Erling Haaland’s salary is only ninth biggest in football with Chelsea flop Koulibaly earning more than Man City star

ThesunJan 17, 2025Read original

ERLING HAALAND has signed a megabucks new deal at Manchester City – but he is still far from being the top earner in football.

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that will run until 2034.

, 25, will earn an eye-watering £260million over the length of the deal.

The striker will

, a significant increase on his previous £375,000-per-week salary.

The extension sees the Citizens strengthen their position to keep hold of Haaland amid interest from Real Madrid.

However, despite his stunning new pay packet, he is only the ninth highest-paid player in football.

pay the England captain just over £400k every single week.

Harry Kane is the highest paid British player in football and has been well worth the financial outlay made by the Bundesliga outfit.

The striker has so far scored 66 goals and assisted 22 in just 67 appearances for Bayern.

Haaland’s new deal has propelled him into the top ten highest earners in football.

He will now be earning half a million pounds every week to continue performing in the Premier League.

Like Kane, Haaland has been a prolific forward since making his last transfer with 111 goals in 126 appearances for the Citizens.

is on the same salary as Haaland following his move to

last summer.

The French star joined the LaLiga giants after his contract at Paris Saint-Germain expired.

However, he actually took a pay cut worth £980,000 per week to make a move but did bag a £106.5m signing-on bonus.

Robert Lewandowski joined

in 2022 in a £42.5m transfer from Bayern Munich.

He was handed a four-year contract that will expire at the end of next season.

Despite Barcelona’s financial difficulties, they will have to continue paying him his £538,000-per-week wage.

Kalidou Koulibaly recovered from his struggles at Chelsea with a move to Al-Hilal in 2023.

He is now earning £577,000-per-week in Saudi Arabia and is the best paid defender in the world.

Former Liverpool star Sadio Mane is one of the top earners in world football.

The winger is paid £673,000-per-week at Al-Nassr which will run until

.

However, despite his massive salary he is not even the best paid player at the club.

Riyad Mahrez left Manchester City as a Champions League winner to be one of the big stars in the Saudi Pro League.

He is now the fourth best paid player in the world with his £865,000-per-week contract at Al-Ahli.

He has made 55 appearances for the club since signing in 2023 and has scored 19 goals and assisted 22.

Karim Benzema is the first player to crack the £1million every week mark.

And crack it he does as he banks an astonishing £1.6million-per-week from Al-Ittihad.

The former Real Madrid striker has been a reliable goalscorer with 25 goals in 42 appearances.

Neymar is the second best paid football in the world and is just ahead of Benzema.

The Brazilian pockets £1.7million-per-week from Al-Hilal and is the top earner at the club ahead of Koulibaly.

However, his time in Saudi Arabia has been hampered by injury and is reportedly in talks with a switch to the MLS.

And of course the best paid player in the world is…

.

The Portuguese superstar signed a whooping £173m every year with Al-Nassr when he left

in 2022..

This equates to the club paying him £3.3m-per-week, dwarfing the salaries of every other footballer in the world.