I've often said these "reports" of wages are utterly useless garbage, as most just get the yearly wages figure, then divide it by the number of players they think it's used on. Certain teams, ourselves included, have misleadingly low totals as the bonuses aren't included. By the sounds of things we're attempting to go even further into "rewarding success", so our wage bill will "drop", but we'll be spending more, even if we match the achievements we have been.