Highest-paid Premier League players revealed as Erling Haaland signs Man City deal worth £26MILLION per year
ERLING HAALAND’S mind-boggling new £500,000-per-week deal has made the Norwegian the highest-paid Premier League player EVER.
Manchester City have announced that the goal-scoring machine has signed a 10-year-contract worth £26million per season.
The 24-year-old’s record breaking deal, which runs until 2034, has knocked City team-mate Kevin De Bruyne off his perch as the Prem’s top earner.
It puts the total value close to £250million and overtakes Chelsea‘s nine-year-deal for Cole Palmer to become the longest contract in Prem history.
Haaland, who was previously contracted until 2027, has proved a phenomenon at City, scoring 111 goals in only 126 games since signing from Borussia Dortmund for £50million in summer 2022.
And now SunSport has taken a look at the revised 10 biggest earners after twice Golden Boot winner Haaland’s mammoth new deal.
10) Kai Havertz – £280k-per-week
Arsenal forked out an initial £60million and an additional £5million in potential add-ons to sign Havertz from Chelsea in the summer of 2023.
He usurped Gabriel Jesus as the highest-paid player at the Emirates and his contract also includes an additional £50,000-per-week in potential bonuses.
The Germany international silenced his critics in his debut season, but has faced horrific abuse from Arsenal fans for his poor finishing as Mikel Arteta‘s men were dumped out of the FA Cup by Man Utd last Sunday.
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=7) Jack Grealish – £300k-per-week
Jack Grealish, 29, penned a £300,000-per-week contract when he joined City in 2021 in a deal from Aston Villa worth £100million.
He is the third highest-paid man in Pep Guardiola‘s squad, but 15 goal contributions in 145 games is under-par for what many expected.
=7) Bruno Fernandes – £300k-per-week
Before Amad Diallo‘s recent heroics, club-captain Fernandes was one of the only Man Utd players worth their salt.
The midfielder has been Old Trafford‘s standout performer in recent years, winning the Sir Matt Busby Player of the Season award in 2019/20, 2020/21 and 2023/24.
The Portugal international is now earning a base salary of £300,000-per-week, which equates to around £15.6million-per-year. He can also get another £75,000-per-week in bonuses.
=7) Bernardo Silva – £300k-per-week
You’ll notice City account for a sizeable portion of this list.
Silva was offered a £500,000-a-week contract by Saudi Pro League side Al Hilal in 2023, but he rejected that lucrative offer and signed a contract extension with City.
The Portuguese winger was previously linked with a move away, as his current City contract ends next summer.
=5) Marcus Rashford – £325k-per-week
Marcus Rashford earns £25,000 more per week than club captain Fernandes, placing him second on Man Utd’s books.
But the England international, 27, has been iced out of Ruben Amorim‘s squad and is linked with several January moves.
The wantaway star has fallen out with yet another United manager and told Henry Winter: “I’m ready for a new challenge.”
=5) Raheem Sterling – £325k-per-week
Raheem Sterling‘s eye-watering wages are currently split between Chelsea and his season-long loan club Arsenal.
Reports suggest that both London clubs pay the former Man City winger, who has scored just one goal this term, around £162,500-per-week.
If he’s forced back to Stamford Bridge in the summer, he’ll replace Reece James as Chelsea‘s top earner.
=3) Mohamed Salah – £350k-per-week
Liverpool legend Mo Salah is into the final year of the £350,000-per-week contract he signed in 2022.
It remains to be seen whether the Egyptian, 32, who joined in 2017, will leave in the summer.
Liverpool fans are desperate for Salah, who has 38 goal contributions in 29 appearances this season, to pen a new deal as Saudi Arabian clubs step up their pursuits.
=3) Casemiro – £350k-per-week
Casemiro, 32, impressed after joining United for £70m from Real Madrid, but soon endured a torrid 2023/24 campaign as he received huge criticism.
But the five-time Champions League winner has been reduced to just 21 appearances this season – and mostly from the bench.
2) Kevin De Bruyne – £400k-per-week
De Bruyne‘s title as highest-paid Premier League player could was stripped away after Haaland’s new deal this week.
The Man City man, 33, will go down as one of the all-time greats in English football if he leaves at the end of his contract in the summer after 10 incredible years at the Etihad.
1) Erling Haaland – £500k-per-week
No Prem player has ever earned more than HALF-A-MILLION QUID in weekly wages before Haaland.
After signing his record-breaking deal, Haaland said: “I am super happy. I am proud. It is difficult to put into words because it is a big moment. I am happy and that is the right word to use.
“In the end, speaking with the people I spoke with, the hunger and the support that I have been getting for the last couple of years from the board, from the bosses and from Pep, it was an easy decision. I am delighted.”
The Norwegian superstar, who has the most goals for his country at the age of 24, will earn £71,000-PER-DAY.