If Andy Cook is only on £2,000 per week then he has an absolutely terrible agent. Matt Green and Jake Speight were not far off being paid that in the National League and I think when Matt Green returned to the Stags it was said we were paying him nearly £3,000 per week (£2,700).
Andy Cook was a League 1 striker who had scored 13 goals and a club was paying a big transfer fee for him. He was in demand and so his agent held all the cards to get him a really good deal. The agent would also have had a good idea of the big wages that had been paid out by the Stags under Steve Evans and David Flitcroft.
Most in demand strikers would usually also be paid a signing on fee paid over the length of the contract plus goal and promotion bonuses.