The shameful display and relegation from Real in the Champions League is still in the minds of PSG fans and soon after, the football public in France got another reason to call the Paris Saint-Germain players spoiled and overpaid stars. A survey by a reputable L’Equipe showed that PSG has as many as 18 of the 20 highest paid players in Ligue 1, and that even the average salary in the Princes’ Park is unattainable for the richest competitors in the French championship.Top 30 salaries in Ligue 1, reported by L’Equipe.The amounts are per month. pic.twitter.com/1Cb1ZZqIXO— Sport Witness (@Sport_Witness) March 22, 2022 The Neymar – Lionel Messi – Kylian Mbappe trio are, of course, the main ‘culprits’ for that average salary. And there would be no problems if they justified that kind of money with great display on the field, but this season, the only guy who deserved that kind of money (almost) was Mbappe. Neymar earns 4,083,000 euros a month on a gross level, which should be roughly halved in order to get the amount that really ends up in his pocket. That amount under the new contract – signed in May 2021 with a duration of 2025 – will fall with each season.Test of character: With their morale at an all-time low, the fading Parisian stars must try to shine againMessi has a net salary of almost 25,000,000 euros, plus a gross bonus of 15,000,000 for loyalty, so he goes out to just over 30,000,000 annually. He wouldn’t get that much anywhere, not even in Manchester City, where Kevin de Bruyne is the highest paid, with a little less than 25,000,000 per year. True, when the Argentine came to PSG this summer, he did not receive cash for the signature, which is a common practice for free players, and a solid part of his salary is paid from sponsorship agreements with companies that were attracted by Messi’s signature.’I want to meet and insult Messi’s critics’Mbappe earns significantly less per year – 2,200,000 euros gross, but what really separates PSG from others are the salaries of other players. We have already said that as many as 18 of the 20 highest paid in League 1 play at the Princes’ Park. The average monthly salary in Paris is an unreal 990,000 euros a month (!), while the highest paid football player outside of PSG, Visan Ben Yedder, receives “only” 650,000 in Monaco, and in a recent derby he “killed” PSG with two goals. The second player in the TOP 20, Cesc Fabregas, is from Monaco, with a salary of 600,000.Slapping players, smoking cigars and donating wine: meet one weird football presidentIn Lyon, Jerome Boateng and Tangi Ndombele receive 350,000 euros each – who, in fact, gets another 150,000 from his hometown Tottenham, while he himself gave up 100,000 per season. In Marseille, Cedric Bakambu and Arkadiusz Milik earn 400,000 each, in Lille Renato Sanchez is ahead of all with 338,000, while Nice’s highest paid player is Justin Kluivert with 310,000 euros.
