Derby County were bled dry by this dud when he was at the club.
When you consider that his outrageous salary at the time was 3.5 times greater than what homegrown Rams product Louie Sibley is currently making under Paul Warne, Derby was bleedin’ even more by their 5′ 6″ dud.
The pay of Ikechi Anya at Derby
According to Capology, Anya would wind up costing his team an astounding £5.8 million in salary costs overall. That’s a lot of money wasted on a player who would only score one touchdown for the Rams in his career.
Anya was the club’s third-highest earner in the 2019–20 season, only surpassed by an ageing Darren Bent and the aforementioned Vydra. The Scotsman earned £28k per week during his debut season in Derbyshire, which would be his wage throughout his miserable Rams spell minus a slight pay increase during the 2019–20 season.
Derby top earners – 2016/17 Season | |
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1. Darren Bent | £30k per week |
2. Matej Vydra | £30k per week |
3. Ikechi Anya | £28k per week |
4. David Nugent | £25k per week |
5. Alex Pearce | £25k per week |
Sourced by Capology |
Sibley, who has seven goals and five assists across all competitions this season, will be begging for a rise if Derby plays in the Championship the following year.
Warne’s team intends to gradually advance up the step-up after almost failing to make it to the second tier the last time around, so there won’t be any irrational increases for the sake of it.
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