The 10 highest paid players in the Premier League after Liverpool give Salah and Van Dijk pay rises

Mo Salah, Erling Haaland and Casemiro

Mo Salah, Erling Haaland and Casemiro are all on lucrative contracts

The Premier League is one of the richest leagues in the world and a lot of the star players are on incredibly lucrative contracts.

The likes of Manchester United, Chelsea, Liverpool and Manchester City are all willing to offer huge pay packets to help convince players to join their clubs.

We’ve taken a look at the 10 Premier League players with the highest weekly wage in the 2024/25 season.

Note: All figures mentioned are before tax and do not include the array of bonuses that are included in the fine print of every contract.

10= Bruno Fernandes – £300,000

Fernandes has been Manchester United’s standout performer in recent years, winning the Sir Matt Busby Player of the Season award in 2019/20, 2020/21 and 2023/24.

He was linked with a move away last summer but ultimately signed a new long-term contract and became the joint-second highest-paid player at Old Trafford.

The Portugal international is now earning a base salary of £300,000-per-week, which equates to around £15.6million-per-year.

His United contract also includes a number of performance-related bonuses, allowing him to receive an additional £75,000-per-week.

10= Marcus Rashford – £300,000

Rashford scored 30 goals in all competitions for Manchester United in the 2022/23 season and was rewarded with a new five-year contract.

The 27-year-old now has a base salary of £300,000-per-week and can earn an additional £75,000-per-week in potential bonuses.

He failed to replicate his 2022/23 form during a difficult 2023/24 campaign and was deemed surplus to requirements by Ruben Amorim.

The England international reportedly rejected a £35million-per-year offer from Saudi Arabia in January before completing a loan move to Aston Villa, who are covering at least 75 per cent of his salary.

10= Jack Grealish – £300,000

One of four Manchester City players on this list, Grealish left Aston Villa and joined Pep Guardiola’s side in a £100million deal in 2021.

The England international got a significant wage increase, going from £125,000-per-week at his boyhood club to £300,000-per-week at the Etihad.

He had an underwhelming debut season before rediscovering his best form in 2022/23, helping City win the Premier League, the FA Cup and the Champions League.

But the 29-year-old has fallen down the pecking order in the last two seasons and TEAMtalk understands that City are ready to sell him in the summer transfer window.

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Man City winger Jack Grealish has been tipped to leave

10= Bernardo Silva – £300,000

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 Manchester City.

“I would lie if I said I didn’t think [about the big-money offers from Saudi Arabia],” the Portugal international admitted.

“What interested me was the heat of playing a UEFA Champions League semi-final, listening to the [Etihad] stadium going wild after scoring against [Real] Madrid in the semi-finals or when we won the final against Inter. I didn’t want to give up on that.”

The deal, which reportedly includes a £50million release clause, saw his wage packet at City double from £150,000-per-week to £300,000-per-week.

6. Raheem Sterling – £325,000

Chelsea forked out an initial £47.5million and an additional £2.5million in potential add-ons to sign Sterling from Manchester City in the summer of 2022.

Alongside the transfer fee, the Blues also shelled out a significant pay packet as they gave him a five-year deal worth £325,000-per-week.

He struggled to justify that investment in his first two seasons at Stamford Bridge, registering just 19 goals and 12 assists in all competitions.

The 30-year-old is spending the 2024/25 season on loan at Arsenal and Chelsea are still paying him £215,000-per-week, while the Gunners are covering the remaining £110,000.

5= Casemiro – £350,000

After enjoying a trophy-laden career at Real Madrid, Casemiro decided to join Manchester United in the summer of 2022.

His contract has a base salary worth £350,000-per-week and another £100,000-per-week in potential bonuses, although the Brazil international insisted that the money was not part of his thinking in accepting the switch.

“Those who think that don’t know me,” he said. “I’m not like that. If it was for money, then I could have left four or five years ago.

“The club always acted well with me. It was my decision. It was simply the feeling that my cycle here had come to an end. This was clear to me.”

He had a brilliant debut season at Old Trafford, helping United win the Carabao Cup and finish third in the Premier League.

But the 33-year-old has endured mixed fortunes over the last two seasons and United are actively looking to sell him in the summer.

TEAMtalk sources state that he ‘won’t give up a penny’ of his salary – meaning his suitors must match his current wage to get him.

5= Virgil van Dijk – £350,000

Since joining Liverpool in 2018, Van Dijk has helped the club win two Premier League titles, an FA Cup, two League Cups, the Champions League, the UEFA Super Cup and the FIFA Club World Cup.

The centre-back recently ended uncertainty over his Anfield future by putting pen to paper on a two-year contract extension.

His new deal is worth a reported £350,000-per-week and that figure could rise to £400,000-per-week with performance-related bonuses.

The bonuses make him the third-highest-paid defender in world football, with only Kalidou Koulibaly and Aymeric Laporte earning more than him.

3= Mohamed Salah – £400,000

Alongside Van Dijk, Salah has also played an integral role in Liverpool’s success under both Jurgen Klopp and Arne Slot.

He became the best-paid player in Liverpool’s history when he signed a £350,000-per-week contract extension in the summer of 2022.

That contract was due to expire at the end of the 2024/25 season but he has recently signed another deal, which keeps him at Anfield until 2027.

The Egypt international got another pay rise and now has a weekly salary of £400,000, which equates to £20.8million-per-year.

3= Kevin De Bruyne – £400,000

De Bruyne hired a data analytics company to help him negotiate his contract with Manchester City and they gave him a £400,000-per-week deal.

He justified those wages by winning the Premier League Player of the Season award in 2021/22 before playing an integral role in City’s treble-winning campaign in 2022/23.

But his decade-long spell at the Etihad will come to an end in the summer after City decided not to offer the 33-year-old a new contract.

1. Erling Haaland – £525,000

Haaland committed his future to Manchester City in January by signing a stunning new nine-and-a-half-year contract with the club.

The striker is now earning a base salary of £525,000-per-week at the Etihad, making him the highest-paid player in Premier League history.

It means he will pocket £27.3million-per year and a whopping £259.35million in total should he see out his contract until the end of the 2033/34 season.

Alongside his base salary, the Norway international can also earn an additional £350,000-per-week in add-ons to take him up to £875,000-per-week.

“It’s thought to be one of the most lucrative deals in sporting history, and I don’t think we can underestimate the magnitude of it,” David Ornstein said.

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