Bazzanotsogreat Posted July 9, 2007 Share Posted July 9, 2007 Article in stuff.co.nz about the Admiral. Love the caption under the picture! He's apparently now the best paid New Zealand sportsperson, and they reckon he gets paid the same or more than the entire All-Blacks squad! I suppose that it just goes to show how ridiculous football wages are. Don't mind him getting paid it, though unlike some others I could mention (I'll freely admit that it's a Rovers bias, too ) According to that article , Ryan’s new contract will mean that he earns around £24,000 per week although that is crazy in terms of the bigger picture, however in a footballing sense that is excellent value IMO when you the likes of Lampard & terry demanding 115k per week Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Lathund Posted July 9, 2007 Share Posted July 9, 2007 Actually, that article puts his salary at £60,000 / week! $1 NZ = £0.4, which would make the $8m NZ / year, which is ~£3.12m /year , or £60k / week. I think it's just an error in the article though, and not what he actually makes, as I can't see a club like Rovers paying him that kind of money. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bazzanotsogreat Posted July 9, 2007 Share Posted July 9, 2007 Universal Currency Converter™ Results Using live mid-market rates. Using live mid-market rates. More currencies... Printed from the XE Universal Currency Converter at: www.xe.com/ucc Memo: ....................................................................................................................................................................... ....................................................................................................................................................................... Live rates at 2007.07.09 18:47:06 UTC 60,000.00 NZD = 23,216.73 GBP New Zealand Dollars United Kingdom Pounds 1 NZD = 0.386945 GBP 1 GBP = 2.58434 NZD Thats what ive just got from the website http://www.xe.com/ucc/convert.cgi Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lathund Posted July 9, 2007 Share Posted July 9, 2007 Yes but the article says that he makes $8m NZ per year, which would be ~$154,000 NZD / week. Which, in turn, is ~£60k. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bluebruce Posted July 10, 2007 Share Posted July 10, 2007 He played in 20 games this season - but accept that this possibly wasn't the reason. Possibly, more likely that they were future-proofing his contract. At the end of this season he would enter the third year of a four year deal, at which point he would be able to buy his way out of it under the new FIFA regulation. No, he wouldn't. He would enter the second year of a four year deal. However, the rules as I remember state that players can buy themselves out in the 2nd year of a 3 year deal, or the 3rd year of a 5 year deal. Bizarrely the article I read never said anything about a four year deal. But assuming it takes a 5th year to make it last three years, this contract makes sense. Otherwise it doesn't, as we would still have had two years before he could buy himself out. He probably got a wage bump too. Short might have been doing a job for us at 37, but it wasn't a 20k a week job. Mind, I expect if the Admiral stops performing well enough to warrant his wage he'll be off. Incidentally, Henchoz contract has ran out. And we haven't heard anything about whether it will be extended? If it's not going to be we'd probably be advised to get a new centre half in. I also agree we should future proof Samba's contract. I have a feeling he will really grow this year (Not physically...that would be scary) and turn into a highly coveted player. It would be wise to avoid having to bump his wage to 30k a week or something in a year, and just put him on 12-15k or whatever now on a 5 year deal. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mattym Posted July 11, 2007 Share Posted July 11, 2007 (edited) Just cam accross this and it is a good interview Ryan has just done with a New Zealand radio station. http://yahooxtra.net.nz/sport/0,,14629-7610363-25,00.html Edited July 11, 2007 by mattym Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
roversmum Posted July 11, 2007 Share Posted July 11, 2007 Incidentally, Henchoz contract has ran out. And we haven't heard anything about whether it will be extended? If it's not going to be we'd probably be advised to get a new centre half in. From his profile on the official site: Signed initially on a one year deal, Henchoz has signed a new single-year deal that sees him contracted to the club until June 2008. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Eddie Posted July 11, 2007 Share Posted July 11, 2007 Well, it would be interesting to find out what his wages actually are. He can't possibly be on 60k a week, but the only other thing that would make sense given the figures being stated in these articles would be that he is earning $8 million over 5 years, but that would put him on only just over 12k a week. The other thing that I can think of is that it is 8 million US dollars, which would be over £15k a week, which is a bit lower than the 20k you would expect. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mark Atkins' Bald Patch Posted July 11, 2007 Share Posted July 11, 2007 Just cam accross this and it is a good interview Ryan has just done with a New Zealand radio station. http://yahooxtra.net.nz/sport/0,,14629-7610363-25,00.html cheers for that. