{"id":4973,"date":"2009-05-26T14:07:12","date_gmt":"2009-05-26T18:07:12","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/footballfashion.wordpress.com\/?p=4973"},"modified":"2009-05-26T14:07:12","modified_gmt":"2009-05-26T18:07:12","slug":"the-newcastle-united-wage-bill-the-cost-of-relegation","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/footballfashion.org\/wordpress\/2009\/05\/26\/the-newcastle-united-wage-bill-the-cost-of-relegation\/","title":{"rendered":"The Newcastle United Wage Bill &#8211; The Cost of Relegation"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>This is an estimate from the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.dailymail.co.uk\/sport\/football\/article-1187448\/Meltdown-Newcastle-8217-s-71m-wage-nightmare--stay.html\" target=\"_blank\">Daily Mail<\/a> of what a relegated Newcastle United players got paid for last season&#8217;s debacle. Needless to say, if by some miracle, even half of the club&#8217;s players stay for at least one year of Championship football, Newcastle has little chance of paying them these type of salaries without the big money that comes from being in the English Premier League.<\/p>\n<p>With lower gate receipts and less TV and merchandise revenue expected, owner Mike Ashley will definitely have to dig into the bag of business tricks that got him on the\u00a0<em>Sunday Times Rich List<\/em> to for the Geordies to avoid an extended stay in England&#8217;s second tier of football. Word on the street is that until a few weeks ago, Newcastle didn&#8217;t even have a relegation contingency plan similar to that employed by yo yo club West Bromwich Albion every other year. Let us hope that a Leeds United fall from grace isn&#8217;t in the cards for the Tyneside faithful.<\/p>\n<p><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter lazyload\" src=\"data:image\/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAAAAACH5BAEKAAEALAAAAAABAAEAAAICTAEAOw==\" data-src=\"http:\/\/newsimg.bbc.co.uk\/media\/images\/45819000\/jpg\/_45819427_taylor.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"226\" height=\"282\" \/><\/p>\n<p><strong>WORTH KEEPING:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>NICKY BUTT \u00a360,000 a week \u2013 a leader who will be needed.<\/p>\n<p>STEVEN TAYLOR \u00a340,000 \u2013 a proud Geordie who will want to make amends.<\/p>\n<p>DANNY GUTHRIE \u00a340,000 \u2013 will do well in Championship.<\/p>\n<p>SHOLA AMEOBI \u00a340,000 \u2013 Football League is his level.<\/p>\n<p>STEVE HARPER \u00a330,000 \u2013 deserves a run as No 1.<\/p>\n<p>RYAN TAYLOR \u00a330,000 \u2013 should pick up in lower level.<\/p>\n<p><strong>ON THEIR WAY:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>MICHAEL OWEN \u00a3105,000 \u2013 out of contract, needs a new club.<\/p>\n<p>DAMIEN DUFF \u00a370,000 \u2013 says he wants to stay (yeah, right).<\/p>\n<p>OBAFEMI MARTINS \u00a370,000 \u2013 on the first plane out of Tyneside, never to be<br \/>\nseen again.<\/p>\n<p>ALAN SMITH \u00a360,000 \u2013 strangely has a list of clubs who want him.<\/p>\n<p>MARK VIDUKA \u00a360,000 \u2013 Aussie beaches beckon.<\/p>\n<p>GEREMI \u00a360,000 \u2013 odds on for a Turkish club who need a 40-plus player.<\/p>\n<p>JONAS GUTIERREZ \u00a350,000 \u2013 cost \u00a35.6m but no use now.<\/p>\n<p>HABIB BEYE \u00a350,000 \u2013 one of few to leave with integrity intact.<\/p>\n<p>IGNACIO GONZALEZ \u00a350,000 \u2013 who indeed?<\/p>\n<p>CACAPA \u00a340,000 \u2013 one of the worst Brazilians ever.<\/p>\n<p>SEBASTIEN BASSONG \u00a330,000 \u2013 one of Newcastle\u2019s few assets.<\/p>\n<p>PETER LOVENKRANDS \u00a320,000 \u2013 brief loan spell to end.<\/p>\n<p>KEVIN NOLAN \u00a350,000 \u2013 January signing which backfired.<\/p>\n<p><strong>HARD TO SHIFT:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>JOEY BARTON \u00a360,000 \u2013 who would be mad enough to buy him?<\/p>\n<p>JOSE ENRIQUE \u00a360,000 \u2013 cost \u00a36m, which was \u00a36m too much.<\/p>\n<p>FABRICIO COLOCCINI \u00a360,000 \u2013 he was frighteningly bad.<\/p>\n<p>XISCO \u00a350,000 \u2013 an expensive flop.