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Bukayo Saka’s new contract catapults the Arsenal winger into the top five highest-paid Premier League stars, while runner-up Mo Salah will soon exit this list…
Saka signed a new five-year deal that has been months in the making, nudging Kai Havertz from this list. We’ll leave the German to dry his tears with his crisp fifties.
This ranking is based on base salary only – no bonuses included – with most figures sourced from Capology.
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10) Alexander Isak (Liverpool) – £280,000 a week
Isak is being paid £14.56m a year, an increase of 133 per cent on the £120,000-a-week salary he was trousering at Newcastle. Which is not unreasonable since his agent can point to Isak’s status as British football’s most-expensive player. Which he will have to justify when he’s back from injury.
9) Omar Marmoush (Manchester City) – £295,000 a week
The first of four Manchester City entries in the top 10 and perhaps one of the more surprising names on the list. His agent played a blinder when he moved to City because the striker was only on just north of £33,000 a week at Eintracht Frankfurt.
8) Jack Grealish (Manchester City/Everton) – £300,000 a week
It is no surprise to see Grealish on such an extraordinary salary since it was negotiated when he became English football’s first £100million purchase, before Pep Guardiola had sussed that he didn’t fancy the star after all . Grealish joined Everton on loan, with the Toffees liable for £225,000 a week, making him their highest-paid player by a margin of £100,000 a week, while City top up the rest. So it’s especially sickening for the Merseysiders that he may miss the rest of the season.
7) Bruno Fernandes (Manchester United) – £300,000 a week
United probably wept weekly when similar amounts left their coffers to be deposited into Jadon Sancho and Marcus Rashford’s accounts but Fernandes is more than worth it to the Red Devils. Without him, things would have been even bleaker.
Bruno Fernandes passing grades courtesy of Gradient Sports.
6) Bernardo Silva (Manchester City) – £300,000 a week
Silva is in the final season of his £15.6million-a-year salary at City. The Portugal star reportedly doubled his money when he signed a new contract in 2023.
5) Bukayo Saka (Arsenal) – £300,000 a week
No confirmation of the weekly wedge being trousered by Saka for next five years but all the reports of his recent contract renewal put the figure at ‘in excess of £300,00 a week’, which represents a wage raise of more that £100,000 a week.
4) Virgil van Dijk (Liverpool) – £350,000 a week
Van Dijk is on almost double the salary he signed for when joining Liverpool in 2018. Few would argue the captain hasn’t been worth his money up to this season, but it is now a matter for debate.
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3) Casemiro (Manchester United) – £350,000 a week
United almost doubled Casemiro’s Real Madrid wage and, at first, he looked good value for money. Then…he did not. The Brazilian is earning his coin again but only until the summer when there will be no renewal.
2) Mo Salah (Liverpool) – £400,000 a week
A £2.6million-a-year pay rise was viewed as more than worth it to keep the Egyptian around – and to spare the cost of replacing him – but half a season later, that is not the case and it has now been ‘agreed’ that he will leave on a free transfer this summer.
1) Erling Haaland (Manchester City) – £525,000 a week
We’re told that there were months of negotiations before Haaland signed his deal for 10 (TEN) seasons which makes us wonder: where the hell was his agents’ starting point?! It is obviously a very cushy deal for Haaland, but also a massive ‘f*** you’ from City to, well, everyone.
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