Pranav Nair
David de Gea emerges as the highest earner at Manchester United
According to Sportac.com (h/t The Express), Spanish international David de Gea is the highest-paid player at Manchester United.
The 29-year-old earns a whopping £375,000-a-week. He is followed by French duo Paul Pogba and Anthony Martial. English ace Marcus Rashford is also among the top earners.
Pogba earns an impressive £290,000-a week while Martial and Rashford earn round off the list of players who earn more than £200,000-a-week.
New boy Edinson Cavani is 33 and a short-term option. However, he is amongst the best-paid players at the club earning close to £200,000 per week.
United have had to compete against potential offers from China and the Middle East. This has forced them to pay a king’s ransom to convince the 33-year-old to make the move to Old Trafford.
Coming to impactful players, Bruno Fernandes is the club’s seventh highest-paid player. the Portuguese star has been instrumental since joining United in January. He earns £180,000 per week.
Skipper Harry Maguire is ahead of Fernandes with a £190,000-a-week wage packet. Troublingly though, players such as Juan Mata and Luke Shaw are earning £160,000 and £150,000 per week respectively.
Mata is, at this point in time, a fringe player. With the signing of Telles, Shaw may soon join the Spaniard on the bench. Having to pay such a high wage to two players who are unessential sparks of poor management.
Interestingly, Telles himself is set to earn £75,000-per-week, half of what Shaw earns.
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New boy Donny van de Beek pockets £120,000 per week. The other summer signing, Facundo Pellistri, however, earns a remotely modest fee. This is expected to be around the £20,000-per-week figure earned by Scott McTominay.
According to the report, there is no clarity on what Mason Greenwood and Odion Ighalo earn.
Let’s take a look at what the other prominent players at the club earn.
Fred – £120,000
Victor Lindelof – £120,000
Nemanja Matic – £120,000
Dean Henderson – £100,000
Aaron Wan-Bissaka – £90,000
Eric Bailly – £80,000
Marcos Rojo – £80,000
Phil Jones – £75,000
Jesse Lingard – £75,000
Sergio Romero – £70,000
Brandon Williams – £65,000
Axel Tuanzebe – £50,000
Daniel James – £45,000
Tim Fosu-Mensah – £15,000
