Guest av1 Posted May 21, 2015 Share Posted May 21, 2015 I know that overrated/overpaid could be one of the same thing, and we do have a overrated thread so please delete if this is deemed to similar. Just saw a post in the VT speculation thread suggesting that Joey Barton is on about £90k PW. now look, all players are ridiculously overpaid but there are some really bog standard players out there that have earned top player salaries, SWP is another (there is something in common with those two). So it gave me an idea for this thread. Who are the most overpaid players in the game, relative to their actual ability. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gharperr Posted May 21, 2015 Share Posted May 21, 2015 (edited) The whole QPR team? currently? Falcao Edited May 21, 2015 by gharperr Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
YGabbana Posted May 21, 2015 Share Posted May 21, 2015 Bartons on 90k? Wheres the source for that? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest av1 Posted May 21, 2015 Share Posted May 21, 2015 Bartons on 90k? Wheres the source for that? No source mate, it came up in the transfer speculation thread. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zatman Posted May 21, 2015 Share Posted May 21, 2015 Alex Song is on 185k a week Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
villa4europe Posted May 21, 2015 Share Posted May 21, 2015 Smalling just signed a £60k a week contract hasn't he? Zamora was meant to be on £90k a week but he's now down to £50k, I'd guess wes brown and john oshea do ok for themselves at sunderland As for Barton, moved from Newcastle who are meant to be very good payers to QPR who are also good payers so it wouldn't be that surprising if it was true Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jimzk5 Posted May 21, 2015 Share Posted May 21, 2015 (edited) Barton isn't on 90k, its 70k. Still a lot but definitely not 90k. Although qpr do have a whole raft of players who are barely used on similar wages, diakite, faulin, taarabt, SWP, hoilett, onouha, traore are all on £45/60k a week deals. That's why they have a wage bill of £75million and are financially ****. I mean, Andy Johnson went there from Fulham, injury plagued and very much on the arse of his career and gets given a 2 year £45k a week contract. Mental. Edited May 21, 2015 by Jimzk5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PaulC Posted May 21, 2015 Share Posted May 21, 2015 Alex Song is on 185k a week Is he really. Are West Ham paying all his wages. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zatman Posted May 21, 2015 Share Posted May 21, 2015 Alex Song is on 185k a week Is he really. Are West Ham paying all his wages. I read it in 442 magazine, think he in top 20 salaries in the world. Think West Ham paying half of it Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Isa Posted May 21, 2015 Share Posted May 21, 2015 Agbonlahor is on something like £50k-per-week isn't he? That surely qualifies him. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zatman Posted May 21, 2015 Share Posted May 21, 2015 Darren Bent is probably on more and he hasnt been used by us in nearly 3 years same with Given Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
YGabbana Posted May 21, 2015 Share Posted May 21, 2015 Anyone got solid sources for the wages being spouted in here or is it just VT gossip Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
villa4europe Posted May 21, 2015 Share Posted May 21, 2015 You'll do well to get official figures, they're all skewed anyway due to numerous and various bonuses Saw a rumour in the week that Milner was offered £165 a week by city, saw someone else claim that he gets £90k a week basic and to earn the top dollar he has to play, score, win the game then win the league and the champions league Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zatman Posted May 21, 2015 Share Posted May 21, 2015 You'll do well to get official figures, they're all skewed anyway due to numerous and various bonuses Saw a rumour in the week that Milner was offered £165 a week by city, saw someone else claim that he gets £90k a week basic and to earn the top dollar he has to play, score, win the game then win the league and the champions league Thats barely minimum wage they offered him 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
villa4europe Posted May 21, 2015 Share Posted May 21, 2015 You'll do well to get official figures, they're all skewed anyway due to numerous and various bonuses Saw a rumour in the week that Milner was offered £165 a week by city, saw someone else claim that he gets £90k a week basic and to earn the top dollar he has to play, score, win the game then win the league and the champions league Thats barely minimum wage they offered him Minimum wage? That works out at about £33 per minute Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
VillaChris Posted May 21, 2015 Share Posted May 21, 2015 Darren Bent is probably on more and he hasnt been used by us in nearly 3 years same with Given I was going to say Bent aswell but then premier league goalscorers which he certainly was when he turned up are always like gold dust. Heskey though, he was on 50-60k. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kurtsimonw Posted May 22, 2015 Share Posted May 22, 2015 Isn't Falcao on some obscene amount like £350k a week? He surely has to be the most overpaid player in the World, Heskey would need to be on twice as much to be as bad as that. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
villa89 Posted May 22, 2015 Share Posted May 22, 2015 Isn't Falcao on some obscene amount like £350k a week? He surely has to be the most overpaid player in the World, Heskey would need to be on twice as much to be as bad as that. There's no tax in Monaco so AFAIK Man united have to pay him something like ~£400,000 a week to match the wages he was getting in Monaco as his contract (as with all contracts in France) are negotiated amounts after tax. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sharkyvilla Posted May 22, 2015 Share Posted May 22, 2015 -------------Given--------- Beye Dunne Collins Warnock NZogbia Makoun Jenas Downing --------Bent Heskey-------- Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Eames Posted May 22, 2015 Share Posted May 22, 2015 No footballer is overpaid. They are paid what the Chairman/Owners think they are worth. If someone's salary doesn't seem to be good value for money its the idiot that agreed to pay it not the idiot who accepted it that we should be blaming. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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