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Highest paid player in the Championship?

Fri Aug 28, 2020 10:57 am

It is claimed the highest paid player in the Championship earns £68,000 per week.

From a southern club, so not sure where the south/north border is but I would guess it is Fulham and the player is Mitrovic.
Anyone else guess who it could be?

Re: Highest paid player in the Championship?

Fri Aug 28, 2020 11:22 am

I believe it is Ayew down in jack land

Re: Highest paid player in the Championship?

Fri Aug 28, 2020 11:29 am

bootsandsaddles wrote:I believe it is Ayew down in jack land

No wonder they’re trying to offload if true. I think he has a year left of his current contact too! Shame. :laughing5:

Re: Highest paid player in the Championship?

Fri Aug 28, 2020 11:30 am

£68k is massive for the Championship, madness.

Re: Highest paid player in the Championship?

Fri Aug 28, 2020 3:51 pm

It’s Tom Cairney he is on one of those ridiculous contracts where he is automatically the clubs top earner, remember reading about it 18 months ago

Re: Highest paid player in the Championship?

Fri Aug 28, 2020 3:59 pm

oohahhPaulMillar wrote:It’s Tom Cairney he is on one of those ridiculous contracts where he is automatically the clubs top earner, remember reading about it 18 months ago

Tom Cairney is not a championship player. He got promoted with Fulham a few weeks ago. Andre Ayew is on around the above mentioned 68k

Re: Highest paid player in the Championship?

Fri Aug 28, 2020 4:24 pm

BluebirdForever wrote:
oohahhPaulMillar wrote:It’s Tom Cairney he is on one of those ridiculous contracts where he is automatically the clubs top earner, remember reading about it 18 months ago

Tom Cairney is not a championship player. He got promoted with Fulham a few weeks ago. Andre Ayew is on around the above mentioned 68k


I think this is referring to the top earner in the season just finished

Re: Highest paid player in the Championship?

Fri Aug 28, 2020 5:53 pm

oohahhPaulMillar wrote:
BluebirdForever wrote:
oohahhPaulMillar wrote:It’s Tom Cairney he is on one of those ridiculous contracts where he is automatically the clubs top earner, remember reading about it 18 months ago

Tom Cairney is not a championship player. He got promoted with Fulham a few weeks ago. Andre Ayew is on around the above mentioned 68k


I think this is referring to the top earner in the season just finished


It would have to be as Mitrovic along with Cairney are in the same team :o

Re: Highest paid player in the Championship?

Fri Aug 28, 2020 8:19 pm

what’s rooney on then?

Re: Highest paid player in the Championship?

Fri Aug 28, 2020 9:33 pm

Pidgeofcdf wrote:what’s rooney on then?



more than 68k.... its not as if someone knows who is earning what anyway... let alone knowing what 600 players earn..

Re: Highest paid player in the Championship?

Sat Aug 29, 2020 12:10 am

Pidgeofcdf wrote:what’s rooney on then?


According to press reports at the time, apparently Derby matched the wage Wayne Rooney was getting at DC United in the MLS.

The press say that means he's earning at least £50,000 a week and there were reports that he also got a seven-digit signing-on-fee.

It's believed that most of his wages and signing-on-fee were financed by 32Red.