Barcelona top paid team in any sport .

[Blue Steel]

At almost £10m average yearly wage per player , Unreal .

 

[KPL]

Frightening money

 

[Monkspath Miko]

So the average wage per player is over £192k a week. Mental...

 

[BigBuff]

I would imagine what messi gets pulls that number up

 

[FortWilliamLoyal]

What’s Messi on? He must be nearer the £1m a week alone?

 

[blue216]

That’s a surprise in view of the money in American sports.

 

[Blue Steel]

So the average wage per player is over £192k a week. Mental...

One particular player ,maybe skewing the average at almost £50m per season .

 

[Grogu]

Ridiculous money. Frightening thing is, it’s only going to keep going up the way. Where will it stop?

 

[Wufty Bear]

10million a year, wow.....

 

[The Duck]

Some difficult financial decisions for Barcelona in near future

 

[Troobluu]

I thought basketball in the states was the highest paid along with am football

 

[Blue Steel]

That’s a surprise in view of the money in American sports.

Portland trailblazers top paid US team in 4th at around £8m per annum .

 

[Smkz23]

What’s Messi on? He must be nearer the £1m a week alone?

£500,000 net per week according to reports.

 

[Glasgowsteve]

Crazy. Was Messi not on over £500k per week?
I can see this £10m figure rising quite considerably too.

 

[ALASKA]

And yet some talented players can’t keep the head for 10 years. I would be living like a monk if I was a player.

 

[maca3d]

Frightening wage bill

 

[Blue Steel]

Crazy. Was Messi not on over £500k per week?
I can see this £10m figure rising quite considerably too.

His new contract takes him to around £50m per year excluding image rights

 

[Stephenj5]

That money is truly sickening.

 

[esson_rfc]

The joys of having great TV and sponsorship deals

 

[Blue Steel]

And yet some talented players can’t keep the head for 10 years. I would be living like a monk if I was a player.

You want get anywhere near the top , and definitely not stay there unless you do .

 

[Fin5769]

That's an obscene amount of money, yet some players will squander that.

 

[The Huguenot]

For kicking a football around a grass park.

 

[DotMantooth]

In comparison the average yearly NFL wage is around 700k per player.

 

[grailpr]

Anyone know the tax rate in spain. Remember reading somewhere they did a special rate for footballers to make it more attractive for them to play there.

 

[dt17]

I'd imagine Messi will skew they figures quite a bit.

 

[GwRFC1992]

Crazy amount of money

 

[Viatrophy]

I am surprised it is Barca and not an EPL team, wonder how much Messi skews it.

 

[razzer]

That is crazy and that is before you add in sponsorship, image rights etc

not sure if still in place or not but a lot of US sports used to have a salary cap which is maybe why there’s aren’t higher

 

[Cyriel Todder]

Crazy money.

 

[Kyle89]

Disgusting amounts of money that.

Wonder how much Messi is on ? Including sponsorship deals it can't be far off 1m per week.

 

[Davieb1965]

Truly obscene amounts of money. It's this type of thing that takes football away from the working man.

 

[steveski]

Money has totally ruined the game. Nothing to do with sport or winning trophies. Its all about the £££££££'s. Modern football is shyte.

 

[Withambear]

Silly money, on a par with the English premiership

 

[rinofan]

That’s a surprise in view of the money in American sports.

Was thinking exactly the same. Frightening amount of money

 

[Aztec]

shocking amount of money

 

[Reidy]

Remember when this board used to make out the EPL was by far the biggest wages in football and teams were underachieving compared to the likes of Barca and Real considering the wages spent?

 

[SA444]

£200K a week. Mental. Wonder if the number of NFL players on a team dilutes their figures a bit. Think each team gets 53 players.

 

[stuey]

In comparison the average yearly NFL wage is around 700k per player.

This must be hugely skewed by some of the salaries offered to the star quarterbacks etc too?

 

[Monkspath Miko]

In the NFL I think Russel Wilson the Seahawks QB is the highest paid on about $34m per season. But nfl teams have salary caps so if someone is paid big bucks like that a lot of other player on the roster will be on much much less.

 

[FortWilliamLoyal]

What’s Messi on? He must be nearer the £1m a week alone?

Cant even imagine how much he’s on when you factor that with sponsorships and bonuses etc on top.

 

[Scotland11]

A massive financial gap with most teams but not always a performance gap. The law of diminishing returns definitley applies, certainly in EPL teams who pay over the odds for dross.

 

[El Toro]

Absolutely crazy money for playing a game at the end of the day.

 

[Rankrotten]

It's a short career, you need to make your money etc, etc...

 

[PMB1872]

At almost £10m average yearly wage per player , Unreal .

Many overpaid then. They’re not a patch on the Pep team.

 

[Pedro1978]

Wish I was good at football

 

[Malcolm Tucker 37]

Mental, Monopoly money. Pretty obscene to be honest

 

[Pontoon blue]

Wish I was good at football

Don’t we all when you get that kinda money

 

[BigAlmj1]

Absolutely mental

 

[Lorraines Growler]

Fs, that’s plumber type money.

 

[Hallers]

Crazy numbers