BARCELONA have the highest wage bill in world football – with THREE players earning £345,000 or more per week.
The Spanish giants have never been shy in splashing the cash to assert their dominance in LaLiga and the Champions League.
No fewer than 14 Barcelona plays earn six-figure sums per week
Lionel Messi is far and away Barcelona’s top earner at close to £600,000 per weekCredit: AP:Associated Press
Things haven’t being going well for Barca lately though, with the impending exit of Lionel Messi and political drama behind the scenes stealing focus.
Barcelona threw away the league title to rivals Real Madrid last season, while crashing out of the Champions League in an 8-2 single-legged drubbed at the hands of Bayern Munich.
But the Spaniards are continuing to throw cash at the problem in the transfer market.
And it’s not just monster transfers racking up the huge bill, but players’ wages too.
Messi, unsurprisingly, leads the way raking in £584,000 per week.
But he’s just one of three players to earn over £300,000 on weekly basis.
Midfield wonderkid Frenkie De Jong sits second, commanding £354,000 per week.
Antoine Griezmann takes home £345,000 a week following his move from Atletico Madrid in 2019.
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Frenkie De Jong is Barcelona’s second-highest earner at over £350,000Credit: Reuters
Antoine Griezmann earns £345,000 per week but is still only Barca’s third-highest earnerCredit: AFP OR LICENSORS
Incredibly, a further FIVE players all earn £200,000 a week or more – with a total of 14 players raking in at least £100,000 per week.
Sergio Busquets pockets £258,000 a week, more than Gerard Pique, Ousmane Dembele, Miralem Pjanic (£210,000) and Samuel Umtiti (£208,000).
Sergi Roberto, Jordi Alba, Rafinha, Philippe Coutinho, Marc-Andre ter Stegen and Francisco Trincao are the other members of the six-figure club.
At the other end of the charts, Arnau Urena Tenas, Pedro Gonzalez and Jean-Clair Todibo take home just £15,000 per week – the only players to earn under £1million per year.
Superstar in the making Ansu Fati is surprisingly far down the standings, taking home just £45,000 per week – just over half of ex-Middlesbrough flop Martin Braithwaite’s £85,000 a week salary.
First-team regular Clement Lenglet is another big name shockingly way down the list, pocketing £70,000 weekly.
Former FC Barcelona president Josep Maria Bartomeu is released after he was arrested due to allegations of improper management
Source: Soccer - thesun.co.uk
