place.
radioheadrule83
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You have to factor in image rights, and the power of a players brand to bring in fans and sell merch.
But yeah... needs added facepalm for Lampard imo.
Wow I had no idea about this:
Heiko Vogel, current manager of Basel FC, worked for many years within the youth system of FC Bayern Munich as coach of the U-10, U-13, U-15 and U-17 teams.
He was involved in the discovery, and developing, of players since the times of Lahm until the new ones like Badstuber, Contento, Alaba, etc.
Heiko Vogel, current manager of Basel FC, worked for many years within the youth system of FC Bayern Munich as coach of the U-10, U-13, U-15 and U-17 teams.
He was involved in the discovery, and developing, of players since the times of Lahm until the new ones like Badstuber, Contento, Alaba, etc.
Vivalaraza
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I'm surprised Xavi and Iniesta aren't in the top 10. They must be earning close to £200k a week, Barca's wage budget is obscene. Sponsorship deals must be big too.
Broder Salsa
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Under options just let the assistant manager take over training at first. That will make everything seem a lot easier at first. Then just play the game, it's really complicated to begin with but so awesome once you have actually played a few matches.
I agree with this; it's daunting at first but ease your way in, be prepared for the inevitable bad patches in November and January and enjoy.
From taking over Milan in January when they were 13th, I finished the season 3rd and won the Coppa Italia and the Champions League! I also bought Balotelli for 15m and but PSG are trying to make me spend 73m for Sirigu, the bastards.
Awesome Animals
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Who knew that Mesut Özil founded Ferrari? http://t.co/ik6urTS7
I think Pog will stick around. He's not a numpty, his brother plays fairly locally, we're clearly going to use him.
Like you said, though. Out of character for Ferg. I will be surprised if Pog doesn't get a chance to rumble against Ajax.
Will do
Going to take Newcastle to the CL final and still lose because it's Newcastle.
bwhahha, easiest 16m he's ever earned no doubt
radioheadrule83
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It's starting to seem like wasted effort to call him a cunt. By this point, everyone already knows he is!
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