10 Highest Paid footballers in Europe, Mbappe is King!
France international and PSG talisman Kylian Mbappé is the highest paid player in the five major European leagues, according to L’Equipe
Interestingly the want-away Mbappé earns more than twice as much as any other player in Europe, according to a new report.
The 25 year world Cup winner has shone in Paris since arriving as an 18-year-old, but informed the club in February that he would leave when his contract expired this summer.
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The forward’s future has been a long-running saga, with Mbappé nearly joining Real Madrid in the summer of 2022, before making a U-turn and signing a new contract with the Ligue 1 side.
And, according to a new report published in L’EquipeThat contract made Mbappe the highest-paid player in Europe’s top five leagues, with the striker earning a staggering €6m (£5.15m) every month.
This makes him the highest-paid player in Europe and the report claims that he earns more than double the salary of the second player on the list, who is Bayern Munich’s Harry Kane.
The England captain has shone since moving to Germany in the summer for a fee that could reach £100m, scoring 37 goals and adding 12 assists in 35 games.
The report claims that Kane earns €2.10m (£1.8m) a month, making him the highest-paid player in the Bundesliga, while he is well ahead in the top 10 list. of Manchester City playmaker Kevin De Bruyne, and the Belgian makes a good profit. €2.02 (£1.73m) every four weeks.
De Bruyne is joined in the top 10 by City team-mate Erling Haaland, who earns €1.90m (£1.63m) every month.
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However, Mail Sport understands that while Haaland receives a base salary that is in line with other top-earning players at the Etihad Stadium, a series of substantial, almost guaranteed bonuses see his weekly wage rise beyond the £850,000 mark.
This means the Norwegian is earning closer to the £3.4m a month mark, which would put him second on the list. But a surprise inclusion in the top five is however Nigeria born Austrian defender David Alaba receiving a monthly salary of €1.88m (£1.61m).
The 10 highest paid players in Europe
10. Vinícius Jn. – £1.43 million
9. Rafael Varane – £1.48 million
= 7. casemiro – £1.52 million
7. Mohamed Salah – £1.52 million
6. Robert Lewandowski – £1.60 million
5. David Alaba – £1.61 million
4. Erling Haaland – £1.63 million
3. Kevin De Bruyne – £1.73 million
2. Harry Kane – £1.80 million
1. Kylian Mbappé – £5.15 million