Revealed: Worst paid players at Man Utd, Chelsea, Arsenal & Liverpool

FT Desk

Updated: 17 Nov 2021 19:36 GMT
3 min read

Man Utd wonderkid Shoretire ignores interest from Barca to sign first professional deal — © ProShots

One of the biggest attractions about being a professional footballer is, of course, the money.

Soccer players today are earning astronomical salaries, not to mention picking up additional income from sponsorship deals and other endorsements.

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However, not every footballer – even in the richest league in the world – are as handsomely paid as one would expect.

The Sun revealed who the lowest-paid members of each Premier League squad is and it made for some interesting reading.

Manchester United’s lowest-paid player is 17-year-old forward Shola Shoretire, who is on £8,000 a week, or €9,500. That equates to £416,000 (€49,4000) a year.

In comparison, Man Utd’s highest earner Cristiano Ronaldo takes home £26.5m (€30m) a year.

Chelsea’s lowest earner, according to The Sun, is third-choice goalkeeper Marcus Bettinelli. He makes a still impressive £35,000 (€42,000) a week or £1.8m (€2.2m) per season.

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— CFCDaily (@CFCDaily) July 28, 2021

The best-paid player at Stamford Bridge is new signing Romelu Lukaku on £16.9m (€20m) a season.

At Arsenal, the lowest earner, according to the newspaper, is new Portugal signing Nuno Tavares on £27,000 (€32,000) a week. That is £1.4m (€1.7m) each season.

This dwarves in comparison to the Gunners’ best earner in Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang, who is on £13m (€15m) each season.

Meanwhile, at Liverpool, the lowest earner is Neco Williams, who is on £9,000 (€11,000) a week, or £468,000 (€572,000) per year.

Virgil van Dijk is Liverpool’s top dog on £11.4m (€13m) per annum.

The worst-paid player in the entire Premier League is Watford right-back Jeremy Ngakia on £2,500 (€3,000) per week.

The youngster still makes £130,000 (€156,000) each year. Not bad for someone who is the worst-paid player in his profession in his league!