We all know footballers earn obscene wages.  In the end we probably put it to the back of ours minds, because if you think about it too long, not only would your head probably explode (and in my case that means a lot of cotton wool everywhere), but it would be a lot more difficult to pay £40 to sit in the stands on a cold day and cheer on a team losing to Birmingham.

There is therefore no reason for me to even bat an eyelid when I read an article in the Guardian about tribunal findings regarding Daniel Sturridge’s move from Man City to Chelsea in the summer.  It seems Chelsea may end up paying up to £18.5 million after Sturridge left City as a free agent in the summer, having declined to renew his contract.  The paper also mentions that Sturridge’s wages at Chelsea will amount to £12 million over the course of his 4-year contract.

I think it’s the very casualness with which this fact is dropped so into the article as an aside that makes the whole thing more unsettling.  Clearly there is no cause for surprise that a footballer who has been selected for 3 first team starts in half a season should have been paid £60,000 a week for that work. 

I will therefore put it to the back of my mind and pretend it never happened.  Cake anyone?