I’m saying we don’t need to rush this as, yes he seems like the star asset now but what if he has a poor season? We need to be careful as Pickford’s only done it for 1 season where he was good but not as good as the hype that surrounds him now after the World Cup. I was pointing out that Spurs kept players happy despite not being on huge wages. I don’t know about now but Lloris was on more than Kane. Other 1st team players, however good they are, like Alli and Davies are on way less. Spurs haven’t given those wages out straight away and they’ve kept the ship steady.
I’m not disagreeing with Newty, just making the point that, although he’s our star asset currently, we need to manage it on our terms as we could have another star asset next season and still finish 8th or so - it’ll soon add up if we’re following this model. The problem we’ve got is that we need to offer higher wages to tempt players here in the first place - Spurs have Champions League football, the lure of London, the fact that they’re at least competitive and now the new stadium.
I’d personally have pretty standard basic wages for 1st teamers then the rest is based on bonuses e.g wins, goals, clean sheets, assists - specific to the player. Sandro is rumoured to be on £120k a week here. We’d be better paying him £40k then he earns the rest with £40k at win, £20k a goal or assist etc... sad fact is that he’s probably got bonuses on top of that wage anyway.