GiantDave

2023/4 Championship Wage Bill Table Stats + Data Leicester City – £60,190,000 Southampton – £40,014,000 Leeds United – £39,513,000 Norwich City – £24,196,000 West Bromwich Albion – £23,060,000 Cardiff City – £19,444,000 Stoke City – £18,340,000 Watford – £14,952,000 Sheffield Wednesday – £14,584,000 Middlesbrough – £13,582,000 Birmingham City – £13,228,000 Bristol City – £12,894,000 Hull City – £12,333,200 Swansea City – £12,276,000 Queens Park Rangers – £12,020,000 Ipswich Town – £11,378,000 Preston North End – £10,942,200 Coventry City – £10,008,000 Millwall – £9,856,000 Huddersfield Town – £9,258,000 Sunderland – £9,150,000 Blackburn Rovers – £7,678,000 Rotherham United – £6,674,000 Plymouth Argyle – £6,060,000 Look how much higher we were than anyone last season. This season 1. Manchester City – £224,640,000 2. Manchester United – £190,320,000 3. Chelsea – £174,070,000 4. Arsenal – £172,146,000 5. Liverpool – £128,804,000 6. Aston Villa – £108,836,000 7. Newcastle United – £105,352,000 8. Tottenham – £104,806,000 9. West Ham United – £92,560,000 10. Everton – £71,422,000 11. Fulham – £68,406,000 12. Crystal Palace – £67,314,000 13. Nottingham Forest – £66,456,000 14. Leicester City – £65,416,000 15. Brighton – £59,202,000 16. Wolves – £55,562,000 17. Bournemouth – £50,544,000 18. Southampton – £50,206,000 19. Brentford – £42,250,000 20. Ipswich Town – £34,996,000 Forest a similar sized club were in trouble with the same wages too, Everton the same, Brighton have to sell masses of players to keep going, Wolves are struggling and had to get rid of some of their top talent. With PSR many clubs are operating at unsustainable levels and with last year in the Championship and our loss of status this year income is probably much lower than previous seasons in the premier league. The only way to start building again is to get rid of the mass of average and chronically injured (sorry Ricardo) players on massive wages and start again.

Some people just don't seem to get that we can't buy new players because of the financial rules and it's this that is constraining us. Getting rid of the owner wouldn't help with that, but could send us into a mire that kills the club or sends us wallowing in the lower tiers for years to come. Top is one of the few owners that aren't trying to drain the club of funds. As for manager appointments, it can be argued he held on too long with Rodgers but after that all the people that the fans wanted didn't want to join the club. Who is he supposed to appoint if people won't join? Now there is a question mark over some deals in recent years and the wages we're pouring in to below average players but the whole squad needs a total clear out and wage restructure which is incredibly hard to do while fighting for premier league survival. Our wage bill is still way above our league position and performances in the league and I can't imagine that Top enjoys seeing his backing going to waste like this. I don't want Leicester to go down but believe with Top at the helm we'll be in a much better position to go back up. If we lost Top and went down we could be in big big trouble.

I think the main factor will be is this the type of signing that can keep us up? I think it's a yes, experienced premiership player that always gives his all, can play in multiple positions and is highly thought of by his old side. If he can be a big part of a team that can stay up the fee would have paid for itself. A good move methinks.

Not sure what the fans want. There is no one with more money who would be more benevolent to take over Leicester City. We had the 7th largest wage bill this season and a top 10 squad value. This coupled with our smaller turnover that it doesn't matter if Elon Musk bought the club they wouldn't be able to put more into it. Think of people like the Glazers and Mike Ashley and you will understand how different the Leicester owners are. They will be here next season, making a long term commitment to the club, they didn't come to make money but have taken the club to heart, and will be at games next season when many of the plastics have already left. Yes they made mistakes like not getting rid of Brendan quick enough and authorising the wage budgets that we have had, but that isn't because they aren't committed to the club or aren't investing. This covid stopping investment thing is a myth. If that was the case, Top wouldn't have written off the debts and would have sold up long ago.

Yep the manager was one of the most backed in the league from the owner injecting their own money in comparison to revenue. A large section of the fanbase don't seem to get that it doesn't matter how much money the owner has, they will be limited by FFP. We certainly have been backed by Top and he hasn't been leaching money from the club or running it as a business to make money like Mike Ashley or the Glazers. Yes, huge mistakes have been made in deciding to keep Brendan on for so long, placing players on huge contracts and substandard signings, but Top has been so far totally committed to the club especially financially. So he isn't blameless in this, but for those who seem to want him out be careful of what you wish for. I bet he'll be in the stands next season when some of the glory hunters playing football manager have started supporting someone else.