@Brunello would you include or exclude signing on fees and performance bonuses as part of the wage bill ?
Well you are not comparing apples with apples. If two seasons ago we had won the division I estimate our wages plus bonuses would have been higher. Last season our normal wage bill would have been less or maybe the same but obviously bonuses have been paid which would make the figure higher. I dont believe signing on fees would have been any more than the loyalty (sic) bonuses that would have been paid before.
@Brunello would you include or exclude signing on fees and performance bonuses as part of the wage bill ?
Personally I wouldn’t be surprised if our newly signed players have been signed on not spectacular wages but with large bonuses upon promotion and maybe even a wage rise. It would have been a good insurance policy for the club if things went wrong but a big incentive for the players to perform. So I'd imagine any such bonuses are not included in the figures given.
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I think we were much more financially competitive and with a higher wage bill than what has Bern suggested.
Reading that back even I dont understand it!
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Cawley.
Pinch.
Salt.