in excess of
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The club's huge debt, way in excess of £1bn including outstanding transfer fee payments, might at least not need to be increased too.
From BBC
California Assemblymember Al Muratsuchi, who heads the assembly’s education committee, has twice introduced bills to increase by 50% the salary of California teachers at a cost in excess of $30 billion a year.
The Jarden analysts point out that the sector’s valuation multiples now sit between 20 and 28 times earnings, which is far in excess of a very long-term average 12 times earnings.
That would put rates closer to the mid-2% range, territory rarely associated with inflation in excess of 2%.
From Barron's
Sources have told BBC Sport that the agreement will make Saka the club's best-paid player on wages in excess of £300,000 a week.
From BBC
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