It's all guesswork but I very much doubt Foster was on anywhere near £50K a week even when he was at Man United as a backup GK back then that rarely played. I'm pretty certain he wouldn't be getting that at Watford or West Brom. Maybe you mean £50K per month??that's far more realistic.
But regardless I get your point, and I thought the same he is probably happy to be involved. Great for his already impressive online presence being involved with Wrexham, a very likely promotion, and a netflix series. My guess £5/6K per week.
What was smudger on at Notts? £500 pw? I recall him saying that either he didn't know or didn't care.
I suppose we had Roy Carroll but was in Division 1 then - he's an excellent signing for them obviously they can smell glory so are going for it ,will stand to make a lot more if they go up than Ben Foster will cost them.
Smudger was top each even reportedly to have paid the players wages for a couple of months
He was an established Premier League keeper and England international. If this link is accurate, he's been earning between £30k and £60k a week these last few years and has a net worth of around £20 million. No way Wrexham would be willing to pay him what he's used to being paid, so I can only assume he's doing it because he thinks it'll be fun. He clearly doesn't need the money.
If that information is accurate, I take back my comments on that matter.
Wow! If he was earning over £50K per week for that many years, that is crazy. Fair play to him because he said himself he was on £3,000 per week at Man United for his first season and £4,800 per week in his second. I know salaries have jumped hugely at the money sloshing PL level but I never thought he would be earning that sort of level at Watford and West Brom.
Now he's in the podcast game, getting on a popular successful Netflix show is huge.
Tbh I don't really mind the huge money being paid for the very best players. A Kevin De Bruyne, a Mo Salah, a Harry Kane are elite players and should get paid accordingly. What I struggle with to come to terms with is the obvious and inevitable knock-on effect where Joe Average top flight players are now earning crazy figures like £30-50K a week to be a fringe player, bench warmer at a big club or a decent perfomer but no more at an average Prem club.
Scandalous
Maybe?
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