The English Premier League is widely regarded as the best football league in the world given the stiff contention for the title from clubs that ply their trade in the league.
This fierce competition between these clubs has also made the league much lucrative as far as the financial expenses and income are concerned. Because of this, every club deploys different means to tie down their prized assets in order to make their team as competitive as always.
One and the best of many numerous means with which Premier League clubs ensure that their players don’t leave for another club is by clamping huge wages on their players.
While the Spanish La Liga, Italian Serie A, and the French Ligue 1 boasts of Lionel Messi, Cristiano Ronaldo, and Neymar respectively, the Premier League’s depth of quality is unmatched and makes it one of the most desirable locations to play football for most footballers.
As of six months ago, the average market value of a Premier League squad is £437m, this definitely comes with that astronomical wage packets to fend off the interest from other European football powerhouses.
Basically, what’s obtainable in the English Premier League is that once a team is ready to splash the cash, such team is ready to vie for the title – little wonder it’s the only league in Europe with “The Top Six Clubs”.
Here, Cheapgoals looks at the top 10 highest paid Premier League players.
- Willian | Arsenal | £220k-per-week
The Brazilian winger made a switch from the West London club (Chelsea) to Arsenal at the end of last season after going back and forth with Chelsea on the basis of getting a 3-year deal which the West Londoners insisted on a 2-year deal.
Eventually, Willian and Chelsea couldn’t reach a compromise, thus leaving Chelsea on a free after a seven years spell. Willian’s transition to Arsenal is definitely a win-win case for him; he’s gotten £20k added to the wages he earned at Chelsea and with Arsenal, he can stay for three more years in London to monitor his hotel business.
- Sergio Aguero | Man City | £230k-per-week
It would be extremely difficult to find anyone who feels Aguero shouldn’t be earning this much; in fact, he should be earning more considering his goalscoring exploits since he arrived at the Etihad in 2011.
Aguero is regarded as one of the deadliest attackers the Premier League has ever seen. He has scored a total of 254 goals in 370 appearances for the Cityzens – averaging more than a goal every other game.
His £230k per-week puts him in the list of Premier League’s highest earners. Along the way, he’s won four Premier League titles and five domestic cups, and despite injury problems, he doesn’t seem to be slowing down at all.
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- Anthony Martial | Man United | £250k-per-week
The French forward has been at United since 2015 but hasn’t really justified his £250k weekly wage. However, there are some positives that could be derived from his Premier League career which is that he’s been showing glimpses of greatness.
His record for the Red Devils last season has shown that if he can do more, there’s every possibility for him to be United’s main striker for years to come.
His current contract of £250k per week was renewed in January 2019 and runs until the summer of 2024. But for him to be among the Premier League’s top earners, much more is expected from the 24-year-old.
- Paul Pogba | Man United | £290k-per-week
Pogba is a powerful, skillful, and creative midfielder who has an eye for goal and a penchant for the spectacular. His quality really matches his weekly wage at United albeit he can be inconsistent, but on his day could be extremely difficult to play against.
He’s obviously one of the highest earners at Manchester United and also one of the top players with the highest pay in the league. His current contract at United will end in June 2021. It will be known much later if he would renew his contract with or find a new club.
- Raheem Sterling | Man City | £300k-per-week
The English winger has risen to huge prominence under Pep Guardiola, it’s therefore not a surprise that he’s currently the top 5 earners at the Etihad and top 10 in the EPL.
Still only in his early 20s, the England international has earned plaudits for his performances on the pitch and he is slowly and surely bagging trophies under Pep Guardiola.
He’s definitely one of the best in his position in the Premier League – he does worth the money he’s getting every week as no player has scored more goals (33) than him since the beginning of last season in all competitions.
- Kai Havertz | Chelsea | £310k-per-week
Havertz becomes the sixth new addition to Lampard’s first-team squad, following the arrival of Hakim Ziyech, Timo Werner, Ben Chilwell, Thiago Silva, and Malang Sarr through the doors at Stamford Bridge.
He was lured to the Stamford Bridge for £70m which makes him the joint-most expensive player signed by a British club when he arrived from Bayer Leverkusen earlier last month.
He’s started his Chelsea career on an interesting note even though he’s not gotten his first premier league goal, he has bagged a hat-trick in Chelsea’s Carabao Cup win over Barnsley.
However, he’s clearly one of the best players in his position currently, both in Europe and in the EPL.
- Kevin De Bruyne | Man City | £320k-per-week
According to Pep Guardiola, Kevin is one of the best players simply because he can make absolutely everything.
Under Guardiola, the Belgian midfield maestro has developed his game; becoming football’s standout attacking midfielder both in the English Premier League and Europe.
His current £320k per-week started in January 2018 and would run through June 2023.
- David de Gea | Man United | £350k-per-week
Here comes the highest-earning goalkeeper as far as the Premier League is concerned.
David de Gea is one of the best goalkeepers in Europe as well as the English top-flight league but has recently suffered a dip in form.
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De Gea moved to Old Trafford back in 2011 and was given the support of Sir Alex Ferguson despite an extended period of poor form after his arrival. He has helped United win the 2013 Premier League Title, the UEFA Europa League, and a host of other silverware.
- Mesut Ozil | Arsenal | £350k-per-week
Ozil used to be Arsenal’s record signing before the arrival of Nicolas Pepe at the Emirates. But the German world cup winner is currently not on good terms with the Arsenal hierarchy over his refusal to take a pay cut when COVID-19 hit the football world and as such affected the financial stability of most football clubs in Europe.
Ozil has since last season not kicked the ball for Arsenal but keeps earning a whopping £350k each week. He recently offered to pay Arsenal’s popular mascot, Gunnersaurus‘ salary by reimbursing Arsenal.
Gunnersaurus was relieved of his duty after 27 years with the club but Ozil has stepped in to continue paying the popular mascot’s salary. It remains to be seen whether Arsenal would agree to Ozil’s offer or not.
- Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang | Arsenal | £375k per-week
After much uncertainty about Aubameyang’s future at Arsenal, which brought about rumors of him leaving the Emirates for Barcelona, the Gabonese eventually signed the dotted lines last month to keep him at the club for three more years.
After signing his new deal, Aubameyang becomes Arsenal’s highest-paid player on a wage of over £350,000-per-week. And also sees him take home more money than any other player in the Premier League every week.
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