PSG have 12 of France's 13 highest-paid players, with Neymar making twice as much as anyone else

Sport360 staff 21:31 06/02/2018
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  • Neymar earns twice as much as teammate Edinson Cavani.

    Paris Saint-Germain pays 12 of the 13 largest player salaries in Ligue 1, led by Neymar, who makes €3.07million gross a month, more than twice as much as the next highest earner, sports daily L’Equipe reported on Tuesday.

    Behind Neymar, PSG players occupy the next seven places: Uruguayan Edinson Cavani makes €1.54million a month, French teenager Kylian Mbappe earns €1.5m and Brazilian defender Thiago Silva makes €1.33m.

    Then come Argentine midfielder Angel Di Maria and Brazilian defender Marquinhos, both on €1.12m euros, Italian midfielder Thiago Motta (€875,000) and Argentine Javier Pastore (€770,000).

    The first non-Parisian on the list is Radamel Falcao, the Colombian striker who earns €750,000 a month and, because he is in Monaco, pays no taxes.

    The top ten is rounded out by Dani Alves, another Brazilian defender at PSG, who makes €700,000. Next come three more PSG stars – German striker Julian Draxler and Italian playmaker Marco Verratti both make €600,000.

    PSG’s French striker Hatem Ben Arfa is tied on €500,000 euros a month with two Marseille players, the former West Ham player Dimitri Payet and Brazilian Luiz Gustavo.

    At the other end of the Ligue 1 salary table are Amiens, where the average monthly salary is €15,000, including three players on just €2,800.

    Since the sacking of the Marcelo Bielsa, who was making €560,000 a month to coach Lille before he stormed out, PSG’s Unai Emery has become the highest earning manager on €450,000 a month.

    Next comes another man working tax-free in Monaco, Leonardo Jardim, on €350,000 closely followed by Claudio Ranieri, who won the English Premier League with Leicester in 2016 and makes €340,000 a month in Nantes.

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