Wages

[Lanzo-Ad]

The usual problem that we continually have is as the players get better they want more money, which is to be expected,
Guehi 50k
Lacroix 50k
Wharton 35k
Munoz 45k
Mateta 50k

All of them deserve parity (at least) with Kamada 105k (althogh that includes signing on fee, its still 105k) Henderson 100k and Nketiah 90k, But giving the 5 players above 100k a week is 230k a week extra, a tricky situation, not any easy solutions that i can see.

 

[Badger11]

I think the club policy is about right. The glaring exception of course are free transfers. However making players earn their pay rise is never a bad thing.

I can't remember the last time a player left just for the money. Of course players move to bigger clubs and that will always happen, other players leave and the club are happy to see them go.

It's when a player leaves Palace and goes to an equivalent club just for wages that is when I get worried.

You might mention Andersen, I don't think the club wanted him to leave but we got a very good fee for a player who wage demands were too high. I think we rather than Fulham got the better end of the deal.

 

[Eaglehamster]

The usual problem that we continually have is as the players get better they want more money, which is to be expected,
Guehi 50k
Lacroix 50k
Wharton 35k
Munoz 45k
Mateta 50k

All of them deserve parity (at least) with Kamada 105k (althogh that includes signing on fee, its still 105k) Henderson 100k and Nketiah 90k, But giving the 5 players above 100k a week is 230k a week extra, a tricky situation, not any easy solutions that i can see.

My sympathy for Wharton hit a reality check. £35k a week is £140K a month. I used to get paid monthly and one tenth of that you were looking at the top 3% of a very big pyramid.
We all just take it as normal now of course. Fossils like me can just about remember Johnny Haynes becoming the first £100 per week footballer. That's about £2k pw in today's money.

 

[ASCPFC]

Surely West Ham are interested in Kamada?