But they don't pay higher. They pay £20m less than us overall and that's before our taking into account our recent spate of doubling most of our first teams wages to the £70-£100k pw mark. In fact their financial state doesn't make for great reading by relative comparison of other clubs. Still in debt, Newcastle, West Ham and Southampton generate more match day revenue than them. In fact they are the most dependant on TV revenue of all the top 10 clubs. I'm not sure if this is totally correct I can't be arsed to check, but I think they were the only club to show a decrease of revenue in their last set of accounts, even relegated still showed revenue going up!Latest on SC is that someone has a mate who once upon a time played with Danny Rose as a yoof and is buddies with him, and apparently Rose told him that some of the players want to be paid more, because Everton are paying their new players silly money.
If true, I'd point out that QPR paid players stupid wages too.
You either want Champions League football and a chance of winning things, or you want to dream of chasing a Europa spot whilst being compensated for the drop down. Can't have it both ways.
I've never understood why the biggest clubs pay the most money. It's a bit backwards really, as what sort of player would turn down a move from say Everton to United because they didn't double their wages?
All the noise coming out of Everton is all a bit West Hammy pre-bowl of doom move, a lot of marketing spin. Just goes to show what can be achieved when Sky's and TalkSports main man is chummy with the owner..........