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It was reported earlier this year that Wayne Rooney signed a £300,000 per week contract with Manchester United. Breaking down Wayne Rooney’s salary, we could say that Rooney works, on average, 5 days a week (5-7 days during the season, but with time off the summer), working 8 hours a day In reality, Wayne may work more than this with international duty and sponsorship duties, etc, but for Rooney’s £300,000 a week basic salary, I think it is fair to say that 40 hours a week is not selling him short (excuse the pun).
Based on these figures, Wayne Rooney gets a salary equal to £7,500 per hour. The slideshow above shows how much Rooney earns compared to footballers from the past, start in other sports, celebrities and, most depressingly, you and me!
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* Wages of former football stars have been adjusted for inflation at 5% per year
** Sol Campbell was the highest paid footballer in 2001
*** Kevin Keegan was the highest paid footballer in 1971
**** Chris Sutton was the highest paid footballer in 1994
Also, enjoy this amusing “emergency appeal” parody for Rooney:
However, Rooney obviously wasn’t happy with us questioning his wages, so did this to prove his worth. Touché Wayne, touché:
I agree he gets paid too much. Is there anything the man on the street can do about it, though? I mean, stop buying tickets to football matches etc. in protest?
PS I think accountants charge more than £25 an hour. £100 would be closer to the mark.
That’s true. I guess he must be worth the wages as an “entertainer” or Man Utd wouldn’t be paying him that.
Accountant’s may charge that much, but that doesn’t take into account expenses or overheads. If you look at their salaries for accountants who work for others, it won’t be anywhere near their charge out rate. As an accountant myself, I can be pretty sure of that fact!! 🙂
Haha, trust me to try telling an accountant how much accountants get paid! I suppose the only consolation of Rooney’s salary is that it is relatively short. Footballer’s generally retire at, what, 35?
The Dailymail article indicates £1,800 an hour and not £7,500. Still pretty amazing!! 😛
Indeed. The Daily Mail article is showing how much he earns every hour of every day! So, when he is sleeping, he is still earning £1,800. The £7,500 figure is based on the hours that he *probably* works!
It’s insane how much athletes and celebrities make. It often makes me wonder where we humans place our value.
His wages are abit of a joke but in today’s financial climate is it that bad? and anyway whys he made out to be the bad guy surely you should be having a jibe at man utd for his wages, the majority of people in his position would up their wages given the chance