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The vast majority of people responding to this assuming quoted wages are gross and that Chiesa took a pay cut fits with the broader Liverpool base wage mythology.
My interpretation from the base report is (i) cited wages are net and (ii) his base wage is increasing vs current.
We´ve already seen a UK base wage mistranslation at transfer permanently stick for Diaz, who is commonly cited as on £55k / week gross despite the source report by a Portuguese journalist citing €3.5m / yr net of tax (therefore €6.3m / yr gross or ~ £100k / week gross).
happens without mistranslation too. The Athletic (18 Sep 20) reported that Thiago rejected £230k/wk from Bayern to sign with LFC at £200k/wk (lol), and the fanbase at it up. Then, as Thiago neared departure, The Athletic (09 May 24) reported his wages were actually £250k/wk.
The Athletic reported just last week that TAA is currently on £200k/wk and Alisson is in a higher base wage bracket (implying a material separation above TAA).
EFCIL report for 2022/23 cited LFC´s player wages to be €304m (£264m at GPB/EUR in report; 71% of the total wage bill of £373m). Liverpool aren´t getting players to join and/or renew under some extremely rigid / disciplined wage structure.
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