This is why English players are spoilt Ashley Cole went from £120,000 to £35,000 in joining Roma One phenomenon rife amongst English players is that they never leave the ‘comfort zone’ of the English Premiership even when they are wanted outside of England and the reason is very simple – they cannot get paid the big bucks that they earn. This is despite the fact they fall short in the talent stakes as compared to their age mates in continental Europe. A Daily Mail report has exposed the gulf in salaries between the EPL and the Serie A. in the report published on Monday, it revealed that the highly sought French midfielder, Paul Pogba earns a paltry £23,000 playing for Serie A serial champions, Juventus. While a player like Josh McEachran, a Chelsea starlet, earns £40,000 for being on loan to Vitesse in Holland and Arsenal’s emerging midfielder, Jack Wilshere earns £80,000-per-week. While one has already scored at the World Cup while one is still expected to grow. Ashley Cole is reportedly earning £35,000 at Roma from the £140,000 he used to earn at Chelsea. And that is why Andre Wisdom, a Liverpool defender on loan at Derby last season and now on another loan stint at West Brom would drive his £100,000 Porsche into a muddy trough and leave it there last year. Top earners per-week Serie A EPL La Liga De Rossi; £100,000 Falcao; £225,500 Ronaldo; ££288,000 Higuain; £84,000 Rooney; £222,500 Messi; £257,000 Tevez; £70,000 Aguero; £217,500 Neymar;£241,000 All salaries courtesy Forbes Fernando Torres went from earning £175,000-per-week at Chelsea to being the highest earner at AC Milan where he will earn £61,000 –per-week. Another classic case is that of Juan Mata, who moved from Valencia to Chelsea in 2011. Reports say he was earning £25,000 in Spain and Chelsea more than doubled his earnings to £70,000-per-week. That is why, apart from the Ashley Cole case, a player who is winding down his career and moved to experience a new league, the other English players that have left the league have all done so on loan – which means their parent EPL clubs will still be doling out an appreciable percentage of their salaries.
Posted on: Thu, 11 Sep 2014 13:27:21 +0000
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