How is this guy earning 10 million a year in wages? One of our top players in Umtiti can't get himself 9m, but this overrated, no better than average remontada merchant landed himself 10m?
Looks like all you need to do to be one of the top earners at this club is have 2-3 great moments in your career.
Just pulled up our wage bill and looks like Roberto is the 4th highest earner at the club after Coutinho (who doesn't earn that much more than him), Messi and Suarez. Even if the numbers are outdated he's still a top 5-6 top earner at this club, which is a complete farce.
What a joke of a contract. Haven't seen many complaints about this ridiculous deal and I'm surprised to find out he's pulled off the heist of the century. We complain about our wage bill being bloated. We could start by cutting down on massively inflated deals like this one to players like Roberto. Roberto probably threatened to leave and the board succumbed to his demands knowing he was a local favorite and was the only first team La Masia graduate in recent times.
40m is a pretty good price for him tbh, should've taken it instead of giving him those sort of wages. Barto's hands were tied knowing he was already on thin ice and letting Roberto leave could make him even more hated and probably garner additional support for a vote of no confidence.