The estimated and approximate cost payable by Manchester United for the transfer of Alexis Sanchez from Arsenal, is about 175 Million pounds for the four and a half years duration of the contract ! Sanchez will be paid a pre-tax salary of about 450 000 pounds per week !
The recent escalation of the cost of the services of leading footballers is alarming to say the very least !
To think that in the post-war years of the 1940s and 50s Stanley Matthews, an ever present English international footballer, was paid the princely sum of £20 per week, which was twice the weekly minimum wage.....!
The two Manchester clubs, City and United, have virtually "bought" the top two places in the league table, for the time being !
But, will their "investments" generate enough income to pay all their star players ? Or will the Spectators and TV companies be expected to pay more ? Or will it be for the Shareholders of the Clubs to provide the finance needed ?
What seems a certainty is that other professional footballers will also want either a salary increase or a transfer to another club ! How many will refuse to play because they are "injured"......to get what they want ?
There could be another period of turmoil coming in the World of Football !
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