For a long time now, the salaries of the top football stars have hardly been tangible for the fans. And they continue to rise…
Kylian Mbappé is earning lunar dimensions after his extension at PSG, Mohamed Salah has risen to the top of the salary rankings and Erling Haaland has been on Manchester City’s princely pay-roll since July 1.
The new salary top 10 in world football.
Kylian Mbappé has renewed his contract with PSG, is now the highest paid footballer in the world. Estimated annual salary: around 60 million euros. According to the Spanish newspaper “Marca”, he earns 1.16 million euros per week.
In second and third place are his prominent teammates from PSG: Lionel Messi (1.11 million per week) and Neymar (703,000 euros per week).
New on position 4: Mohamed Salah! After long negotiations, the Egyptian has extended his contract with Liverpool FC until 2025. With an annual salary of more than 24 million euros (464,000 euros per week), he is now the highest-paid footballer in the Premier League – ahead of Cristiano Ronaldo (Man United) and Kevin De Bruyne (Man City/both 446,000 euros).
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The seventh place in the salary ranking is also newly occupied. Ex-BVB striker Erling Haaland will earn around 22.6 million euros a year at Manchester City in the future – i.e. 435,000 a week.
Behind them are David de Gea (ManUnited/435,000 euros), Antoine Griezmann (Altético/413,000) and Robert Lewandowski (Bayern/406,000 euros). The latter is working on boosting his weekly salary a bit more by moving to FC Barcelona…
