Don't know if this thread's been made.

Here are the highest monthly and yearly gross incomes:

1. Ricardo Kaka AC Milan___________ 750.000 € 9.000.000 €
2. Ronaldinho Gaucho FC Barcelona___710.000 € 8.520.000 €
3. Frank Lampard Chelsea FC _______ 680.000 € 8.160.000 €
4. John Terry Chelsea FC ___________680.000 € 8.160.000 €
5. Fernando Torres Liverpool FC _____ 660.000 € 7.920.000 €
6. Andriy Shevchenko Chelsea FC ____650.000 € 7.800.000 €
7. Michael Ballack Chelsea FC _______650.000 € 7.800.000 €
8. Cristiano Ronaldo Manchester Utd __640.000 € 7.680.000 €
9. Thierry Henry FC Barcelona _______640.000 € 7.680.000 €
10. Steven Gerrard Liverpool FC _____640.000 € 7.680.000 €
11. Didier Drogba Chelsea FC _______615.000 € 7.380.000 €
12. Wayne Rooney Manchester Utd ___610.000 € 7.320.000 €
13. Iker Casillas CF Real Madrid _____600.000 € 7.200.000 €
14. Michael Owen Newcastle Utd _____560.000 € 6.720.000 €
15. Sol Campbell Portsmouth________550.000 € 6.600.000 €
16. Raul Gonzalez CF Real Madrid____535.000 € 6.420.000 €
17. Van Nistelrooy CF Real Madrid____535.000 € 6.420.000 €
18. Rio Ferdinand Manchester Utd____505.000 € 6.060.000 €
19. Darren Bent Tottenham Hotspur___495.000 € 5.940.000 €
20. Carlos Tevez Manchester Utd_____490.000 € 5.880.000 €
21. Fabio Cannavaro CF Real Madrid__490.000 € 5.880.000 €
22. Luca Toni Bayern Munique_______460.000 € 5.520.000 €
23. Robinho CF Real Madrid_________460.000 € 5.520.000 €
24. Francesco Totti AS Roma________455.000 € 5.460.000 €
25. Arjen Robben CF Real Madrid____445.000 € 5.340.000 €
26. Ryan Giggs Manchester Utd______435.000 € 5.220.000 €
27. Michael Essien Chelsea FC_______420.000 € 5.040.000 €
28. Adriano Lima Internazionale______417.000 € 5.004.000 €
29. Zlatan Ibrahimovic Internazionale_417.000 € 5.004.000 €
30. Patrick Vieira Internazionale______417.000 € 5.004.000 €
31. Gianluigi Buffon Juventus FC______417.000 € 5.004.000 €
32. Samuel Eto´o FC Barcelona_______417.000 € 5.004.000 €
33. Charles Puyol FC Barcelona_______417.000 € 5.004.000 €
34. Sergio Aguero Atletico Madrid_____417.000 € 5.004.000 €
35. Oliver Kahn Bayern Munique______412.000 € 4.944.000 €
36. Edwin Vandersar Manchester Utd___405.000 € 4.860.000 €
37. Fernando Morientes Valência______405.000 € 4.860.000 €
38. Alessandro Del Piero Juventus FC__400.000 € 4.800.000 €
39. Harry Kewell Liverpool FC________400.000 € 4.800.000 €
40. Djibril Cisse O.Marselha__________400.000 € 4.800.000 €
41. Joe Cole Chelsea FC_____________390.000 € 4.680.000 €
42. Pedro Pauleta Paris SG___________384.000 € 4.608.000 €
43. Juninho Pernanbucano O.Lyon_____380.000 € 4.560.000 €
44. David Beckham LA Galaxy________375.000 € 4.500.000 €
45. David Trezeguet Juventus _______ 375.000 € 4.500.000 €
46. Sidney Govou O.Lyon____________375.000 € 4.500.000 €
47. Deco FC Barcelona______________375.000 € 4.500.000 €
48. Gianluca Zambrotta FC Barcelona__375.000 € 4.500.000 €
49. Petr Cech Chelsea FC ___________360.000 € 4.320.000 €
50. Antonio Cassano Sampdoria______350.000 € 4.200.000 €

With all due respect I can't understand why Torres is better paid than Gerard. This latter could be jealous not being the highest paid!

No Arsenal at all WTF. How do we still have a huge wage bill?

Where are all of Milan's other players considering they have the highest wages?

5 Chelsea players in the top 11!

We are paying Henry far too much! But at least it's better than 5.3 million euros a year for Robben

So our top earners are...

Ronaldo - £110,000 a week
Rooney - £105,000 a week
Ferdinand - £87,000 a week
Tevez - £85,000 a week
Giggs - £75,000 a week
& van der Sar - £70,000 a week.

Rio is earning alot less than was reported. Also suprised Scholes isn't on a similar wage to Giggs.

