Top 10 English Premier League earners after January transfer window
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Mirror
| Feb 02, 2018
Here are the top ten earners in English Premier League after the January transfer window.
Notable omissions include Arsenal's new arrivals Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang and Henrikh Mkhitaryan, along with Liverpool's £75m signing Virgil van Dijk, who are all on £180,000 a week.
Man United keeper David de Gea has also been bumped from the top 10, although it's fair to say he's unlikely to be stuck on £200,000-a-week for long.
10- Cesc Fabregas (Chelsea) - £220,000 per week
Estimates vary, but some reports suggest the Spain midfielder signed a contract worth £220,000 per week when he joined Chelsea from Barcelona for £30million in 2014. More conservative reports suggest a pay packet of around £180,000 per week. Alexis Sanchez ‘greeted by Sir Alex Ferguson’ ahead of completing his big-money move to Manchester United’
10- Eden Hazard (Chelsea) - £220,000 per week
Belgium playmaker Hazard is Chelsea's most influential player and is well rewarded for that, with a weekly wage worth a reported £220,000. His contract expires in 2020 but, with Real Madrid linked, there has been much talk of a new deal.
10- Yaya Touré (Manchester City) - £220,000 per week
The Ivorian has fallen out of favor at the Etihad but remains on a very, very healthy wicket with payroll.
10- Zlatan Ibrahimovic (Manchester United) - £220,000 per week
The Swede might be at the veteran stage of his career, but his availability on a free transfer from Paris St Germain in 2016 allowed United to hand him a huge wage packet, worth a reported
6- Romelu Lukaku (Manchester United) - £250,000 per week
United not only paid a Premier League record £75million - plus a potential further £15million in add-ons - for the striker last summer, but also agreed to pay him a reported £250,000 per week.
6- Kevin de Bruyne (Manchester City) - £250,000 per week
Announced at exactly the same time as Sanchez, De Bruyne will be earning slightly less than team-mate Sergio Aguero after signing on to stay at City until at least 2023.
4. Sergio Aguero (Manchester City) - £260,000 per week
The prolific Argentinian, who this season became City's record goal scorer, signed his current deal in the summer of 2014. He is believed to be £260,000 per week making him narrowly the club's top-paid player.
3. Paul Pogba (Manchester United) - £290,000 per week
The France midfielder signed a contract worth a reported £290,000 per week when United brought him back from Juventus in a club record £89.3million deal in 2016. Reports suggest he is also in line for a new contract - and pay rise - in the near future.
2. Mesut Ozil (Arsenal) - £350,000 per week
He would have been a free agent in the summer, but Arsenal have finally got the German to sign a new long-term deal. Ozil will be with the Gunners until 2021 now.
1. Alexis Sanchez (Manchester United) - £500,000 per week
The Chile forward's switch from Arsenal is now confirmed and the 29-year-old will earn close to £500,000 per week before tax at Old Trafford. That is his basic wage plus image rights and bonuses. Nice work if you can get it.