How much Cardiff City, Charlton Athletic or Luton Town may have to pay Ipswich Town’s Ali Al Hamadi in wages | OneFootball

A look at how much Cardiff City, Charlton Athletic and Luton Town may have to pay Ipswich Town striker Ali Al Hamadi.

As the summer transfer window enters its final couple of weeks, plenty of clubs are doing last-minute dashes to sign players, and Cardiff City, Charlton Athletic and Luton Town are looking to bolster their attack.

Cardiff and Luton, who were both relegated from the second-tier last season, have begun their campaign thus far quite well, with Cardiff taking four points from their opening two League One games, and Luton managing to earn back-to-back victories.

Charlton, on the other hand, following promotion via the play-offs last season, started their return to the Championship with an excellent, last-gasp victory at home to Watford at The Valley.

The man who scored that goal for the Addicks that day was Harvey Knibbs, one of a number of new signings brought into the club as they seek to be competitive in the second-tier.

Luton have added well to their already strong squad for League One level, with Nahki Wells brought in up-front, but Cardiff are yet to sign any outfielders, with only goalkeeper Nathan Trott having been signed by the Bluebirds.

Charlton, Cardiff and Luton are still looking to strengthen before the 1 September deadline, and all three have been linked with a move for Ipswich Town striker Ali Al Hamadi.

Al-Hamadi came off the bench in Ipswich’s opener against Birmingham City before starting in the EFL Cup against Bromley but is surely going to fall down the pecking order at Portman Road and Football League World has looked at his wages and what it could cost Cardiff, Charlton and Luton to sign him this summer.

Al Hamadi’s wage amid Cardiff, Charlton and Luton interest

According to Capology, Iraq international Al Hamadi, formerly of AFC Wimbledon, is among the lower earners in what is a well-paid Ipswich squad.

He is said to earn a wage of £10,000 per-week, which puts him on par with midfielder Jack Taylor and Wales international winger Wes Burns, who has been a key man for Ipswich in recent seasons.

16 players in the Ipswich squad are said to earn more than Al Hamadi, with Dara O’Shea the joint highest earner on £35,000 per-week, which is level with Arijanet Muric, who has just been loaned out to Italian Serie A side Sassuolo.

How that compares to Cardiff, Charlton and Luton’s wage bills

Having just been promoted, Charlton’s wage bill is expected to remain among the lowest in the Championship and that can be seen by the fact that only two players earn above Al Hamadi’s £10,000 per-week wage.

Capology states that Luke Berry is the highest-paid player at The Valley, with the former Luton man earning £15,000 per-week, whilst Matty Godden is on £12,500. Two players, Greg Docherty and Macauley Gillesphey, earn the same as Al Hamadi.

Having been a Premier League side just two years ago, Luton Town’s wage bill was extortionate last season with Jacob Brown, Marvelous Nakamba and Tahith Chong all on £30,000 per-week.

All three of those players remain at the club and so, without any undisclosed wage decreases as a result of relegation clauses, will remain on that wage.

Those three made up as many as 21 players earning more than what Al Hamadi is currently on and, even with them bringing the wage bill down this summer, he still slots in nicely into their existing

structure.

Cardiff City’s highest-paid player from last season was Aaron Ramsey who was on £50,000 per-week, but the former Wales captain has since departed for Liga MX side Pumas UNAM.

However, former England international Calum Chambers remains and, like Luton, without a relegation clause, likely remains on £45,000 per-week and Callum Robinson is on £35,000 per-week.

The Bluebirds had 14 other players all earning above £10,000 per-week last season.

So, Al Hamadi’s wage may seem very high in comparison to most League One strikers, but he perhaps fits into the wage model more at Cardiff and Luton, rather than Charlton.