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align:center;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/scripts.affiliatefuture.com\/AFClick.asp?affiliateID=132648&amp;merchantID=972&amp;programmeID=3041&amp;mediaID=60624&amp;tracking=&amp;url=http:\/\/www.kitbag.com\/stores\/kitbag_4_5\/football\/default_newcastle.aspx\" target=\"_blank\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter lazyload\" style=\"border:0 none #000000;\" src=\"data:image\/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAAAAACH5BAEKAAEALAAAAAABAAEAAAICTAEAOw==\" data-src=\"http:\/\/www.kitbag.com\/stores\/kitbag_4_5\/_artwork\/english\/departments\/football\/newcastle\/tlm\/tlm-a.jpg\" border=\"0\" alt=\"\" width=\"421\" height=\"292\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>This is an estimate from the Daily Mail of what a relegated Newcastle United players got paid for last season&#8217;s debacle. Needless to say, if by some miracle, even half of the club&#8217;s players stay for at least one year of Championship football, Newcastle has little chance of paying them these type of salaries without [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[56,57],"tags":[2754,2755,1036,1486],"class_list":["post-4973","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-english-football-league","category-english-premier-league","tag-english-football-league","tag-english-premier-league","tag-newcastle-united","tag-the-championship"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.6 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>The Newcastle United Wage Bill - The Cost of Relegation - FOOTBALL FASHION<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/footballfashion.org\/wordpress\/2009\/05\/26\/the-newcastle-united-wage-bill-the-cost-of-relegation\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"The Newcastle United Wage Bill - The Cost of Relegation - FOOTBALL FASHION\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"This is an estimate from the Daily Mail of what a relegated Newcastle United players got paid for last season&#8217;s debacle. Needless to say, if by some miracle, even half of the club&#8217;s players stay for at least one year of Championship football, Newcastle has little chance of paying them these type of salaries without [&hellip;]\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/footballfashion.org\/wordpress\/2009\/05\/26\/the-newcastle-united-wage-bill-the-cost-of-relegation\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"FOOTBALL FASHION\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:publisher\" content=\"http:\/\/www.facebook.com\/footballfashion\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2009-05-26T18:07:12+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"http:\/\/newsimg.bbc.co.uk\/media\/images\/45819000\/jpg\/_45819427_taylor.jpg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"Football Fashion Staff\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:creator\" content=\"@footballfashion\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:site\" content=\"@footballfashion\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"Football Fashion Staff\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"2 minutes\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\\\/\\\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/footballfashion.org\\\/wordpress\\\/2009\\\/05\\\/26\\\/the-newcastle-united-wage-bill-the-cost-of-relegation\\\/#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/footballfashion.org\\\/wordpress\\\/2009\\\/05\\\/26\\\/the-newcastle-united-wage-bill-the-cost-of-relegation\\\/\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"Football Fashion Staff\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/footballfashion.org\\\/wordpress\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/7b94acd31a9125d2469d4be3d485ccf9\"},\"headline\":\"The Newcastle United Wage Bill &#8211; The Cost of Relegation\",\"datePublished\":\"2009-05-26T18:07:12+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/footballfashion.org\\\/wordpress\\\/2009\\\/05\\\/26\\\/the-newcastle-united-wage-bill-the-cost-of-relegation\\\/\"},\"wordCount\":379,\"commentCount\":0,\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/footballfashion.org\\\/wordpress\\\/2009\\\/05\\\/26\\\/the-newcastle-united-wage-bill-the-cost-of-relegation\\\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"http:\\\/\\\/newsimg.bbc.co.uk\\\/media\\\/images\\\/45819000\\\/jpg\\\/_45819427_taylor.jpg\",\"keywords\":[\"English Football League\",\"English Premier League\",\"Newcastle United\",\"The Championship\"],\"articleSection\":[\"English Football League\",\"English Premier League\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"CommentAction\",\"name\":\"Comment\",\"target\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/footballfashion.org\\\/wordpress\\\/2009\\\/05\\\/26\\\/the-newcastle-united-wage-bill-the-cost-of-relegation\\\/#respond\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/footballfashion.org\\\/wordpress\\\/2009\\\/05\\\/26\\\/the-newcastle-united-wage-bill-the-cost-of-relegation\\\/\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/footballfashion.org\\\/wordpress\\\/2009\\\/05\\\/26\\\/the-newcastle-united-wage-bill-the-cost-of-relegation\\\/\",\"name\":\"The Newcastle United Wage Bill - The Cost of Relegation - FOOTBALL