How Erling Haaland’s alleged new wages evaluate to Messi, Ronaldo & De Bruyne
There have been few contracts extra exceptional in soccer historical past than Erling Haaland’s latest bumper deal.
The Norwegian sharpshooter has put pen to paper on a unprecedented new nine-and-a-half-year contract with Manchester Metropolis, a deal which can, hypothetically at the least, hold him on the Etihad Stadium till he’s 33 years outdated.
Unsurprisingly, Haaland’s newest contract comes with a powerful pay rise and one which solidifies his standing as one of many world’s prime earners – a reward for a number of years of remarkable service and unrelenting aim contributions.
However how does Haaland’s weekly pay packet evaluate to a few of soccer’s different superstars?
There have been contrasting stories on the precise determine Haaland is now incomes with the reigning Premier League champions but it surely’s been revealed by talkSPORT that his new contract pockets him an eye-watering £500,000-per-week.
That may be a £100,000-per-week improve on his earlier wage and earns him a ridiculous £26m each single 12 months. Ought to he keep at Man Metropolis till his deal expires in 2034, Haaland could have earned £247m in wages alone.
Put in several phrases, Haaland is at the moment incomes roughly £50 per minute and £3,000 per hour. That is earlier than you take into account sponsorship offers and bonuses. Merely mind-boggling.
If Haaland is certainly incomes half-a-million kilos each week, that makes him the Premier League’s highest-paid participant by some margin. That title was beforehand held by Man Metropolis teammate Kevin De Bruyne, whose present deal is value £400,000-per-week. Liverpool’s Mohamed Salah and, slightly remarkably, Manchester United’s Casemiro are the division’s subsequent highest earners and produce dwelling £350,000-per-week.
There are solely six gamers in world soccer that earn greater than Haaland at current, none of whom play inside Europe. Unsurprisingly, Saudi Arabia are at the moment paying the very best wages, with Al Nassr star Cristiano Ronaldo pocketing an earth-shattering £3.2m each seven days.
Neymar Jr. (£2.65m) and Karim Benzema (£1.6m) each earn ludicrous weekly wages, whereas eight-time Ballon d’Or winner Lionel Messi takes dwelling £865,000-per-week for Inter Miami.
Sadio Mane (£650,000) and Haaland’s former Man Metropolis chum Riyad Mahrez (£580,000) additionally out-earn the Scandinavian behemoth on a weekly foundation.
