Average European Club Salaries

[White Noise]

http://footballspeak.com/post/2012/05/05/Top-20-Highest-Paid-Players.aspx

[sipwell]

Based on that, is Fulham not underperforming?

[bede]

Based on that Aston Villa are an absolute joke, and shows that the Spurs wage structure is working well, only missed CL due to Chelsea winning, most teams would have made it.

[elgreenio]

based on that we're doing quite well surely?

8th EPL team in that table and 9th placed in the league, not bad, and out-performing 3 of the 4 clubs on our wage level. Imagine Newcastle would be spending a lot more than what is stated there aswell

[SKSW6]

Based on that, is Fulham not underperforming?

If we are, then so are Sunderland, Bolton, and West Ham. We're "under performing" compared with the rest of Europe, but that's just the curse of the Premier League with it's wages.

Dortmund are incredibly impressive though. Almost half the wage bill of Munich and they've managed to retain the title and beat them 5-2 (IIRC) in the German cup final. They just need to start performing in Europe now.

[sipwell]

based on that we're doing quite well surely?

8th EPL team in that table and 9th placed in the league, not bad, and out-performing 3 of the 4 clubs on our wage level. Imagine Newcastle would be spending a lot more than what is stated there aswell

What I meant was: this seems to imply that Fulham is not a small club. We tend to believe that a mid-table position is what to aim for, but surely you could expect a top 8 position based on wages...

[aFFCn_Fan]

I'm surprised Arsenal is where it is, and from the article Wenger at 9M earns more than Fergie at 8M...Didn't Arteta have to take a pay cut from like GBP40k/week to go to Arsenal?

[elgreenio]

based on that we're doing quite well surely?

8th EPL team in that table and 9th placed in the league, not bad, and out-performing 3 of the 4 clubs on our wage level. Imagine Newcastle would be spending a lot more than what is stated there aswell

What I meant was: this seems to imply that Fulham is not a small club. We tend to believe that a mid-table position is what to aim for, but surely you could expect a top 8 position based on wages...

ah ok. I think it says more about the Premier League as a whole than us in particular. Would be interesting to see the spread of wages for clubs in our bracket, i'd hazard a guess we'd generally have no outstanding earners and plenty between the 15-30k mark, where others may have a couple on over 60k p/w.


Arsenal notoriously pay over the odds in wages for average players, Bendtner and Diaby on 50k plus etc.

[HatterDon]

I can't believe that an American site would do these data based on Euros and not dollars. I know it's an American site because they have Fulham and others in something called 'EPL' -- a faux pas only Americans commit.

[sipwell]

I can't believe that an American site would do these data based on Euros and not dollars. I know it's an American site because they have Fulham and others in something called 'EPL' -- a faux pas only Americans commit.

It looks more than it actually is in euros. If you would converse that to American dollars, it would be 5 dollar or so.

[MasterHaynes]

I don't understand how German clubs are held up as perfect examples of how to manage a clubs budget  when a so many of them of them pay as much or more than EPL clubs with a lot less income from Gates and TV? How can the combined Bundesliga clubs make 4 times more profit than EPL clubs last year? \\DO they have the same number of sugar daddys bankrolling their clubs?

How can Platini and EUFA hold them up as shining examples and paint us as the bad guys when they appear to be doing exactly the same?

[sipwell]

I don't understand how German clubs are held up as perfect examples of how to manage a clubs budget  when a so many of them of them pay as much or more than EPL clubs with a lot less income from Gates and TV? How can the combined Bundesliga clubs make 4 times more profit than EPL clubs last year? \\DO they have the same number of sugar daddys bankrolling their clubs?

A lot less income? Their stadiums are twenty times as big as the EPL ones and I bet sponsorship fees are high too! German clubs don't run deficits either...

[TonyGilroy]

It shows our wage structure to be very competitive. Better than many teams in the Premier League and less only than the genuinely big clubs.

The offers being made to players therefore should be attractive.

[King_Crud]

I don't understand how German clubs are held up as perfect examples of how to manage a clubs budget  when a so many of them of them pay as much or more than EPL clubs with a lot less income from Gates and TV? How can the combined Bundesliga clubs make 4 times more profit than EPL clubs last year? \\DO they have the same number of sugar daddys bankrolling their clubs?

How can Platini and EUFA hold them up as shining examples and paint us as the bad guys when they appear to be doing exactly the same?

they can only spend 50% of income on wages IIRC so obviously they generate good income. Their gates are absolutely huge