Wayne Rooney gets £26,000 a day. Isn't it time fans turned the turnstiles? | Money | guardian.co.uk
In some regards, it's hard to feel too surprised by a new Virgin Money survey revealing that nine out of 10 football supporters apparently think players are overpaid and should either take a pay cut or a wage freeze. After all, according to accountants Deloitte, Premier League footballers now earn an average of around £33,000 a week.
Compare this with the UK's gross annual median salary of £26,000. Wayne Rooney and Carlos Tevez, two of the highest paid players in the Premier League, each reportedly earn more than that in a day. Even Aston Villa's new signing Darren Bent is now reportedly on £70,000 a week which, if those seven days constituted all the work he could be bothered to do in a year, would still position him comfortably among the top 5% of the UK's best-paid workers.
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