Would it kill us to up the wages on our big hitters?

To offer the likes of MG, Olise, Eze, Anderson etc an increase rather than spending out on too many more signing’s. Surely it would make sense to give them nearer what they may get at other clubs (if we can) to see how well we could do with a full season with them and OG.

Of course I know we need some sensible back up but our starting 11 from the end of last season plus CD is pretty special.

Thoughts?

To answer the OP we were paying big money for several bit hitters unfortunately as the Yanks would say swing and a miss.

So the last few years has been about reducing the overall percentage of the wage bill. I suspect the board doesn't have a problem increasing a player's wages once they have proved themselves.

Hopefully the days of signing so called big names who then fail to match their salary are over.

When I worked in the bank HR told me they kept a close eye on what other banks paid. Some they couldn't match but others they made sure to keep ahead.

I would expect that we match ourselves to the bottom half teams with the occasional exception (e.g. Wilf).

One more point

if you read the news, Olise is signing for both Chelsea and Man United next season. Eze is going to Man Utd and Spurs. They will both work double shifts presumably to earn enough cash to put down a house deposit?

Denial is not just a river in Egypt

i think Palace pay very well and until a year or so ago had the highest wages as a % of overall revenue/income.
It has gone down a little as Sakho and Tekkers have left and Max Meyer was released, and of course Wilf. These 4 were all on over £100k a week.

I remember Leicester (them with all the FFP issues) had an upper limit of £100k a week a couple of years after they won the league, yet we had 4 players on more than that.

However, there are not many squad players on under £50k a week and Eze and Olise both signed big new contracts less than a year ago.

I don't think wages are the issue - if a top 6 club want one of our players we won't be able to compete, regardless of the salary

UTD Salaries - One of the measures Eric Ten Hag was trying to introduce was a salary cap of no player earning more than £200,000 per week, obviously, however fiscally prudent it was not a popular move among the players

David De Gea was supposed to be on £375,000 per week & as such refused to sign a new contract -

Others: As the attachment - (Its just a quick google search so it probably dosent stand up to an awful lot of scrutiny but you get the overall picture -

Olise and Eze are on £100k p/w each. If they went to Chelsea or Man Utd they would be on £300k p/w. With the added sponsorship bonanza, that means they get to trouser about £10m more a year if they went there.

It isn't a case of penny pinching. To continue to operate sustainably and within the rules, our budget might stretch to £125k p/w each (what Zaha was on). However, for the players, if it came down to them and it was all about the money, that wouldn't be enough.