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The hierarchy have been exposed as regretting paying De Gea £375,000 a week, which has led to an unequal amount of wages within the squad, with many players seeking significant pay rises. But the origins of the matter perhaps go back to the signing of Alexis Sanchez, who was offered £505,000
England Premier Soccer League
All-time high revenue.
The Athletic reports that De Gea's lengthy £375,000-a-week contract, which he reached in 2019, has allowed the
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Giant Ed Woodward regretted it. At the time, through two years of prolonged negotiations, the Spanish international goalkeeper became the
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highest-paid player and extended his contract through 2023.
But now, many players are using this contract as a norm to get themselves a pay rise. Players who want a significant pay rise include Pogba, whose contract is about to expire, as well as the likes of England striker Marcus Rashford and left-back Luke Shaw.
De Gea's high earnings have created a significant weekly wage gap between him and the rest of his teammates, and he's nearly £90,000 more than the closest thing to himself, Pogba. It's natural to expect the gap to be narrowed, while at the same time De Gea has been unfortunate enough to show a dip in form and the salon has tried to manipulate spending.
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The reason why De Gea was given top dollar was for a couple of reasons. First and foremost, he almost moved in 2015
Real Madrid soccer team
After losing due to a fax machine malfunction, he chose to extend his contract to stay, and if he didn't, he would have left as an at-large player in 2020; and, De Gea joined in 2011
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When the transfer fee was £19m, it saved Sharon a lot of money compared to his later overpriced teammates, plus in the post-Fergie era, the
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employable
European crown
of two seasons, it was literally on De Gea alone on defense, and he deserves to be overpaid.
Plus, Sanchez joins
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The high earnings of over £500,000 a week after that is one of the reasons why De Gea's contract extension negotiations have been so long in the tooth, that's what really disrupted the
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The starting point of the team-wide pay scale has led to demands for more income from the rest of the Saloon's stars.
Sanchez though is using Mkhitaryan with the
Arsenal (name)
The exchange yielded a player who theoretically didn't cost a cash transfer fee, but the £505,000-a-week Woodward was splashing out at the time was also far too high indeed.
A single mistake can lead to a thousand deaths, and now
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Even if the expectation is to sell De Gea, the high salary will result in him not being able to transfer properly. Last summer transfer window, in the premise of Sanchez rental Inter performance is good, the Red Devils still need to pour 9 million pounds, in order to give him completely to the blue and black army.
Now, De Gea, on the other hand, has become the
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teammate's new salary increase negotiation scale.
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Consideration is now being given to whether to sell Pogba in the summer window to prevent losing him for free the following year, with Paris Saint-Germain interested in bringing him in for £43m.
According to the UK's Daily Mirror, Pogba rejected a lengthy contract worth £50 million from Salon, with his agent Mino Raiola thinking that £350,000 a week wasn't enough, and wanted £500,000
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It is feared that if further hasty consent is given, it will further exacerbate today's undesirable trend.
