Crystal Palace were bled dry by Pardew dud who earned 2x more than Guehi

It has been a gradual begin to the Oliver Glasner period at Crystal Palace over the past couple of months, however with six factors from his first seven video games, issues aren’t wanting too unhealthy.

The defeat to champions Manchester Metropolis final day trip was removed from ultimate, however with 30 factors on the board and 7 video games to go, the Eagles look set to play Premier League soccer as soon as extra subsequent season.

It hasn’t been the best introduction to English soccer for the Austrian, particularly with the variety of accidents he has needed to take care of, together with star defender Marc Guéhi, who hasn’t performed a sport for the reason that defeat to Brighton & Hove Albion two months in the past.

The younger Englishman is among the membership’s most gifted gamers, though his present wage is not even half of what a former flop used to earn.

Marc Guéhi’s wage at Crystal Palace

The south Londoners accomplished the £18m signing of Guéhi from cross-city rivals Chelsea in July 2021, and to say he is been successful at Selhurst Park within the years since can be an understatement.

Since making his debut for the membership in opposition to his outdated crew in August 2021, the 23-year-old “rock”, as expertise scout Jacek Kulig described him, has performed for the Eagles 108 occasions, scoring 5 targets and offering two assists.

The Abidjan-born titan has been so spectacular in purple and blue that he has picked up 9 senior England caps since making his debut in March 2022.

He additionally turned the membership’s youngest captain in over a decade when he was given the armband for a Premier League sport in opposition to Watford in February 2022 – a sport the Eagles received.

In all, the 6 foot centre-back is among the most vital gamers on the membership, though you would not suppose that from taking a look at his pay packet, as in the intervening time he earns £50k-per-week, which implies ten gamers within the crew earn greater than him.

It additionally signifies that a former participant who did not take pleasure in essentially the most fruitful spell in south London earned greater than double his wage.

Christian Benteke’s wage at Crystal Palace

The participant in query is former Aston Villa and Liverpool ahead Christan Benteke, who, after a shoddy season at Anfield, joined Alan Pardew’s Eagles for £27m in August 2016.

It was a sizeable funding from the south Londoners on the time, and whereas Benteke had struggled on Merseyside, his file of 49 targets and 12 assists in 101 video games for Villa gave followers hope that he might grow to be a deadly quantity 9 in purple and blue.

Sadly for all concerned, this by no means occurred, and whereas he wasn’t dreadful, a return of 37 targets and 12 assists in 177 video games throughout six seasons was undeniably disappointing.

This underwhelming output was made worse by the truth that the Belgian ahead earned a whopping £120k-per-week for all 310 weeks he was on the membership, amounting to a closing whole of £37.2m.

Due to this fact, when combining his wages and his switch charge and taking away the €5.46m – about £5m – they obtained for promoting him to DC United, the previous Villan value Palace a staggering £59.2m all in.

In different phrases, the 45-capped worldwide value the Eagles round £1.6m-per-goal, £4.9m-per-assist, or £334k-per-appearance.

In the end, whereas Benteke did rating an inexpensive variety of targets throughout his time at Selhurst Park, it will be exhausting to name his time on the membership something apart from a disappointment because of the funds concerned.