Dyche: Stars deserve Harry Potter wages

Sean Dyche believes top stars could eventually earn £1million a week and claimed the staggering money on offer is only in line with other entertainment professions.

The Burnley manager, speaking as his club closed in on a deal to sign everton winger Aaron lennon (right), drew a comparison with the film industry.

‘Take Daniel Radcliffe, who played Harry Potter,’ he said. ‘For the first film, he’s 13 and he gets £150,000. Do you think he got that for the second film? He certainly did not.

‘For the third film he’s 15 and let’s say he gets £15million. He isn’t getting £15m for the fourth, he’s getting £35m. No one comes along and says, “No, no, no, give him £150,000 — that’s what he got for the first film”. So why should it be different for sportsmen? ‘If we’re saying someone is earning £650,000 a week in China now, a new Premier league TV deal comes out and blows the last one out of the water, then that can only add to the resource base of a club. ‘You’ve got a worldwide brand and you look at the American football there, the basketball, and they are really big earners. The game has got to move forward. It’s a major business.’