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  • Опубліковано 31 лип 2024
  • Season 8 #Ep 6
    In this clip, we talk about the wage cuts and bonuses. Most clubs that have the potential to be relegated make sure there is a clause in there that means they can reduce the wages of the player after relegation happens. And, on the flip side, the bonuses footballers can expect to receive for clinching that lucrative promotion back to the Premier League.
    On top of this, players also have the ability to earn more on top of their base salary through sign-on (loyalty) bonuses, appearance fees and also winning bonuses.
    Ben talks about these clauses bonuses and how it works from a club perspective and a player perspective.
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  • @imonahorse
    @imonahorse 11 місяців тому +550

    In a country where we're so judgmental of peoples earnings, this is a really brave move to put this out there. Kudos, Ben.

    • @Colby_0-3_IRL_and_title_fights
      @Colby_0-3_IRL_and_title_fights 11 місяців тому +29

      Really unfortunate that people are so jealous and insecure that any discussion or insight into money is triggering to them

    • @Jgarthebeast
      @Jgarthebeast 11 місяців тому +31

      i dont get how you call this a brave move. he's literally making hundreds of thousands a year playing football in these talks. its not like he is earning a normal citizens wage

    • @FurioussBear
      @FurioussBear 11 місяців тому +9

      So so brave 😂

    • @paulie-g
      @paulie-g 11 місяців тому +10

      I get some of the criticism, but these guys are one of a select group (numbering in the several hundreds) of the best in the world in a sport that is highly popular and financially lucrative. People don't give anywhere near the same amount of stick to, say, pretty people (models, actors). Footballers are not the reason the mines closed or the reason people in the NHS aren't making enough. That's not where their money comes from. The only thing I'd say is that I'd like clubs and players to contribute to making the cost of going the game lower now that matchday revenue isn't that significant in relation to TV revenue, although I have no idea how to make sure that doesn't end up in touts' pockets.

    • @fraser1237
      @fraser1237 11 місяців тому +6

      How is this brave you absolute lemon.
      The man is a multi millionaire 😅

  • @Kaka-hy4pw
    @Kaka-hy4pw 11 місяців тому +157

    Lot of respect for Ben Foster. Seems like a genuine nice bloke which is always the most important factor. Shouldn’t judge others by how much money they earn, especially when its well deserved.

  • @txg399
    @txg399 11 місяців тому +22

    I was indirectly working for West Brom during Ben’s last season. I built the spreadsheet for the club that tracks all the bonuses. It had to track each appearance, how many minutes played and the result of the match.
    Some players had bonuses that would only trigger if the result was a win and some would get different amounts for win, lose or draw.
    There were some super-complicated formulas in there and as a nerd I loved building it!

    • @mediacenterman8583
      @mediacenterman8583 11 місяців тому

      Who does not love if formulas and drop down menus? Hope you never had to print it out though!

  • @glenntaylor9144
    @glenntaylor9144 11 місяців тому +60

    Incredibly open about his wages. What a top bloke. From what you’ve done on this podcast, Ben, you’ve brought professional footballer into a state of realism the rest of us can understand.

  • @jonnyharding3646
    @jonnyharding3646 11 місяців тому +217

    Big respect for this. No need to be embarassed about how much you earned, but also respect that you have no obligation to put it out there.

    • @maxryan5861
      @maxryan5861 11 місяців тому +8

      Madness, big respect. He earned 40K a week ahahahah how embarrassing for him. Or only 25K a week.

    • @anandchaudhary1675
      @anandchaudhary1675 11 місяців тому +3

      why would anyone be embarrassed when they earn 40k a week that too more than 10 years ago.

    • @jonnyharding3646
      @jonnyharding3646 11 місяців тому +1

      @anandchaudhary1675 because for some reason it's fine to have a go at someone for earning a lot of money, but the worst thing ever to criticise someone who makes barely any

    • @em8969
      @em8969 11 місяців тому +2

      It’s brave because it’s not really talked about by players, it’s interesting for us fans to know all aspects of the game

    • @ulissesmendoza8752
      @ulissesmendoza8752 10 місяців тому

      ​@@maxryan5861I swear he's only getting half of that 40k tho because of taxes so only 20k no ?

