In a time when the majority of people are having to be more frugal with their money than ever before due to the global economic downturn, the excessive money that Premier League players are being paid seems even more out of touch with reality. The highest paid Premiership players are being paid hundreds of thousands of pounds in wages every week, but is this required for the Premier League to hold its status as the best league in the world and fend of competition for La Liga and elsewhere?
FootballFanCast.com’s Matt Balmforth discusses the need to pay players top dollar and the limitations of a salary cap:
