2020/21 Marcel Brands

[JLW]

We know that he has signed off on the following contracts:

James Rodríguez

£140,000

£7,280,000

29

M/AM (RLC)

Colombia

André Gomes	£140,000	£7,280,000	26	M (C)	Portugal
Yerry Mina	£135,000	£7,020,000	25	D (C)	Colombia

Allan

£120,000

£6,240,000

29

DM, M (C)

Brazil

Abdoulaye Doucouré	£120,000	£6,240,000	27	DM, M/AM (C)	France
Richarlison	£110,000	£5,720,000	23	AM (RL), ST (C)	Brazil
Lucas Digne	£110,000	£5,720,000	27	D/WB (L)	France
Alex Iwobi	£100,000	£5,200,000	24	AM (RLC)	Nigeria
Fabian Delph	£100,000	£5,200,000	30	D (L), DM, M (C)	England
Jean-Philippe Gbamin	£75,000	£3,900,000	24	D (C), DM, M (C)	Ivory Coast
Dominic Calvert-Lewin	£72,000	£3,744,000	23	AM (RL), ST (C)	England

That is absolutely bonkers. He'd been tasked with bringing the wage budget down under £100m as per the Athletic. What a mess.

We pay £7m to a midfielder who is sadly completely broken (Gomes), £6m to Doucoure who looks totally lost in our midfield and came from a relegated side, £5m each to one of our worst ever signings (Iwobi) and Delph, the thinking man's goblin.

Gbamin on nearly £4m a year! Doesn't he have less than five league appearances?!?!

No we can see exactly why none of them are remotely interested in moving away from the club!

 

[thirdmantackle]

We love giving money to recently relegated clubs and players

NSNO

 

[orly]

No we can see exactly why none of them are remotely interested in moving away from the club!

Of course, why would you?

If a serious Director of Football looked at the current Everton books vs the performance, they'd laugh and walk away. Who on earth is going to pay Gomes, Doucore, Iwobi and Delph at their current levels?

 

[Pob The Pole]

I dont think it would be too far away from what this says.

Why would we need to offer Doucoure 120k a week to lure him from a relegated Watford when he was probably on 35-40k if that....
Gomes 140k a week

Bonkers mate! No wonder we can’t shift anyone.

 

[orly]

We love giving money to recently relegated clubs and players

NSNO

I would have thought we at least trebled Doucoure's wage, and I dread to think for Godfrey. Five, possibly six times his Norwich wage?

DCL has had one good season and we now pay him £72k a week.

 

[kenada_blue]

Absolutely. Let's look at that list again:

Active Squad:​

Player Name	Weekly Wage	Yearly Salary	Age	Position	Nationality
James Rodríguez	£140,000	£7,280,000	29	M/AM (RLC)	Colombia
André Gomes	£140,000	£7,280,000	26	M (C)	Portugal
Yerry Mina	£135,000	£7,020,000	25	D (C)	Colombia
Bernard	£130,000	£6,760,000	27	AM (RLC)	Brazil
Jordan Pickford	£120,000	£6,240,000	26	GK	England
Allan	£120,000	£6,240,000	29	DM, M (C)	Brazil
Gylfi Sigurðsson	£120,000	£6,240,000	30	M (C), AM (LC)	Iceland
Abdoulaye Doucouré	£120,000	£6,240,000	27	DM, M/AM (C)	France
Richarlison	£110,000	£5,720,000	23	AM (RL), ST (C)	Brazil
Lucas Digne	£110,000	£5,720,000	27	D/WB (L)	France
Alex Iwobi	£100,000	£5,200,000	24	AM (RLC)	Nigeria
Fabian Delph	£100,000	£5,200,000	30	D (L), DM, M (C)	England
Jean-Philippe Gbamin	£75,000	£3,900,000	24	D (C), DM, M (C)	Ivory Coast
Dominic Calvert-Lewin	£72,000	£3,744,000	23	AM (RL), ST (C)	England
Yannick Bolasie	£71,000	£3,692,000	31	M (L), AM (RL), ST (C)	DR Congo
Cenk Tosun	£69,000	£3,588,000	29	ST (C)	Turkey
Michael Keane	£69,000	£3,588,000	27	D (C)	England
Seamus Coleman	£68,000	£3,536,000	31	D/WB/M (R)	Ireland
Ben Godfrey	£68,000	£3,536,000	22	D (C), DM	England
Mason Holgate	£64,000	£3,328,000	23	D (RC)	England
Jonas Lössl	£45,000	£2,340,000	31	GK	Denmark
Tom Davies	£32,000	£1,664,000	22	DM, M (C)	England
Mo Besic	£29,000	£1,508,000	27	DM, M (C)	Bosnia & Herzegovina
Jonjoe Kenny	£15,000	£780,000	23	D/WB (R)	England
Robin Olsen	£14,000	£728,000	30	GK	Sweden
Matthew Pennington	£14,000	£728,000	25	D (RC)	England
Niels Nkounkou	£9,000	£468,000	19	D (L)	France
Beni Baningime	£8,500	£442,000	21	DM, M (C)	England
João Virgínia	£6,100	£317,200	20	GK	Portugal
Jarrad Branthwaite	£5,100	£265,200	18	D (RLC)	England

