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The press don't know how much players are on anyway.

They either make it up completely, are told by the club (who have an ulterior motive, so could be lying), or are told by the player/agent (who have an ulterior motive so could be lying).

It's all mystery in reality.

R1 is right, who would really let slip what you are earning?

Unless in football terms its minimum wage

They either make it up completely, are told by the club (who have an ulterior motive, so could be lying), or are told by the player/agent (who have an ulterior motive so could be lying).
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Or in John Arne Riise's case, they pick his payslip up off the pavement.

Arghh...i read somewhere what the breakdown of the contract was, but cannot remeber where it was.

Essentially (from memory):

Player wages..taxed
Player bonus...taxed
Agent fees...taxed
Transfer fee...taxed

cant remeber the rest...