  • @YbcA1
    @YbcA1 11 місяців тому +21

    Scary money, this was 10ish years ago as well😮

  • @jont508
    @jont508 11 місяців тому +124

    Foz was worth every penny , West Brom have been blessed with good keepers over the years but i think Foz is deffo up there with the best we have had in our recent history , and in my lifetime, my first game was 1990

    • @tomashehir
      @tomashehir 11 місяців тому

      Think he was up there as one of the best PL keepers around 2016/2017

    • @nethanlock5008
      @nethanlock5008 11 місяців тому

      My mum was a baggies fan so went to a good few games when he was there, remember in the 2011/12 season where I think he was only on loan and he made this amazing triple save against Blackburn where all the fans started chanting "sign him sign him sign up sign him up!"

    • @i_know_youre_right_but
      @i_know_youre_right_but 11 місяців тому

      At the time I thought he was better than Joe Hart, I really think he should’ve been England’s no.1 from 2012-2016.

    • @nethanlock5008
      @nethanlock5008 11 місяців тому

      @@i_know_youre_right_but he was.

  • @mboaten8657
    @mboaten8657 11 місяців тому +37

    Fair play for sharing this info Ben.

  • @lukefisher59
    @lukefisher59 11 місяців тому +42

    Great insight. Baggies best goalkeeper of modern times. Shame the current owner has ruined our great club #wba

  • @Ben-fg2hu
    @Ben-fg2hu 11 місяців тому +4

    There is still a huge banner of Ben in the Albion concourse in the Brummie road end. A true hero of our club and loved immensely.

  • @jan-erikkotka159
    @jan-erikkotka159 11 місяців тому +20

    Thumbs totally up for being so open about money!

  • @chickenconnoisseursdad2725
    @chickenconnoisseursdad2725 11 місяців тому +9

    Ben Foster is a real one 💯👊🏿
    Always a pleasure to listen to you!

  • @liamcoombes2274
    @liamcoombes2274 11 місяців тому +16

    As a West Brom fan I love the content and the way you talk about us. Just like every other club it seems you’ve been to we loved you here to! Legend

  • @Tdr-jv2nc
    @Tdr-jv2nc 11 місяців тому +1

    I love your channel and your honesty Ben. As fans we love hearing about the behind the scenes stuff

  • @Yorkshire-Sauce
    @Yorkshire-Sauce 11 місяців тому +5

    This is why we need big foz the openness the down to earth attitude and actually telling fans information people shy away from

  • @Ussmanaziz
    @Ussmanaziz 11 місяців тому

    Thank you for this. Interesting stuff. I've never heard you speak but watched your career throughout. Great to listen to a footballer who sounds like a normal person. All the best

  • @scottlovell6992
    @scottlovell6992 11 місяців тому +12

    I find this content super interesting and you shouldn’t be embarrassed about the money. It gives us normals an insight into the world of football. Thanks Ben love it

  • @tb560
    @tb560 11 місяців тому +6

    Peter crouch set pace with this idea, of going through his player contract. Love how foster has followed, super interesting

  • @allnightmike8374
    @allnightmike8374 11 місяців тому

    Fantastic insight here Ben. Kudos for revealing all the details it’s very interesting good luck to you in your future

  • @cykotronic
    @cykotronic 11 місяців тому +3

    Excellent content. Love how you described everything.

  • @bradleyhesom
    @bradleyhesom 11 місяців тому +2

    Really enjoyed listening to the Podcast Fozzy, I have an enormous amount of respect for you. Being a West Brom fan I was gutted when you left like most of us baggies fans. It goes to show what a proper club West Brom were before we got in the situation were in now. I'd certainly like to gauge your thoughts on the situation at West Brom in your next podcast.

  • @hammy019
    @hammy019 11 місяців тому +5

    Massive respect Ben, finally someone comes out and is honest with how it all works. We know theres loads of money involved no need to be embarrassed or hide it. Hope there's a part two with your next contract

  • @GlasgowLaptops1
    @GlasgowLaptops1 11 місяців тому +1

    Great piece of honest content - thanks for the insight Ben.

  • @twilliamspro
    @twilliamspro 11 місяців тому +5

    You'll always have my Heart as a Birmingham Fan Fozzy you were our boy when we won the Carling Cup

  • @Willsredcar
    @Willsredcar 11 місяців тому +6

    I had no idea that Ben was on that sort of money 10years ago, Incredible!

  • @jackrogers123
    @jackrogers123 11 місяців тому +5

    I'm a west brom and ben foster is the greatest goalkeeper we have ever had lots of love for ben

  • @dennisthickett4941
    @dennisthickett4941 11 місяців тому

    Really interesting insight into contract and wage structures.
    Nice to hear that your kids are baggies too.
    All the best in your retirement 2.0 👍😊
    BOING BOING .....

