rbr 1,247 Posted January 2, 2011 Share Posted January 2, 2011 I dont know how accurate this report/story actually is , however read on. Freddie Ljungbergââ?¬â?¢s Celtic wage shows decline of Scottish football financesBy Nick Harris 2 January 2010 Celtic got off to a flyer in 2011 today by beating Rangers 2-0 in the Neââ?¬â?¢erday derby, but one sign of how dramatically Scottish football finances have continued to deteriorate in the past year is found in Celticââ?¬â?¢s deal to sign Freddie Ljungberg until the end of the season. Ljungberg, who did not play today because he has a virus, earned Ã?£16,000 per week in Major League Soccer in the USA, most recently with Chicago Fire, and Celtic put together a deal that effectively matches it to sign the Swede, 33, until the end of the season. That pay packet is understood to give Ljungberg the highest guaranteed basic wage per week in Scotland currently. While Ã?£16,000 a week is no small change in most walks of life, itââ?¬â?¢s not huge in elite football, and itââ?¬â?¢s just a quarter of the highest weekly salary being paid in the SPL a year ago, to Robbie Keane, also at Celtic. Keaneââ?¬â?¢s temporary contract at Parkhead was worth Ã?£65,000 per week. According to sportingintelligenceââ?¬â?¢s calculations for our inaugural review of global sports salaries, published earlier this year, the average first-team pay at Rangers in summer 2008 (the most recent data available when that report was compiled) was Ã?£17,121 per week, or Ã?£890,270 per year. The average first-team pay at Celtic was Ã?£16,309 a week, or Ã?£848,082 a year. Those two clubsââ?¬â?¢ wage bills totally overshadowed those at every other SPL club to the extent that the SPL has the least equality in wage distribution of any major sports league in the world considered in our report. (The NFL was the fairest league). Yet since summer 2008, wages in the SPL have gone down, including at the Old Firm, not just in relative terms but actual terms. This will be evident when our next report is published, showing 2009 numbers, and there are good grounds for believing the current seasonââ?¬â?¢s wages in the SPL are the lowest for several years in Scotlandââ?¬â?¢s top division. Ljungbergââ?¬â?¢s Ã?£16,000 per week can therefore be seen as Celtic pushing the boat out ââ?¬â?? and as an example of how far down the pecking order the SPL has fallen in global football terms. Official MLS Union wage data shows Ljungbergââ?¬â?¢s MLS contract was worth $1.3m in 2010, making him only the seventh best-paid player after David Beckham ($6.5m with LA Galaxy), Thierry Henry ($5.6m, NY Red Bulls), Rafael Marquez ($5.5m, NYRB), Landon Donovan ($2.1m, Galaxy), Juan Pablo Angel ($1.9m, NYRB), Nery Castillo ($1.79m, Chicago) and Julian de Guzman ($1.7m, Toronto). So Celtic have hired a man only seventh in the MLS wage stakes to become Scotlandââ?¬â?¢s best rewarded player, and at the same time have waved goodbye to plenty of others in the past year to clubs who can pay better money. In fact since last yearââ?¬â?¢s New Year Old Firm match, 11 players involved in that game ââ?¬â?? eight from Celtic and three from Rangers ââ?¬â?? have left Scotland. They are: Artur Boruc ââ?¬â?? left Celtic for Fiorentina (Serie A) in July 2010. Gary Caldwell - left Celtic for Wigan (EPL) later in January 2010. Danny Fox ââ?¬â?? left Celtic for Burnley (then EPL, now Championship) later in January 2010. Barry Robson ââ?¬â?? left Celtic for Middlesbrough (Championship) later in January 2010. Landry Nââ?¬â?¢Guemo ââ?¬â?? returned to Nancy (France, Ligue 1) in summer 2010 after one-year loan because Celtic could not agree (afford) a transfer fee. Aiden McGeady ââ?¬â?? left Celtic in August 2010 to sign for Spartak Moscow (Russian Premier League), for a fee of c.Ã?£12m, a no-brainer for a selling club as Celtic now are. Marc-Antoine Fortune ââ?¬â?? left Celtic in August 2010 to sign for West Brom (EPL). Scott McDonald ââ?¬â?? left Celtic later in January 2010 to join Middlesbrough (Championship). Danny Wilson ââ?¬â?? left Rangers for Liverpool (EPL) in July 2010. Nacho Novo ââ?¬â?? left Rangers in May 2010 for Sporting Gijon (La Liga). Kris Boyd - left Rangers in July 2010 for Middlesbrough (Championship). . 0 Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Super_Ally 0 Posted January 2, 2011 Share Posted January 2, 2011 Where do they get this info from??? 0 Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bluedell 5,356 Posted January 2, 2011 Share Posted January 2, 2011 Where do they get this info from??? It's not publicly available, so I'd guess that it's totally made up. 0 Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Super_Ally 0 Posted January 2, 2011 Share Posted January 2, 2011 It's not publicly available, so I'd guess that it's totally made up. Unfortunately that's what I assumed. No way they would be able to get accurate numbers on what all the footballers in the SPL earn. 0 Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
rbr 1,247 Posted January 2, 2011 Author Share Posted January 2, 2011 It's from an American sporting site , dont know about our wage info , but they seem pretty good on their own sports http://www.sportingintelligence.com/ To be honest I think they have used figures that are published either by the clubs or the figure Deloitte and Touche publish , could be wrong though 0 Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
pete 2,499 Posted January 2, 2011 Share Posted January 2, 2011 I thought Scott Brown was on 25.000 a week. 0 Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
54andcounting 0 Posted January 3, 2011 Share Posted January 3, 2011 I would play for 'Gers for nowt...but then I'm only as good as Broadfoot, Lafferty and Foster, but if Sky TV was interested then I'd be looking for something in the region of �£350pw. How the fuck did we lose today? 0 Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
rbr 1,247 Posted January 3, 2011 Author Share Posted January 3, 2011 I thought Scott Brown was on 25.000 a week. Those figures quoted are averages mate 0 Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
craig 5,199 Posted January 3, 2011 Share Posted January 3, 2011 Those figures quoted are averages mate They may be averages but the article also states Ljungberg is the highest paid player at CP with a basic wage of 16k - which is either wrong or means Brown's wage is overstated. 0 Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zappa 0 Posted January 3, 2011 Share Posted January 3, 2011 If they're paying Brown 25k p/w they're even more stupid than I thought because he's not worth anywhere near that in wages. He's only worth about 15k p/w purely because it's a big club. If he was still at Hibs he'd probably be lucky to be making 8k - 10k tops (although I must admit that I don't know what wages are like at Hibs so might be wrong). 0 Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Recommended Posts
Join the conversation
You can post now and register later. If you have an account, sign in now to post with your account.