Wait, sorry? We can compete with £190K per week? Are you serious?

It's all relative. You pay one star that much, the other stars want that much. We pay RVP 190K p.w. then what does Wilshere deserve in a year or two? Every star player we sign or becomes one from then on will demand that much. Nor can you have good morale at a club where a left back or even someone on the bench earns like a tenth of the star player. The wage structure exists primarily to ensure that wages are relative and not too biased in a particular direction. Shonky payment structures result in dressing room unrest.