?57,000 a week - bargain!

[themastertaylor]

"Making the Champions League can be worth tens of millions to a club, and promotion to the Premier League worth £60 million to a club according to Deloitte. Signing a player that can help you achieve that for four years of their five-year deal makes paying them £2.9 million a season extra (£55,000 a week – the top salary paid by West Ham according to chairman Eggert Magnuson) a perfectly sensible financial investment. In fact, on the numbers, you could sign 20 players on £57,000 a week to get promoted and still make more money than if you had signed none of them and stayed in the Championship."

from http://money.uk.msn.com/consumer/football-finance/article.aspx?cp-documentid=5951147

its an interesting point and gives a bit of perspective to MM's spending when you factor in transfer fees, signing on fees etc

 

[Shents]

i'm sure MM is getting his cheque book out as we speak

 

[OldGit]

" In fact, on the numbers, you could sign 20 players on £57,000 a week to get promoted and still make more money than if you had signed none of them and stayed in the Championship."

If that represents Deloitte's considered advice I'm off to change our auditors double quick.