Even if Mané was "only" on 100k, surely it's a wage he agreed to and not the first one with the club either. Maybe he should have spent more time in contract talks if that was the important thing. It seems it wasn't at the time, so lay of using that as some sort of argument.
The comparisons between player wages really has got to such a daft level now
There's no rhyme or reason behind it, not at our level as mere supporters anyway. There must be so many little clauses and bonuses, so much information they're working with (we sold 200,000 Salah shirts, 150,000 VVD shirts but only 46,000 Mane shirts....thats made up btw). The nature of the beast is that there's always going to be players who appear underpaid compared to others, you just can't use that as any basis of worth or respect. Ox is unfortunately the one who is always going to get the 'but if he's paid this, then x should be paid this' but thats simply because he was a high profile signing from, at the time, a rival near the top of the table. You can't compare that with someone who signed a year earlier from Southampton, or someone who signed from Wolves, or a youngster who signed from Red Bull. If you go with google then our CBs are paid as follows: VVD - £220k a week, Matip - £140k a week, Gomez - £85k a week, Konate - £70k a week. Is VVD worth three Konates? Is Henderson worth 3 Curtis Jones? Is Naby worth 6 Harvey Elliots?
Sadio undoubtedly signed as one of our highest paid players, he then undoubtedly had a bump and remained one of our highest paid players when he renewed, and had he decided to stay undoubtedly he'd have had another bump and remained one of our highest paid players.