FASHION\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/footballfashion.org\\\/wordpress\\\/#website\"},\"primaryImageOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/footballfashion.org\\\/wordpress\\\/2009\\\/05\\\/26\\\/the-newcastle-united-wage-bill-the-cost-of-relegation\\\/#primaryimage\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/footballfashion.org\\\/wordpress\\\/2009\\\/05\\\/26\\\/the-newcastle-united-wage-bill-the-cost-of-relegation\\\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"http:\\\/\\\/newsimg.bbc.co.uk\\\/media\\\/images\\\/45819000\\\/jpg\\\/_45819427_taylor.jpg\",\"datePublished\":\"2009-05-26T18:07:12+00:00\",\"author\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/footballfashion.org\\\/wordpress\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/7b94acd31a9125d2469d4be3d485ccf9\"},\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/footballfashion.org\\\/wordpress\\\/2009\\\/05\\\/26\\\/the-newcastle-united-wage-bill-the-cost-of-relegation\\\/#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/footballfashion.org\\\/wordpress\\\/2009\\\/05\\\/26\\\/the-newcastle-united-wage-bill-the-cost-of-relegation\\\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/footballfashion.org\\\/wordpress\\\/2009\\\/05\\\/26\\\/the-newcastle-united-wage-bill-the-cost-of-relegation\\\/#primaryimage\",\"url\":\"http:\\\/\\\/newsimg.bbc.co.uk\\\/media\\\/images\\\/45819000\\\/jpg\\\/_45819427_taylor.jpg\",\"contentUrl\":\"http:\\\/\\\/newsimg.bbc.co.uk\\\/media\\\/images\\\/45819000\\\/jpg\\\/_45819427_taylor.jpg\"},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/footballfashion.org\\\/wordpress\\\/2009\\\/05\\\/26\\\/the-newcastle-united-wage-bill-the-cost-of-relegation\\\/#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\\\/\\\/footballfashion.org\\\/wordpress\\\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"The Newcastle United Wage Bill &#8211; The Cost of Relegation\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/footballfashion.org\\\/wordpress\\\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/footballfashion.org\\\/wordpress\\\/\",\"name\":\"FOOTBALL FASHION.ORG\",\"description\":\"Football \\\/ soccer news, clothes, jerseys and gear with a touch of rugby thrown in\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\\\/\\\/footballfashion.org\\\/wordpress\\\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":{\"@type\":\"PropertyValueSpecification\",\"valueRequired\":true,\"valueName\":\"search_term_string\"}}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/footballfashion.org\\\/wordpress\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/7b94acd31a9125d2469d4be3d485ccf9\",\"name\":\"Football Fashion Staff\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/footballfashion.org\\\/wordpress\\\/author\\\/admin-2\\\/\"}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"The Newcastle United Wage Bill - The Cost of Relegation - FOOTBALL FASHION","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/footballfashion.org\/wordpress\/2009\/05\/26\/the-newcastle-united-wage-bill-the-cost-of-relegation\/","og_locale":"en_US","og_type":"article","og_title":"The Newcastle United Wage Bill - The Cost of Relegation - FOOTBALL FASHION","og_description":"This is an estimate from the Daily Mail of what a relegated Newcastle United players got paid for last season&#8217;s debacle. Needless to say, if by some miracle, even half of the club&#8217;s players stay for at least one year of Championship football, Newcastle has little chance of paying them these type of salaries without [&hellip;]","og_url":"https:\/\/footballfashion.org\/wordpress\/2009\/05\/26\/the-newcastle-united-wage-bill-the-cost-of-relegation\/","og_site_name":"FOOTBALL FASHION","article_publisher":"http:\/\/www.facebook.com\/footballfashion","article_published_time":"2009-05-26T18:07:12+00:00","og_image":[{"url":"http:\/\/newsimg.bbc.co.uk\/media\/images\/45819000\/jpg\/_45819427_taylor.jpg","type":"","width":"","height":""}],"author":"Football Fashion Staff","twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_creator":"@footballfashion","twitter_site":"@footballfashion","twitter_misc":{"Written by":"Football Fashion Staff","Est. reading time":"2 minutes"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Article","@id":"https:\/\/footballfashion.org\/wordpress\/2009\/05\/26\/the-newcastle-united-wage-bill-the-cost-of-relegation\/#article","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/footballfashion.org\/wordpress\/2009\/05\/26\/the-newcastle-united-wage-bill-the-cost-of-relegation\/"},"author":{"name":"Football Fashion Staff","@id":"https:\/\/footballfashion.org\/wordpress\/#\/schema\/person\/7b94acd31a9125d2469d4be3d485ccf9"},"headline":"The Newcastle United Wage Bill &#8211; The Cost of