I thought the 2 Bayern strikers earned the most as they came on a free/nearly? In particular Toni.

kas wrote:5 Chelsea players in the top 11!

We are paying Henry far too much! But at least it's better than 5.3 million euros a year for Robben

Bent

Not sure how accurate these are. Raphael Honigstein insists that Luca Toni is paid as well as anyone in the world (£130,000+). And even if he is a little off, there is a huge discrepancy between the wages he suggests and those suggested here.

Bent on £86k a week must be some mistake.

Sheffield gunner wrote:Not sure how accurate these are. Raphael Honigstein insists that Luca Toni is paid as well as anyone in the world (£130,000+). And even if he is a little off, there is a huge discrepancy between the wages he suggests and those suggested here.

It's also affected by the pay structures of different clubs. At Barcelona, the basic wages are not that high, but the bonuses are huge. So in the CL winning year, the club had to pay a lot in bonuses...that would push all our players way up the list.

Parks lives wrote:Bent on £86k a week must be some mistake.

I don’t understand myself surely he could not be getting paid more than the likes of Berbatov or Keane. The man hardly plays.

Sol Campbell on £95k a week is almost as bad.

I think we are still paying part of Sol Campbell's salary. It is an incredible amount to recieve each weeks considering his club isn't even in Europe.

As far as I am aware Gallas is on £90k and Toure is on £70k. Fabregas's proposed new deal is worth £80k a week.

Darren Bent reckoned going to Spurs was not about the money

If you had Defoe, Keane and Berbatov at the club, you were hardly going to go there to get guarenteed first team football. What a C0ck, didn't even play a a minute of the final, and hardly plays at all.

Shevchenko, Owen, Adriano, Robben, Bent (if true), Vieira, Morientes, Kewell


Unbelievable amount of money going down the drain from all the clubs that own those players, considering the amount of time they actually spend (productively) on the pitch.

I must admit I thought Spurs had quite a strict salary cap, somewhere around £60,000 a week, so I find the Bent wages questionable. Maybe one of the Spurs fans will be able to shed some light on the matter.

Sheffield gunner wrote:I must admit I thought Spurs had quite a strict salary cap, somewhere around £60,000 a week, so I find the Bent wages questionable. Maybe one of the Spurs fans will be able to shed some light on the matter.

They do indeed...but when Bent was on the verge of signing for us, how else were they going to get him, other than to offer more than we did? We apparently offered him £65,000 a week which I think is true. So T*ttenham must've gone higher.

I Hate Tottenham wrote: ...but when Bent was on the verge of signing for us, how else were they going to get him, other than to offer more than we did? We apparently offered him £65,000 a week which I think is true. So T*ttenham must've gone higher.

Unless he thought he'd be better signing for a side that had finished in 5th place for the last 2 seasons rather than one that had escaped a relegation dogfight?

Roger Hunt wrote:

I Hate Tottenham wrote: ...but when Bent was on the verge of signing for us, how else were they going to get him, other than to offer more than we did? We apparently offered him £65,000 a week which I think is true. So T*ttenham must've gone higher.

Unless he thought he'd be better signing for a side that had finished in 5th place for the last 2 seasons rather than one that had escaped a relegation dogfight?

They won the Carling Cup this year...woooooo! Not like most teams care about it. League wise they are now 8 points behind us. I don't think their chances of finishing 5th are very high...

He was never going to be first choice there...he was 4th choice out of 4 strikers. Defoe has gone to get first team football at Portsmouth. At least he has sense.

Alive and Kicking wrote:Don't know if this thread's been made.

Here are the highest monthly and yearly gross incomes:

