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\n \n \n Ranking every Barcelona player by how much they earn: De Jong top…
\n \nBarcelona have one of the biggest wage bills in world football – but which players currently have the most lucrative contracts?
\nThe Spanish giants\u00a0are deep in financial trouble with\u00a0debts\u00a0in the region of \u20ac1billion and those contracts certainly haven’t helped.
\nBarcelona president Joan Laporta has put a lot of the blame on\u00a0his predecessor Josep Bartomeu, who was a very unpopular figure.
\n“Our salaries represent 103 per cent of the club\u2019s total income,” Laporta said at a press conference in August 2021. “That\u2019s 20-25 per cent more than our competitors.
\n\u201cThe first thing we had to do when we arrived was to ask for a loan of \u20ac80million because otherwise, we could not pay the salaries. The previous regime was full of lies.\u201d
\nHe continued: \u201cWe found the wage policy in the form of an inverted pyramid \u2013 veterans on long contracts and youngsters on short deals. There were no wages cuts \u2013 lies.”
\nBarcelona’s financial problems meant that they couldn’t even offer a new contract to Lionel Messi, who joined PSG on a free transfer in 2021.
\nLaporta has since implemented a lot of changes at Camp Nou and convinced a number of players, including Gerard Pique prior to his retirement, to take a pay cut.
\n“We were very optimistic with the budget, we have lowered [it by] more than \u20ac150million,” Eduard Romeu, Barcelona’s economic vice-president, said on RAC1 Radio in June 2022.
\n“We are on a good path but it’s not enough. We have a \u20ac560million wage bill. Bayern [Munich] have [\u20ac]300[million] for example, and Real Madrid are close to 400. The salaries are totally disproportionate and inflated.”
\nUsing data from Capology, we’ve ranked every Barcelona first-team player by how much they earn on a weekly basis. Note: we’ve not included any payers that are currently out on loan and all salaries listed are gross figures.
\nAnd here are the squad’s weekly salary, listed in euros.
\n1. Frenkie de Jong \u2013\u00a0\u20ac721,154
\n2. Sergio Busquets \u2013\u00a0\u20ac711,538
\n=3. Jordi Alba \u2013\u00a0\u20ac400,577
\n=3. Robert Lewandowski \u2013\u00a0\u20ac400,577
\n5. Ansu Fati \u2013\u00a0\u20ac268,269
\n6. Jules Kounde \u2013\u00a0\u20ac260,577
\n7. Raphinha \u2013\u00a0\u20ac240,385
\n8. Ousmane Dembele \u2013\u00a0\u20ac230,769
\n9. Ferran Torres \u2013\u00a0\u20ac192,308
\n10. Pedri \u2013\u00a0\u20ac180,385
\n=11. Marc-Andre ter Stegen \u2013\u00a0\u20ac173,077
\n=11. Franck Kessie \u2013\u00a0\u20ac173,077
\n=11. Andreas Christensen \u2013\u00a0\u20ac173,077
\n14. Ronaldo Araujo \u2013\u00a0\u20ac134,615
\n15. Gavi \u2013\u00a0\u20ac130,769
\n16. Marcos Alonso\u00a0\u2013\u00a0\u20ac120,192
\n17. Eric Garcia \u2013\u00a0\u20ac115,385
\n18. Sergi Roberto \u2013\u00a0\u20ac96,154
\n19. Inaki Pena \u2013\u00a0\u20ac38,462
\n20. Alex Balde\u2013\u00a0\u20ac3,077
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