Nice little earners

[simon]

Thought this might be of interest, allways makes me smile when people think that players leave Prem to get big money

Player Club Weekly wages

Michael Ballack, Chelsea (£121,000)

Thierry Henry, Arsenal (£112,000)

Ronaldinho, Barcelona (£111,000)

Sol Campbell, Arsenal (£100,000)

Rio Ferdinand, Man Utd (£94,000)

Frank Lampard, Chelsea (£94,000)

Steven Gerrard, Liverpool (£87,500)

David Beckham, Real Madrid (£84,600)

Ronaldo, Real Madrid (£84,600)

Zinedine Zidane, Real Madrid (£84,600)

Raul, Real Madrid (£84,600)

R van Nistelrooy, Man Utd (£84,600)

Oliver Kahn, B Munich (£76,900)

John Terry, Chelsea (£76,900)

Harry Kewell, Liverpool (£75,000)

Francesco Totti, Roma (£73,000)

Note that this does not include sponsership money which if did you could proably add an extra 25% on top for some of these totals.

[sinikala]

Note that this does not include sponsership money which if did you could probably add an extra 25% on top for some of these totals.

For a number of players that you mention, sponsorship represents way more than 25% extra on income.

Goldenballs Beckham's basic is about £4M p.a. IIRC he makes way more than that in sponsorship... is it Adidas? Boot deal, Police Sunglasses, Pepsi etc. etc.

I read that on his old contract, Duncan Ferguson's income for his image rights were equal to his £40k/week salary, IMHO it was one of the reasons Rooney went to Utd. he could get far better sponsorship deals as a Utd player than with Everton.

[simon]

Duncan Ferguson's income for his image rights were equal to his £40k/week salary, IMHO it was one of the reasons Rooney went to Utd. he could get far better sponsorship deals as a Utd player than with Everton.

Id love to know what image rights old dunc and disordlery had.....

[otyikondo]

Bit of a shock to see the screw Harry Kewell is on. But then again, Litti was getting a real good whack at Anfield, especially for a "luxury player". But Litmanen was on a free coming from a rich club like Barca, while Kewell was on a dodgy £5m transfer from Leeds, so it's a bit hard to see that his wages would have been a Leeds United "poisoned chalice" for LFC.

Anyone know any more on this?

Oh, and Harry has been playing better of late, but maybe not THAT well.

[Hank W.]

As a sidenote, did you guys see that French documentary on British football hooligans on the telly last week? It was fun to watch with my Brummie guest - he was appalled and I was: "now you know why nobody sits besides you in the bus after hearing your accent"

[sinikala]

Duncan Ferguson's income for his image rights were equal to his £40k/week salary, IMHO it was one of the reasons Rooney went to Utd. he could get far better sponsorship deals as a Utd player than with Everton.

Id love to know what image rights old dunc and disordlery had.....

Ones like these....

[simon]

taken from another site posted by a man yoo fan

ARSENAL F.C. - END OF SEASON DINNER DANCE

Starter
Egg on Face
Seasoned Hash
Frogs legs (past their best)
Spanish Surprise (well beaten)

Main course
Humble Pie
Chump Chops
French (has) Beans
Manager's Beef (not rare)
Catch of the Day - big lemon Sol (gutted)
NB: everything is imported, nothing is home grown.

Dessert
Sour Grapes (may be hard to swallow)
Fruitless Tarts
Raspberry Fools
Hard Cheese

Drinks
Bitter
Little Spirit
French Whine
Cabernet Empty 2006
Champagne - sorry none ordered

STRICTLY NO DOUBLES OR TREBLES

NB: drinks should be consumed from glasses as there will be no cups this year.

Guest speaker:
Sir Alex Ferguson - "What it's like to win the Carling Cup"

[Jussi]