This alleged wage cap business...

I saw that a few of our regular lads got involved in a bit of Twitter fracas with none other than "voice of the fans" Steve Wraith yesterday.

The source of the verbal tennis match was the alleged wage cap in place at Newcastle United, and indeed the level at which the wage cap is located at - Wraith is adamant that Newcastle will pay no more than £20,000-per-week in wages whilst I, amongst many others, think that is just a laughable figure plucked out of thin air to somehow stir up yet more bad feeling towards towards the club.

Rest assured that if there is good Newcastle news about, Steve won't be. Well that's how it seems to me anyway. In contrast if there is something worth badmouthing the club over then Wraith will be all over like cheap leather in a whore house. In fact it's a trait which I see in a few Newcastle fans to be honest.

Anyway, back to the wage cap....

Wraith believes that signings such as Hatem Ben Arfa and Cheik Tiote are on no more that £20,000-a-week. I guess you can also include Sol Campbell in that aswell as he was signed last summer.

Apparently players like Steven Taylor are above the wage cap as their deals were signed before this cap was introduced, which is contradictory as I'm sure that Steven Taylor signed a new deal halfway through last season.......

Anyway it's jolly nice of Hatem Ben Arfa to drop Champions League football, and then drop his wages to half of the level that he was on in France just to join Newcastle. Jolly nice indeed. Now as Wraith says, Ben Arfa is no Henry, which is true, but he is highly thought of in France is is touted as one of their brighter prospects of the next generation.

It's also jolly nice of Cheik Tiote to commit to the next six years of life at Newcastle for a bargain £20,000-a-week. It's just not true what they say about footballers is it? Maybe they aren't all greedy money grabbing sods after all....

It's nice to see Steven Taylor taking a drop in wages from his previous contract aswell. Top man. Also Yohan Cabaye is extremely generous, in fact as generous as Ben Arfa is, by telling his current club that he is moving to Newcastle and passing over Champions League football again for a bargain wage of no more than £20,000-a-week.

Now seriously does anyone expect all of those players to fit under Steve Wraith's wage cap? I don't...

I do believe that there is a wage cap in place, but not at the level that is being insisted upon by Wraith. It just doesn't tie in with ANY reports, but then again the entire French and UK press may be in cahoots and may be lying about it all.

I'd really like to hear what other people think about our wage cap: How much is it? Is there one? That kind of thing. As ever leave us your views below in the 'comments' section.

Besides, in the unlikely event that Wraith turns out to be right it does give us another positive point to look at. I mean all of them players willing to sign for much less than they could have got elsewhere just shows that perhaps it's not all about money after all and that the club have done really well to secure those players on a wage of £20,000-a-week each.

Let us know your thoughts.