  • @Jay-wg7ow
    @Jay-wg7ow 11 місяців тому +18

    Hope your enjoying retirement fozzy thanks for 2 fantastic spells always be a Wrexham legend remembered for that pen save for generations to come 🧤

  • @josephhall5136
    @josephhall5136 11 місяців тому

    Love videos like this, i love the nitty-gritty of olayers contracts.

  • @Do27gg
    @Do27gg 11 місяців тому +2

    This is so interesting, big respect to Ben for this vid

  • @MattyBoom
    @MattyBoom 11 місяців тому

    That was a very insightful clip guys. Thank you 🙏

  • @LOSTshowfan
    @LOSTshowfan 11 місяців тому

    We miss you at Wrexham! Thanks for the time you spent with the team.

  • @h2ohydrox
    @h2ohydrox 11 місяців тому

    This is a great insight for people who don't understand that football really is like any other job.

  • @Learnwithgrant
    @Learnwithgrant 11 місяців тому +6

    Makes sense why players get to pissed off when they get taken off before the 80th minute 😂😂😂

  • @Jack.P-2000
    @Jack.P-2000 11 місяців тому +1

    As a West Brom fan I adored this man for years always such great representative for the club and best possible compliment I could give a man is seems like a great man to go for pint with

  • @Toms4561
    @Toms4561 11 місяців тому +1

    Great video from an Albion legend and really interesting to hear the behind the scenes knowledge. As a West Brom fan it would be great to hear you do a video on the state of our club at the moment. Us Albion fans are worried that we could lose the club if we don’t get a sale!

  • @samhughes8550
    @samhughes8550 11 місяців тому +14

    Just shows you how lucrative football contracts are at the top level, insane amounts of money being thrown around

    • @austinberwick4927
      @austinberwick4927 11 місяців тому +4

      and this is west brom not the big teams like man utd man city and so on

    • @tebbisimoX
      @tebbisimoX 11 місяців тому

      Foster was cheap tbh

    • @robertanderson6776
      @robertanderson6776 5 місяців тому

      ​@@austinberwick4927wba is a big club you probably don't know there history 5 fa cups founder members won top division and league Cup was brilliant in 50s 60s and 70s. 82 seasons in top flight too. Big big club underachieving because of a terrible owner

  • @pauldavenport9427
    @pauldavenport9427 11 місяців тому

    Fair play for the honesty. I would have guessed that his basic at a middling prem club at that time was nearer the £25k relegation-reduced amount than £40k but then the TV deals have come a long long way since the original 5-year contract which started in 1992/93 (£304 million or thereabouts in total). Would be interesting to hear what Newcastle offered him last year. Boaz Myhill's daughter evidently thought he was insane to turn it down but he'd clearly made plenty already.

  • @stupitt9411
    @stupitt9411 11 місяців тому

    Fantastic insight guys!! Great video

  • @dylanwalsh195
    @dylanwalsh195 11 місяців тому

    Amazing thanks for the insight Ben!

  • @lloydlambert1870
    @lloydlambert1870 11 місяців тому

    I'm sorry but you took it each game as is it come ben many don't!! so honest and so insightful !

  • @mankydave67
    @mankydave67 11 місяців тому +1

    Massive massive respect to Ben for disclosing his salary back then. I always like him at United very very steady keeper who definitely deserved more chances at United but I suppose at the time he was stuck behind Edwin. Nobody’s fault. Cheers Ben!

  • @jakepeters496
    @jakepeters496 11 місяців тому +1

    Great discussion, big ups! Only wondering how you were able to openly discuss this?

  • @MrCalculus1989
    @MrCalculus1989 11 місяців тому

    Love this. Crazy to think some bankers earn his entire West Brom career earnings in a years bonus!

  • @BridgeburyRealEstateNorthLakes
    @BridgeburyRealEstateNorthLakes 11 місяців тому

    Found this really interesting. Well done for doing a video on it. No hate here. Great work.

  • @waynesullivan5786
    @waynesullivan5786 11 місяців тому

    Fair play ben, players wages is summat as footy fans that we constantly hear about and something (for some reason) that we are always interested about. His honesty is brilliant and its so interesting to listen to about bonuses etc. As a utd fan i would love to know what his contract was when he was there, mayb a follow up video?

  • @theo7945
    @theo7945 11 місяців тому +15

    Always interested in stuff like this

  • @letrip4542
    @letrip4542 11 місяців тому

    Most down to earth normal man footy player ever love this guy from Liverpool fan.

