Overview
- Bukayo Saka is now Arsenal’s highest-paid player at a reported £300,000 per week, per football.london reporting cited by the Mirror.
- Spotrac estimates Arsenal’s annual wage bill at about £195.4 million after Saka’s rise, an increase of roughly £5.46 million.
- Arsenal’s payroll is reported as higher than Chelsea’s £153.3 million, with seven Arsenal players on £200,000 or more per week compared with two at Chelsea.
- Reece James is listed as Chelsea’s top earner on £250,000 per week, while Arsenal’s upper bracket includes Kai Havertz (£280,000), Gabriel Jesus (£265,000), William Saliba (£250,000), Declan Rice (£240,000) and Martin Odegaard (£240,000).
- Only Manchester City are reported to spend more at about £248.8 million, with league reference points including Erling Haaland on roughly £525,000 per week and Mohamed Salah on about £400,000, based on base-salary figures from Spotrac and Capology that exclude bonuses.