The Premier League is the richest in world football and it’s no surprise that its biggest clubs – including Chelsea, Liverpool and Manchester United – can offer their new signings some of the highest salaries around.
It’s been a summer of eye-catching transfers, including Erling Haaland’s £51million move to Manchester City and Arsenal’s double swoop for Gabriel Jesus and Oleksandr Zinchenko.
Chelsea have splashed the cash, with the likes of Kalidou Koulibaly, Raheem Sterling and Marc Cucurella arriving at Stamford Bridge, while a number of highly-paid have arrived at Manchester United over the summer.
But, despite some of the huge transfer fees paid by Premier League clubs, others have decided to secure players on a free and invest their money in wages instead.
We’ve done some digging and, courtesy of Capology, have identified the 10 summer signings with the highest weekly wage in the Premier League.
=10. Christian Eriksen (Manchester United – £150k)
Brentford were keen to keep him, and Spurs explored the option of re-signing him, but Eriksen decided to join Manchester United on a free transfer in July
His arrival at Old Trafford has provided some much-needed midfield creativity, provided Erik ten Hag doesn’t field him as a false 9 as he did against Brighton, and his wages are hardly extortionate either considering his track record.
=10. Boubacar Kamara (Aston Villa – £150k)
Kamara had his pick of Champions League clubs after his Marseille contract expired, so it was somewhat surprising to see him rock up at Aston Villa.
“To attract players who had options to play in the Champions League is a big coup for the club,” said Villa boss Steven Gerrard during their pre-season tour of Australia.
“I wanted to make players that were good enough for the XI, to make a difference. Kamara’s going to give us style, he’s going to give us a passing range that I didn’t feel we had.”
The midfielder has performed well despite Aston Villa’s stuttering start to the season and we can’t imagine he’ll be away from the Champions League for too long.
9. Marc Cucurella (Chelsea – £175k)
“He’s not quick, he’s not strong. All those things we measure with all those machines we have, he doesn’t register on any of them; you would never sign him,” Jose Luis Mendilibar, Cucurella’s manager at Eibar, said in 2018. “But he’s a footballer.”
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