  • @markfreshwater2550
    @markfreshwater2550 11 місяців тому +2

    When 99% of people watching this would give there right arm to have 2 weeks of his wages annually after the pay cut - foz still comes across super humble and understands that

  • @DavidGrayy8
    @DavidGrayy8 11 місяців тому

    This is the insight into football that I love

  • @jordanbyford2693
    @jordanbyford2693 11 місяців тому

    I always loved ben but i respect him even more to go though a contact like this

  • @kriswwfc7457
    @kriswwfc7457 11 місяців тому +7

    Just £25k a week!!! My heart bleeds

  • @TamrielicScholar
    @TamrielicScholar 11 місяців тому +5

    When Markel Runsford is on 400k a week nothing surprises me anymore

  • @shanehumphries5741
    @shanehumphries5741 11 місяців тому

    A real genuine bloke 👍

  • @FeisalKassim
    @FeisalKassim 11 місяців тому +1

    Nice, Ben 🎉

  • @kimjongun2540
    @kimjongun2540 11 місяців тому +1

    Super interesting, good on Ben explaining this. They get very good bonuses apart from the fantastic wages. Lol it pains me heari g this knowing I ruined my chances to play pro football by pissing about

  • @beaubrummiestuey299
    @beaubrummiestuey299 10 місяців тому

    Good video and Ben Foster top bloke 🤙

  • @chrise2329
    @chrise2329 10 місяців тому

    Very interesting to hear that.

  • @mrm5183
    @mrm5183 11 місяців тому +4

    Appearance bonuses are the ones I find wild. Being paid extra for turning up 😂

    • @JadePGC
      @JadePGC 11 місяців тому +1

      Guess it's incentive to a tally impress the manager and train hard so you get picked and get more, after hearing this it baffles me how some players down tools, and become bench warmers when you could be earning even more by just actualy trying

    • @mrm5183
      @mrm5183 11 місяців тому +1

      @@JadePGC Ye that’s true. Not all players have appearance bonus and some will different to others but I get what you mean. On the whole a striker usually has a goal bonus and a defender a clean sheet bonus which is also a bit wild as that’s their job 😂

    • @declangaming24
      @declangaming24 2 місяці тому

      ​@JadePGCrafted imagine being a number 1 keeper then at 37 -40+ your making more money if you have been a number 1 keeper for years before that

  • @leestores
    @leestores 11 місяців тому +1

    This is Brilliant.

  • @em8969
    @em8969 11 місяців тому

    It’s brave because it’s not really talked about by players, it’s interesting and amazing for us fans to know all aspects of the game, it’s good to know. Ofcourse some insecure people will be weird about it

  • @rakachacha5953
    @rakachacha5953 10 місяців тому

    Ben is a down to earth guy.❤❤

  • @m.p.7075
    @m.p.7075 10 місяців тому +1

    I really wasn't expecting West Brom to be paying wages like that 10 years ago and the add ons on top.
    Fair play to him for being so open.
    It's a decent years salary coming in every week of the year at a club most likely to be in the bottom 5 in the league every year.
    I'm off to turn myself into one of those pushy parents 😂.

    • @georgewba6245
      @georgewba6245 10 місяців тому

      Tbf we were a solid mid table prem team when foster was with us

  • @Wor21
    @Wor21 10 місяців тому

    Respect. You could literally get me a brand spanking new car and still have more than i earn a year left that week 😉👊🏿🤯

  • @martinblack5021
    @martinblack5021 10 місяців тому

    That’s a big numbers. Good luck to him

  • @user-ke1zs6pf2t
    @user-ke1zs6pf2t 11 місяців тому

    Up the Albion , big love fozzy 👊❤

  • @stighelmer1265
    @stighelmer1265 11 місяців тому +1

    I remember I always hated meeting WBA. Rondon was always scoring late ones against us.

  • @DeanRTaylor
    @DeanRTaylor 11 місяців тому +2

    Would love to have a peek at citys treble bonuses

  • @mayanc7498
    @mayanc7498 10 місяців тому

    Ben is amazing,

  • @ejyounggun08
    @ejyounggun08 11 місяців тому +3

    £64k a week, if all went well and West Brom stayed in the Prem puts him at £3.3m a year. That'd be nice. I'd take an 1/8th of that.

  • @mightystamps
    @mightystamps 11 місяців тому

    Worth every penny ❤

  • @tommyztalk1
    @tommyztalk1 11 місяців тому +1

    Top bloke!

