{"id":646680,"date":"2024-09-27T11:05:47","date_gmt":"2024-09-27T15:05:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/?p=646680"},"modified":"2024-09-30T08:54:31","modified_gmt":"2024-09-30T12:54:31","slug":"top-five-premier-league-salary","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/2024\/09\/27\/top-five-premier-league-salary\/","title":{"rendered":"Ranking the Top Five Premier League Players By Salary"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>ExpressVPN\u2019s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.expressvpn.com\/blog\/financial-soccer-champions\/\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">global soccer finance report<\/a> highlighted how the transfer market has become a dynamic, almost theatrical, part of the sport, where gigantic fees and blockbuster deals dominate headlines and stir conversations far beyond the pitch. Wages can tempt players to less competitive leagues, like the Saudi Pro League. Here are the top five Premier League players by salary.<\/p>\n<h2>The Top Five Premier League Players by Salary<\/h2>\n<h3>5. Raheem Sterling<\/h3>\n<p>Interestingly, the first player on this list has his salary paid by two different clubs. Raheem Sterling earns \u00a3325,000 a week, after Todd Boehly bought him from Manchester City.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Read More: <\/strong><a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/2024\/09\/27\/arsenal-mikel-merino-injury-return-update\/\" target=\"_self\">\u2018We Have to Be Sure\u2019: Arsenal Deliver Injury Update on \u2018Amazing\u2019 Midfielder<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Both Chelsea and Arsenal pay a part of the winger&#8217;s salary as he is <a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/2024\/08\/30\/raheem-sterling-arsenal-chelsea-transfer\/\" target=\"_self\">on loan at The Emirates<\/a>, though it is <a href=\"https:\/\/www.independent.co.uk\/sport\/football\/raheem-sterling-arsenal-salary-transfer-loan-b2604902.html\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">reported<\/a> that the Blues cover a lot more than the Gunners.<\/p>\n<h3>4. Mohamed Salah<\/h3>\n<p>Arguably slightly lower down on this list than he should be, Mohamed Salah earns \u00a3350,000 despite having been at Liverpool for seven years and being one of the world&#8217;s greatest players.<\/p>\n<p>The Reds have never really had the wage structure to compete with the likes of Manchester United, Manchester City, and Chelsea. However, their well run club keeps players loyal.<\/p>\n<h3>3. Casemiro<\/h3>\n<p>It&#8217;s unsurprising that a Manchester United player features on this list, especially a former Real Madrid one. Casemiro earns \u00a3350,000, the same as Salah, despite playing just 228 minutes in the league so far this season.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Read More: <\/strong><a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/2024\/09\/27\/anthony-gordon-newcastle-united-new-contract\/\" target=\"_self\">\u2018Agreement Done\u2019: \u2018Integral Player\u2019 Set to Sign New Bumper Contract for Newcastle United<\/a><\/p>\n<p>With the likes of Kobbie Mainoo and Christian Eriksen keeping the Brazilian out of the starting eleven, fans will be frustrated that valuable wages are being wasted.<\/p>\n<h3>2. Erling Haaland<\/h3>\n<p>\u00a3375,000 a week is a lot of money, though unsurprising when you remember that Manchester City poached Erling Haaland for just a \u00a350 million release clause.<\/p>\n<p>After two years and 100 City goals, \u00a3375,000 a week seems a fairly good deal.<\/p>\n<h3>1. Kevin De Bruyne<\/h3>\n<p>Just topping his teammate, Kevin De Bruyne earns \u00a3400,000 a week. The Belgian has been Pep Guardiola&#8217;s main man for the past eight seasons, and has consistently been one of the Premier League&#8217;s top performers.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Read More:\u00a0<\/strong><a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/2024\/09\/27\/alexander-isak-injury-vs-manchester-city\/\" target=\"_self\">\u2018Outstanding\u2019 Player \u2018A Doubt\u2019 for Newcastle United Clash Against Manchester City<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Helping City win six league titles, a Champions League, two FA Cups, and five EFL Cups, nobody deserves to be the Premier League&#8217;s top earner more than De Bruyne.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>ExpressVPN\u2019s global soccer finance report highlighted how the transfer market has become a dynamic, almost theatrical, part of the sport, where gigantic fees and blockbuster deals dominate headlines and stir conversations far beyond the pitch. Wages can tempt players to less competitive leagues, like the Saudi Pro League. Here are the top five Premier League [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4784,"featured_media":646712,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_lmt_disableupdate":"no","_lmt_disable":"","sfio_featured_image":false,"sfio_embed_code":"","_ef_editorial_meta_date_first-draft-date":"","_ef_editorial_meta_paragraph_assignment":"","_ef_editorial_meta_checkbox_needs-photo":"","_ef_editorial_meta_number_word-count":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[40],"class_list":["post-646680","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-premier-league","tag-premier-league"],"modified_by":"Michael Kovacs, ADMIN","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/646680","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4784"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=646680"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/646680\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/646712"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=646680"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=646680"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=646680"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}