So far he's only got rid of Bernard (£120,000) Bolasie (£71,000) Besic (£29,000) Olsen (£14,000) Pennington (£14,000 a week, Christ) and Baningime (£8,500). All for free of course.

£256,000 a week, £13.4m saved. Less than Delph and [The White Elephant / Elephant in the Room] and Tosun combined.

Amazing work.

While it's not great...it's certainly exasperated by the losses due to covid in terms of hamstringing.

Walcott and Bernard off the books saved a fair chunk that if we didn't have the losses, we'd be in a better position.

If you look at the league as a whole...no one is spending apart from teams who have sold to buy, the big teams, and arsenal who have been sitting on wealth for years.

Look at the RS... brought a CB in for £30mill. Standard. They can't get anyone else in unless they get shut of players like Shaqiri and Origi off their books

 

[JLW]

Of course, why would you?

If a serious Director of Football looked at the current Everton books vs the performance, they'd laugh and walk away. Who on earth is going to pay Gomes, Doucore, Iwobi and Delph at their current levels?

Have a look here at any club and compare value for money at other clubs compared to us.

Leicester City 2024 Wages | Player & Team totals

Leicester City's total wage bill per year is £58,715,800 and £1,129,150 per week | Search the most comprehensive salary and contract database.

salarysport.com

 

[orly]

whoa hang on, Lossl was on £45k a week?!?!? That was Brands as well.

 

[navidson]

I've heard that Rodriguez is more likely on £190k a week

 

[Terrarian]

We know they earn ridiculous money, it bothers the crap out of me but absolutely nothing we can do. you'll never justify a players wages, Beni baningame on over £8k a week, where's the motivation for them, not even an established first teamer earning a years salary for the low paid in a week

 

[vinvinvin]

If those contract numbers are correct, or even +/- 20%, then they are atrocious

 

[MACCA75]

Carlo last season was saying we’d spend money in the summer and next season we’d be challenging at the top of the table and playing good football.

Safe to say he never had any intention of being here next season with this shitshow of a squad.

 

[orly]

Have a look here at any club and compare value for money at other clubs compared to us.

Leicester City 2024 Wages | Player & Team totals

Leicester City's total wage bill per year is £58,715,800 and £1,129,150 per week | Search the most comprehensive salary and contract database.

salarysport.com

Clicked that link, saw a number of Premier League and FA Cup winners

 

[vinvinvin]

Gomes £140k a week is mind boggling. No wonder all the talk at the time was about how happy he was and that he turned away interest elsewhere - he knew he was about to board the gravy train!

 

[orly]

Forty-five thousand pounds a week to Lossl