OK then mate.visitor99 said:*Loyan* said:I agree with you, but don't you have a significantly bigger squad than you used to back then. And all the new players earn a lot, whereas only the top players before did. I can't really see Chelsa paying Bogarde or the likes any more than 30K a week.
Bogarde was on 40k/week!!! Shocking but true. Petit 45k/week and I think someone else was 50k/week. If www.footballtransfers.info was back online I'd be able to do a much better comparison and get figures for the likes of Zenden, Stanic, Le Saux but all I've got to go on at the moment is my recollection from last time I browsed that site months ago.
As you say, the squad now is probably bigger and most would be well paid. I would be very interested to see a proper comparison for the wage bill now to a couple of years ago, but my impression is that they are similar - wages are probably higher now but not massively so. There would be more guys on around the 40k/week now than before, but then you could almost pay Duff and Robben out of what they were paying Hasselbaink.
I'll reply to Jazzg later when I get a chance.