Paying Mikel Arteta and Xabi Alonso like they are the on-pitch difference-makers is not ambition; it is the fastest way to blow up a Premier League club’s internal wage hierarchy. Arsenal and Chelsea have decided that the manager’s salary must now rival the players he instructs, and that is a structural mistake disguised as a power move. Arteta, who has won one FA
The Managerial Arms Race: Why the Arteta-Alonso Salary Spike is a Dangerous Precedent