Relegation","datePublished":"2009-05-26T18:07:12+00:00","mainEntityOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/footballfashion.org\/wordpress\/2009\/05\/26\/the-newcastle-united-wage-bill-the-cost-of-relegation\/"},"wordCount":379,"commentCount":0,"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/footballfashion.org\/wordpress\/2009\/05\/26\/the-newcastle-united-wage-bill-the-cost-of-relegation\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"http:\/\/newsimg.bbc.co.uk\/media\/images\/45819000\/jpg\/_45819427_taylor.jpg","keywords":["English Football League","English Premier League","Newcastle United","The Championship"],"articleSection":["English Football League","English Premier League"],"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"CommentAction","name":"Comment","target":["https:\/\/footballfashion.org\/wordpress\/2009\/05\/26\/the-newcastle-united-wage-bill-the-cost-of-relegation\/#respond"]}]},{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/footballfashion.org\/wordpress\/2009\/05\/26\/the-newcastle-united-wage-bill-the-cost-of-relegation\/","url":"https:\/\/footballfashion.org\/wordpress\/2009\/05\/26\/the-newcastle-united-wage-bill-the-cost-of-relegation\/","name":"The Newcastle United Wage Bill - The Cost of Relegation - FOOTBALL FASHION","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/footballfashion.org\/wordpress\/#website"},"primaryImageOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/footballfashion.org\/wordpress\/2009\/05\/26\/the-newcastle-united-wage-bill-the-cost-of-relegation\/#primaryimage"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/footballfashion.org\/wordpress\/2009\/05\/26\/the-newcastle-united-wage-bill-the-cost-of-relegation\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"http:\/\/newsimg.bbc.co.uk\/media\/images\/45819000\/jpg\/_45819427_taylor.jpg","datePublished":"2009-05-26T18:07:12+00:00","author":{"@id":"https:\/\/footballfashion.org\/wordpress\/#\/schema\/person\/7b94acd31a9125d2469d4be3d485ccf9"},"breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/footballfashion.org\/wordpress\/2009\/05\/26\/the-newcastle-united-wage-bill-the-cost-of-relegation\/#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/footballfashion.org\/wordpress\/2009\/05\/26\/the-newcastle-united-wage-bill-the-cost-of-relegation\/"]}]},{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/footballfashion.org\/wordpress\/2009\/05\/26\/the-newcastle-united-wage-bill-the-cost-of-relegation\/#primaryimage","url":"http:\/\/newsimg.bbc.co.uk\/media\/images\/45819000\/jpg\/_45819427_taylor.jpg","contentUrl":"http:\/\/newsimg.bbc.co.uk\/media\/images\/45819000\/jpg\/_45819427_taylor.jpg"},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/footballfashion.org\/wordpress\/2009\/05\/26\/the-newcastle-united-wage-bill-the-cost-of-relegation\/#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/footballfashion.org\/wordpress\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"The Newcastle United Wage Bill &#8211; The Cost of Relegation"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/footballfashion.org\/wordpress\/#website","url":"https:\/\/footballfashion.org\/wordpress\/","name":"FOOTBALL FASHION.ORG","description":"Football \/ soccer news, clothes, jerseys and gear with a touch of rugby thrown in","potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/footballfashion.org\/wordpress\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":{"@type":"PropertyValueSpecification","valueRequired":true,"valueName":"search_term_string"}}],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"Person","@id":"https:\/\/footballfashion.org\/wordpress\/#\/schema\/person\/7b94acd31a9125d2469d4be3d485ccf9","name":"Football Fashion Staff","url":"https:\/\/footballfashion.org\/wordpress\/author\/admin-2\/"}]}},"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","amp_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/footballfashion.org\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4973","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/footballfashion.org\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/footballfashion.org\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/footballfashion.org\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/footballfashion.org\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=4973"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/footballfashion.org\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4973\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/footballfashion.org\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4973"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/footballfashion.org\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=4973"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/footballfashion.org\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=4973"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}