Players wages

[colm s]

Does anyone know how much the players and staff for that matter are actually getiing paid now that the club has turned profesional.

[MyTown]

The club has published a Financial Statement for each of the last few seasons outlining its revenue (never enough!) and its expenditure (always too much!).

In taking the decision to "go professional" serious account was taken of setting a budget and staying within that budget. Any self respecting manager would like to go after "class" players and if successful would have to pay them accordingly.

So our manager is very conscious of the costs involved in offering contracts to players he believes will do a job for us.

All businesses carry the bulk of their expenditure as pay costs. The nurses currently on strike don't want the public to know that for every euro spent on health between 70 and 80 cent goes on wages and salaries and most of this goes on nurses salaries.

Its no different in a professional soccer club, most of the expenditure goes on players wages.

There's no point in denying that players unhappiness about team mates wages being "higher" has caused divisions and affected morale in clubs. (Again it's the same in lots of employments).

I'd say if you want specifics look for the clubs financial statements. But as a loyal supporter I'd rather not get specific in a forum such as this one.

The bottom line is that a once great club like Leeds United are on the verge of going belly-up because of historical financial mismanagement, and Chelsea were headed down exactly the same road until someone with EXTRAORDINARY wealth (regardless of how he got it) came along.

[gufct]

The club has said the budget for the year is €1.1m of which €670,000 was to be the playing budget ie. wages. There is no point in surmising individuals wages or posting hearsay here.

[Mr A]

Does that include Cousins and staff or is that just for players? What is the rest being spent on?

[Patrick Dunne]

If you divide gufcts figure by the amount of playing staff then
you can surmise the average wage of the club.

No company discloses the wages of its employees. Players are entitled to
the same privacy in relation to their renumeration as you and I are.

GUFC have large non-player related costs. Rent of pitch and training faciilties,
four office staff, hefty transport/accomodation/meals expenditure.

[galwayhoop]

The nurses currently on strike don't want the public to know that for every euro spent on health between 70 and 80 cent goes on wages and salaries and most of this goes on nurses salaries.

Fairly off point here MyTown and heresay in the extreme. Nurses wages are well below the industrial average and I have to doubt if over 40% of the annual health expenditure goes on nurses wages! Viva la Revolution!!!!

Back on point I think the overall budget isn't sufficient to support Full Time football. The squad is fairly light - numbers wise - as we have to pay full-time wages, and you will see us struggle if we get a few injuries (or suspensions) at once like we have right now.

With just 22 players (including 3 GK's) if we get 4 or 5 out we will struggle to fill the team sheet!!