The English Football Thread

[Milan 17,835]

[manpe 10,857]

kompany 6 million? shocking

[BleedsBlue 1,549]

Wow and the media slams us for spending a lot.Bunch of idiots.

[capriccioso 2,545]

This would be us:

Cech- 7 million

Bosingwa- 16.3 million

Terry- 0

Ivanovic- 9.7 million

Cole- 0

Mikel- 16 million

Lampard- 11 million

Ramires- 17.7 million

Mata- 23.5 million

Kalou- 9 million

Drogba- 24 million

Which gives us a total of just: 110.7. Cheaper than Liverpool's starting 11, and when compared to most big teams, peanuts. Unbelievable, given we're always stereotyped as "That team that bought its trophies".

[francozola 2,040]

This would be us:

Cech- 7 million

Bosingwa- 16.3 million

Terry- 0

Ivanovic- 9.7 million

Cole- 0

Mikel- 16 million

Lampard- 11 million

Ramires- 17.7 million

Mata- 23.5 million

Kalou- 9 million

Drogba- 24 million

Which gives us a total of just: 110.7. Cheaper than Liverpool's starting 11, and when compared to most big teams, peanuts. Unbelievable, given we're always stereotyped as "That team that bought its trophies".

Cole should be 5m

[Kostas 1,468]

Interesting screen but wages should not be taken out of the equation.

[dave30 728]

This would be us:

Cech- 7 million

Bosingwa- 16.3 million

Terry- 0

Ivanovic- 9.7 million

Cole- 0

Mikel- 16 million

Lampard- 11 million

Ramires- 17.7 million

Mata- 23.5 million

Kalou- 9 million

Drogba- 24 million

Which gives us a total of just: 110.7. Cheaper than Liverpool's starting 11, and when compared to most big teams, peanuts. Unbelievable, given we're always stereotyped as "That team that bought its trophies".

you've conveniently left Mr Fernando out of this line up i see

[capriccioso 2,545]

you've conveniently left Mr Fernando out of this line up i see

It was our FA Cup final line up. Swap Torres for Drogba and it's still only 16 million pounds more expensive than Liverpool and a good 30 less than the two Manchester clubs.

[capriccioso 2,545]

Cole should be 5m

Both wikipedia and football manager say that it was 5 million + Cole for Gallas, not the other way around. I am confuse.

[Ollie 4,400]

We paid 5 million for Cole and gave them Gallas. What a fucking deal that was by the way. Loved Willy for us but Ask has been different class. 5 million and a swap, deal of the century.

[francozola 2,040]

Both wikipedia and football manager say that it was 5 million + Cole for Gallas, not the other way around. I am confuse.

Nope we paid 5m for him and gave them Gallas

"eventually Cole signed for Chelsea on 31 August for a fee of £5 million, with William Gallas being transferred from Chelsea to Arsenal as part of the same deal."

[capriccioso 2,545]

I stand corrected. Damn you, football manager!

That changes things. FA Cup line up goes out to 115 million. Lineup with Torres to 141 million.

Liverpool have spent:

Reina- 8.6 million (according to transfermarkt)

Johnson- 17.5 million

Skrtel- 6.5 million

Agger- 6 million

Enrique- 7 million

Henderson- 20 million

Spearing- 0

Gerrard- 0

Bellamy- 6 million (paid in 2006)

Downing- 20 million

Suarez- 22.8 million

113 million on that lot, 158 with Carroll and Kuyt included, vs. our FA Cup lineup of 115 million, rising to 140 with Malouda and Meireles included. The only 'big' clubs in England that have spent less than us in a while have been Spurs and Arsenal.

[Term-X 7,891]

Interesting screen but wages should not be taken out of the equation.

Precisely, both Aguero & Toure earn over £200,000 per week, Nasri's on £175 pw. United have an actual wage cap.. bar Rooney.

[capriccioso 2,545]

Surprising to see we still pay that kind of money.

[LDN Blue 7,903]

F*cking West Ham

I hope Birmingham overcome their deficit tomorrow and annihilate West Ham in the play-off final! They've played wonderful football this season and deserve, especially Houghton, to have their Premier League status restored. I'd hate it for Hammers to come back up.. AGAIN.

[Jase 43,479]

6 London clubs in the Premier League next season...

Imagine that!

[Jype 6,398]

Surprising to see we still pay that kind of money.

I would guess there will be a change when the players from Mourinho era leave / retire. They're the ones who are paid most at Chelsea and the I would estimate that the players we've bought in the last couple of years (excluding Torres of course) are all on around 40-70k a week and some probably even less. Of course if they live up to expectations their wages will rise but still be way less than what Terry, Lamps, Cole, Drogba etc. are making at the moment.

To think Salomon Kalou is currently making more money than Juan Mata is beyond ridiculous and just shows how things have changed in recent years. No way we would still give a player like Kalou a contract that good.

[capriccioso 2,545]

I would guess there will be a change when the players from Mourinho era leave / retire. They're the ones who are paid most at Chelsea and the I would estimate that the players we've bought in the last couple of years (excluding Torres of course) are all on around 40-70k a week and some probably even less. Of course if they live up to expectations their wages will rise but still be way less than what Terry, Lamps, Cole, Drogba etc. are making at the moment.

To think Salomon Kalou is currently making more money than Juan Mata is beyond ridiculous and just shows how things have changed in recent years. No way we would still give a player like Kalou a contract that good.

Kalou is a strange one. He does have a huge profile in Africa, and was probably better known to most football fans outside Europe than Mata until 2011. I'd imagine much of the discrepancy comes for strictly commercial purposes. Either that or he has one hell of an agent and Mata doesn't.