Forgot to add, this should apply to the 'potential' bracket but if your going to go after proven quality then we pay the market value in terms of wages.
But the potential aren't commanding big wages Shabs.. We are only paying Markovic a reported 35k.. Sterling is still on that figure, Ibe has just signed to that figure.
It's not a coincidence that our 'big money signings' are the likes of Lallana and Sakho who are on or around 70k a week
The big established players we lack who want north of 120k we can't get them in as we aren't offering the money, we can't be. And those won't take incentives because they can get it straight up at others places.
Also while we aren't getting those over the line we have lost or are losing
Gerrard
Reina
Carra
Suarez
Maxi
Agger
Etc etc who were on or around that figure..
Now the issue isn't those players or if you think they weren't still playing to justify those wages but we have replaced them with that level a player..
With what we are paying we are only attracting a certain level, it doesn't matter what we are paying in the market for them.. It's that with how we do it those are the limit to what we can/will pay
I wouldn't mind if they overhauled it renamed it as long as the people in charge of transfers right now are shown the door and a string of top flight scouts with extensive knowledge are brought in to chair it.
But my worry ( going on the facts we have witnessed in their time) that they can rebrand it, sack and replace but if they still work to the outline nothing changes
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