  • @washbrook87
    @washbrook87 11 місяців тому

    ❤❤❤ we love you at the baggies Fozzy

  • @whitewolf5753
    @whitewolf5753 11 місяців тому +1

    Benny Big bags. Good on you Fozzy

  • @TubbyBrewster11
    @TubbyBrewster11 11 місяців тому +5

    This is great insight. But, we have to be real here- the level of disconnect between these amounts of money and the average person (even a well-earning person) is absolutely insane. How anyone can argue against a 45% top tax rate is ludicrous to me, it is perfectly valid.

  • @jfox9327
    @jfox9327 11 місяців тому

    We loved ya tho foz! Coyb!

  • @dreamjackson5483
    @dreamjackson5483 11 місяців тому

    Every body loves hearing about the nitty gritty of the contracts

  • @redpeppersgreentomatoes
    @redpeppersgreentomatoes 11 місяців тому

    I'd love to know if the players are setting themselves up as a limited company or sole trader/contractor for these contracts. Then they can put through all their expenses on everything they buy!

  • @66meikou
    @66meikou 11 місяців тому +2

    I never realised the footballers are treated as self employed. Bit of an eye opener there.

  • @Isleofskye
    @Isleofskye 11 місяців тому

    Well Done Ben. Lovely Guy.
    64 Bags from The Baggies for that week including a losing game and that does not include the £1,000,000 Bonus paid, annually, in four stages, over the 4 year contract..

  • @Jackscaf
    @Jackscaf 11 місяців тому

    When he said buzzing with that 😂 what a geezer

  • @obby2own
    @obby2own 11 місяців тому

    Baggies love ya Ben 🔵⚪️

  • @adrianmoore3118
    @adrianmoore3118 11 місяців тому

    I wish he was still our keeper no disrespect to palmer but Ben was superb for us top man and keeper.

  • @jerrydandrige1987
    @jerrydandrige1987 11 місяців тому +4

    Only 25k a week. I'd struggle with that 😂

  • @declangaming24
    @declangaming24 11 місяців тому +4

    Ben foster on fifa 18 i signed him to Santos laguna for 1 season for £1.5M then Ben foster said nah I'm taking my go pro and my bike back to west brom and they payed £3M to get him back

  • @kirstydouglas3036
    @kirstydouglas3036 11 місяців тому +1

    Great podcast, would love to hear what the financial advisers would tell you where to invest his money, thank s

  • @lewisdowsett8390
    @lewisdowsett8390 11 місяців тому +5

    Watching this wondering how i can budget my £300 for the next 4 weeks till payday lol

  • @owens164
    @owens164 11 місяців тому

    That's a lot more than I expected

  • @rikvegas1954
    @rikvegas1954 11 місяців тому

    Thanks for all your income and NI tax contributions Ben 👍

    • @DG-rb7bo
      @DG-rb7bo 10 місяців тому

      EBT’s mate

  • @BenDPB
    @BenDPB 11 місяців тому

    This was awesome to hear tbh! Despite you playing for Watford you gained a Sub haha

  • @MightyAlbion.
    @MightyAlbion. 11 місяців тому

    Boing Boing! Once a baggie always a baggie ⚽️💙

  • @grewalb26
    @grewalb26 11 місяців тому +2

    Tax code is correct…. Hardly a basic rate tax payer.
    Went higher rate by the 10th day 😂

  • @philliphaylor1590
    @philliphaylor1590 10 місяців тому

    Oh I could cry for him 😢 pratt😮

  • @unknown11215
    @unknown11215 11 місяців тому +6

    40k a week😍

  • @dondamon4669
    @dondamon4669 11 місяців тому +1

    No wonder most of the young players lose it after they get there first big contract! The money is insane!!

  • @iambeyondfake
    @iambeyondfake 11 місяців тому +1

    Mental money in football. Mental.

  • @herbination410
    @herbination410 11 місяців тому

    Best keeper we had

  • @zakgrainger2958
    @zakgrainger2958 10 місяців тому

    Do you get paid like normal employees do? Like a bank transfer to your account?

  • @liamwood762
    @liamwood762 10 місяців тому

    Worth every penny, best keeper we ever had at the Hawthorns. Never been more comfortable than with Fozzy in goal. Enjoy retirement Ben!

  • @Me-ji2pn
    @Me-ji2pn 11 місяців тому

    0:40 so is that 40k a week for 52 weeks a year? Or just while the premiership is on?