Average salaries in the world’s major soccer leagues

The Premier League is by far the richest league in the world, with the 20 clubs now earning an average of around £155 million per season. Premier League players earn £2.3million a year each on average, or £43,717 a week, giving them wages almost 60 per cent bigger in 2014 than their closest earnings rivals in Germany’s Bundesliga, an exclusive Sportsmail study of football leagues around the world has revealed.The average annual player wage in Croatia of £45,500 is roughly the same as the average weekly wage in the Premier League!

Players in Major League Soccer, where Frank Lampard will star next year for Sheikh Mansour’s New York City FC, are earning an average of £135,945 in 2014 – or £2,614 a week.

(c)Daily Mail

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With Michael Chang Coaching, Kei Nishikori Reaches the U.S. Open Final

You can work really hard, but if you’re not training in the right way

you’re not going to improve and get to the level that you want to.

– Michael Chang –

Japan’s Kei Nishikori, who became the first man from Asia to reach a Grand Slam singles final with Michael Chang coaching. Last year Kei actually lost in the first-round of the U.S. Open to the world No. 179 though.

Kei and Michael played in Tokyo to raise money for earthquake relief in 2011 and Kei learned something important for his improvement at interview with a tough taskmaster Michael as below. Last winter, Kei decided to hire Michael as part-time coach in order to break into the top 10 in 2014, then fixed many things that Nishikori needs to win a Grand Slam.

Their interview (Eng) starts from 1:03

“We played exhibition two years ago in Japan. That’s first meeting of us. That time I didn’t think he is going to coach me, but end of this year I was start thinking to finding someone advise me more about something I need to get top 10. That was my goal this year and I couldn’t do it.”

“I finally find time. I was practicing with him in California two weeks in December. Yeah, it’s been great. He’s so detail and he tells me a lot of things that I feel improving a lot. Yeah, I think it’s good matchup.”

– Kei Nishikori

As a Kei’s fan, I cannot wait to see the final. Go Kei!