Which Strikers Had The Highest Wage Per Goal Ratio in 2015/16?

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    It is public knowledge that football is one of the most profitable professions in the world. Year on year, sponsors and TV companies commit hefty sums of money to football clubs making coaches, agents, and players even richer.

    Football is a goal oriented sport, and the game will always be won by the team that scores the most goals. Therefore one could argue that the most important player on a football field is the man whose primary job it is to win you the game; the striker.

    Basic economics teaches us that the more the demand for a commodity exceeds the supply, the more the price of that commodity surges.

    The number of elite strikers in existence has been on the wane for many years; meaning clubs have to compete with their chequebooks regarding both transfer fees and wages to sign quality strikers, and this is why they tend to be the highest paid players.

    The 2015/16 season saw some forwards attain some astronomical goal scoring tallies, with the likes of Robert Lewandowski, Jamie Vardy, Luis Suarez and Antoine Griezmann stealing the headlines time and time again.

    However, this article focuses on those strikers who posted nearly embarrassing goal stats; costing their clubs millions of pounds over the course of the year and failing to deliver. Below are 6 of the most expensive striking flops in the season gone past:

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    6. Theo Walcott

    Theo Walcott made it clear last year that he wanted to play as a central striker, and though many of his appearances remained on the wing, Arsenal’s number 14 got his wish and spearheaded Arsenal’s attack on some occasions.

    The Englishman failed to make his chances count, however, as he bagged a minuscule tally of 9 goals despite making 42 appearances in all competitions.

    With those stats in place, his wage per goal ratio stands at 726k per goal.

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