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jozsurf Posted July 11, 2007 Share Posted July 11, 2007 I hear Ryan's Kiwi accent is still as prominent as ever... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rover_groo Posted July 11, 2007 Share Posted July 11, 2007 Just cam accross this and it is a good interview Ryan has just done with a New Zealand radio station. http://yahooxtra.net.nz/sport/0,,14629-7610363-25,00.html Superb link MattyM. Great interview from the captain. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Neil Weaver Posted July 11, 2007 Share Posted July 11, 2007 Well, it would be interesting to find out what his wages actually are. He can't possibly be on 60k a week, but the only other thing that would make sense given the figures being stated in these articles would be that he is earning $8 million over 5 years, but that would put him on only just over 12k a week. The other thing that I can think of is that it is 8 million US dollars, which would be over £15k a week, which is a bit lower than the 20k you would expect. Maybe the figure's accurate but includes a few little 'extras' that Rovers aren't involved with eg endorsements? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Foxxx Posted August 17, 2007 Share Posted August 17, 2007 Ryan's been selected in the All Whites squad for the soccer World Cup qualifiers. All Whites squad named Games on Oct 13 & 17th, Nov 17 & 21 this year. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Oakland Posted September 11, 2007 Share Posted September 11, 2007 Nelsen Out For Much Of The Autumn Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Craigman Posted September 11, 2007 Share Posted September 11, 2007 It would appear that there are no Blackburn matches during that time anyhow, as its International breaks. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Exiled_Rover Posted September 11, 2007 Share Posted September 11, 2007 Nelsen Out For Much Of The Autumn Good lord, don't scare me like that! I thought his hamstring injury had returned. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pksrover Posted September 11, 2007 Share Posted September 11, 2007 Nelsen Out For Much Of The Autumn that vital football website don't have a clue, seems like they don't realise its an international break and all the other Rovers internationals will be away as well. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sandiway Blue Posted September 11, 2007 Share Posted September 11, 2007 Nelsen Out For Much Of The Autumn Phew! For a minute i thought he was injured, i`ve got the bugger in my dream teams! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
roversmum Posted September 11, 2007 Share Posted September 11, 2007 that vital football website don't have a clue, seems like they don't realise its an international break and all the other Rovers internationals will be away as well. They keep posting controversial headlines and write a load of rubbish Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kai Posted September 12, 2007 Share Posted September 12, 2007 From the BBC gossip pages this morning: Blackburn captain Ryan Nelsen has ended his three-year international exile by agreeing to become New Zealand skipper. (The Sun) What's that all about? As far as I know, Nelsen's always been available for selection for his country (apart from when injured of course). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Presty On Tour Posted September 12, 2007 Share Posted September 12, 2007 From the BBC gossip pages this morning: What's that all about? As far as I know, Nelsen's always been available for selection for his country (apart from when injured of course). didn't nelsen play a half for new zealand and a half for rovers in a pre season friendly last year at ewood? 4-0 i think we won. what is the sun on about! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mozzer Posted September 12, 2007 Share Posted September 12, 2007 http://www.mirror.co.uk/sport/football/200...89520-19777803/ according to the mirror, nelsen is expected to miss 4 games..home clashes with birmingham and reading, and away games to fulham and manchester united..he will be a huge blow, but other then man utd, the other teams are winnable.. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
philipl Posted September 12, 2007 Share Posted September 12, 2007 It would appear that there are no Blackburn matches during that time anyhow, as its International breaks. That is true- 13/17 October is an international break as is 17/21 November so looks like (hopefully) nicko's chums got it wrong. Just hope Air NZ do the decent and give him a full length flat bed otherwise he's going to be cream crackered when he gets back. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Beta Ray Bill Posted September 12, 2007 Share Posted September 12, 2007 didn't nelsen play a half for new zealand and a half for rovers in a pre season friendly last year at ewood? 4-0 i think we won. what is the sun on about! Nope he was out injured. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Eddie Posted September 12, 2007 Share Posted September 12, 2007 Just hope Air NZ do the decent and give him a full length flat bed otherwise he's going to be cream crackered when he gets back. I'm sure he can afford one. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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