THE staggering pay gap between Manchester United’s men and women players has been revealed.
Marc Skinner’s female side finished an impressive fourth in last season’s WSL, 14 points off winners Chelsea.
But there is a huge pay gap when compared to the men, who could only muster a sixth-place Premier League finish last term as they finished 35 points off Man City.
A BBC study this month revealed the average WSL player earns £47,000 a year – around £900 a week.
Meanwhile, the average male Premier League star earns £60k a WEEK.
At United, the Telegraph claims most female stars are picking up between £50k-£90k each year, making for an average annual salary of £70k.
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In terms of a weekly wage, this works out to just £1,350.
That’s despite FOUR Utd players winning the World Cup with England – goalie Mary Earps, midfielder Ella Toone, plus forward Alessia Russo and new signing Nikita Parris.
Compared to the figures secured by the underperforming men’s team, it is certainly a pittance.
Bar one player, of all the aces who started United’s opening day Prem defeat to Brighton, the lowest weekly wage in the side was £120k.
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Meanwhile, over £200k-a-week is handed to Marcus Rashford and Bruno Fernandes.
And Raphael Varane, Jadon Sancho and David De Gea are on well over £300k.
As for wantaway Ronaldo, he pockets £480k each week.
It means the average weekly salary for Man United’s men works out to £173k.
That is £171,650 more each WEEK on average than United’s women.
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Elsewhere, a gender pay gap report by the Government on Man Utd for 2021/22 found that women’s mean hourly pay was 86.1 per cent lower than men’s.
And mean bonus pay was also 66.8 per cent lower than men’s.
Source: Soccer - thesun.co.uk
