Sebastes
Statbomb Merchant
Country: Sweden
Fully agree here. Imho there’s no one in our team that ”has the right” to ask for the same money. Not Saka, not Rice, not Saliba. Doesn’t matter how important they are currently or how much we as fans appreciate them. They go to Madrid and there might be a case for smth like 350k for those three, but not more.I mean there’s no current issue with it at Madrid though, same way Ousmane currently earns way more than everyone at PSG. We’ve also had Özil and Auba on more money than anyone by a massive margin because of the the things they’ve done. Same thing is happening at City rn with Haaland who earns double the next highest paid player.
There’s no such thing as parity in football, everyone’s wages are negotiated based on what they’re doing compared to other players in the world, not at their team. Noni doesn’t get to ask for a 100k pay rise just because Vini’s on 450. Vini is like top5 of all time for CL knockout goals, and a balon D’or runner up while being top2 in his position in the world.
If Mbappe or Vini came here and were on the wages they deserve then it has absolutely no weighting on anyone else’s wages unless they start putting in world class attacking seasons too.