1. Ricardo Kaka AC Milan___________ 750.000 € 9.000.000 €
2. Ronaldinho Gaucho FC Barcelona___710.000 € 8.520.000 €
3. Frank Lampard Chelsea FC _______ 680.000 € 8.160.000 €
4. John Terry Chelsea FC ___________680.000 € 8.160.000 €
5. Fernando Torres Liverpool FC _____ 660.000 € 7.920.000 €
6. Andriy Shevchenko Chelsea FC ____650.000 € 7.800.000 €
7. Michael Ballack Chelsea FC _______650.000 € 7.800.000 €
8. Cristiano Ronaldo Manchester Utd __640.000 € 7.680.000 €
9. Thierry Henry FC Barcelona _______640.000 € 7.680.000 €
10. Steven Gerrard Liverpool FC _____640.000 € 7.680.000 €
11. Didier Drogba Chelsea FC _______615.000 € 7.380.000 €
12. Wayne Rooney Manchester Utd ___610.000 € 7.320.000 €
13. Iker Casillas CF Real Madrid _____600.000 € 7.200.000 €
14. Michael Owen Newcastle Utd _____560.000 € 6.720.000 €
15. Sol Campbell Portsmouth________550.000 € 6.600.000 €
16. Raul Gonzalez CF Real Madrid____535.000 € 6.420.000 €
17. Van Nistelrooy CF Real Madrid____535.000 € 6.420.000 €
18. Rio Ferdinand Manchester Utd____505.000 € 6.060.000 €
19. Darren Bent Tottenham Hotspur___495.000 € 5.940.000 €
20. Carlos Tevez Manchester Utd_____490.000 € 5.880.000 €
21. Fabio Cannavaro CF Real Madrid__490.000 € 5.880.000 €
22. Luca Toni Bayern Munique_______460.000 € 5.520.000 €
23. Robinho CF Real Madrid_________460.000 € 5.520.000 €
24. Francesco Totti AS Roma________455.000 € 5.460.000 €
25. Arjen Robben CF Real Madrid____445.000 € 5.340.000 €
26. Ryan Giggs Manchester Utd______435.000 € 5.220.000 €
27. Michael Essien Chelsea FC_______420.000 € 5.040.000 €
28. Adriano Lima Internazionale______417.000 € 5.004.000 €
29. Zlatan Ibrahimovic Internazionale_417.000 € 5.004.000 €
30. Patrick Vieira Internazionale______417.000 € 5.004.000 €
31. Gianluigi Buffon Juventus FC______417.000 € 5.004.000 €
32. Samuel Eto´o FC Barcelona_______417.000 € 5.004.000 €
33. Charles Puyol FC Barcelona_______417.000 € 5.004.000 €
34. Sergio Aguero Atletico Madrid_____417.000 € 5.004.000 €
35. Oliver Kahn Bayern Munique______412.000 € 4.944.000 €
36. Edwin Vandersar Manchester Utd___405.000 € 4.860.000 €
37. Fernando Morientes Valência______405.000 € 4.860.000 €
38. Alessandro Del Piero Juventus FC__400.000 € 4.800.000 €
39. Harry Kewell Liverpool FC________400.000 € 4.800.000 €
40. Djibril Cisse O.Marselha__________400.000 € 4.800.000 €
41. Joe Cole Chelsea FC_____________390.000 € 4.680.000 €
42. Pedro Pauleta Paris SG___________384.000 € 4.608.000 €
43. Juninho Pernanbucano O.Lyon_____380.000 € 4.560.000 €
44. David Beckham LA Galaxy________375.000 € 4.500.000 €
45. David Trezeguet Juventus _______ 375.000 € 4.500.000 €
46. Sidney Govou O.Lyon____________375.000 € 4.500.000 €
47. Deco FC Barcelona______________375.000 € 4.500.000 €
48. Gianluca Zambrotta FC Barcelona__375.000 € 4.500.000 €
49. Petr Cech Chelsea FC ___________360.000 € 4.320.000 €
50. Antonio Cassano Sampdoria______350.000 € 4.200.000 €

With all due respect I can't understand why Torres is better paid than Gerard. This latter could be jealous not being the highest paid!

Strange also that Cech is almost paid twice as less than Casillas knowing that Chelsea are rich and that he's a fabulous goalkeeper.

Cech was signed when he was young, and coming from a smaller club, so maybe he is still on that same contract. Casillas has been with Madrid for a long time and recently renewed (not the lifelong contract, because that is probably even too new for this list)

So when Bent turned down an 80k a week contract at West Ham to join Spurs for 40k a week(according to Spurs fans), that was bullshit? Typical.

I Hate Tottenham wrote: They won the Carling Cup this year...woooooo! Not like most teams care about it. League wise they are now 8 points behind us. I don't think their chances of finishing 5th are very high...

He was never going to be first choice there...he was 4th choice out of 4 strikers. Defoe has gone to get first team football at Portsmouth. At least he has sense.

Hey, I'm not saying he made the right decision. But last summer, he could well have thought that Spurs were likely to perform better than West Ham, and that might have affected his decision.

Bent

Messiah wrote:Bent

Exactly - smilie and everything - what I was about to do!

It boggles the mind how a mediocre player can move from a relatively small club and attain wages like that.

Does this exemplify the pecuniary difference between English clubs and clubs from any other league in the world?

the best player in the world "messi" isn't even on the list

Messiah wrote:the best player in the world isn't even on the list

He is 8th.

Parks lives wrote:

Messiah wrote:the best player in the world isn't even on the list

He is 8th.

Ronaldo is the 8th best player in the world?

Sure, if you say so

The Bulk wrote:

Messiah wrote:Bent

Exactly - smilie and everything - what I was about to do!

It boggles the mind how a mediocre player can move from a relatively small club and attain wages like that.

Does this exemplify the pecuniary difference between English clubs and clubs from any other league in the world?

Jesus christ Bulk, he's not mediocre, infact he's very good. It's just that he can't break the Keane/Berbatov partnership. I would take him at Newcastle anyday.

Parks lives wrote:

Messiah wrote:the best player in the world isn't even on the list

He is 8th.

i don't see him, what browser are you using, because their bust me something wrong with IE.