Have a look at the breakdown of ยฃ256 million wage bill structure of Ligue 1 team PSG for 2021/22 which are the highest salaries in the world paid to any sports team
The signing of the best player in the world has grabbed the attention of every football fan towards the club from Paris owned by the Qatari owners who pull the strings from abroad. PSG have secured the signing of Lionel Messi on a 2-year deal which pushes their wage bill on the top.
Parisians are offering Messi a whopping โฌ35+โฌ5 million in bonuses per year which would make him the most expensive player of PSG above Neymar and Kylian Mbappe. How can PSG afford to pay the expensive transfer fees of players and at the same time manage their salaries will forever be a mystery?
๐ฐ It's official: PSG have the highest wage-bill of any sports team in the world.
๐ Here's how.
— SPORF (@Sporf) August 11, 2021
Meanwhile, some reports suggest that the money invested by the Qatari owners is actually state money with the primary contributor being Qatar Tourism. Have a look at the breakdown of funds Paris-Saint Germain have to pay to their players.
Ligue 1 2021/22: PSG bump up their wage bill structure by the signing of Leo Messi and his wages
| Player Name | Weekly Wage | Yearly Salary | Age | Nationality |
| Lionel Messi | ยฃ859,000 | ยฃ35,668,000 | 34 | Argentina |
| Neymar (Neymar da Silva Santos Jรบnior) | ยฃ759,000 | ยฃ30,668,000 | 28 | Brazil |
| Kylian Mbappรฉ | ยฃ603,000 | ยฃ25,956,000 | 21 | France |
| Sergio Ramos | ยฃ252,000 | ยฃ13,104,000 | 35 | Spain |
| Gianluigi Donnarumma | ยฃ252,000 | ยฃ13,104,000 | 22 | Italy |
| Marquinhos (Marcos Aoas Corrรชa) | ยฃ252,000 | ยฃ13,104,000 | 26 | Brazil |
| Marco Verratti | ยฃ252,000 | ยฃ13,104,000 | 27 | Italy |
| รngel Di Marรญa | ยฃ235,000 | ยฃ12,220,000 | 32 | Argentina |
| Keylor Navas | ยฃ210,000 | ยฃ10,920,000 | 33 | Costa Rica |
| Achraf Hakimi | ยฃ210,000 | ยฃ10,920,000 | 22 | Morocco |
| Georginio Wijnaldum | ยฃ175,000 | ยฃ9,100,000 | 30 | Netherlands |
| Presnel Kimpembe | ยฃ175,000 | ยฃ9,100,000 | 24 | France |
| Mauro Icardi | ยฃ168,000 | ยฃ8,736,000 | 27 | Argentina |
| Leandro Paredes | ยฃ140,000 | ยฃ7,280,000 | 26 | Argentina |
| Ander Herrera | ยฃ138,000 | ยฃ7,176,000 | 30 | Spain |
| Julian Draxler | ยฃ126,000 | ยฃ6,552,000 | 26 | Germany |
| Idrissa Gueye | ยฃ115,000 | ยฃ5,980,000 | 30 | Senegal |
| Alessandro Florenzi | ยฃ101,000 | ยฃ5,252,000 | 29 | Italy |
| Abdou Diallo | ยฃ91,000 | ยฃ4,732,000 | 24 | France |
| Rafinha (Rafael Alcรขntara do Nascimento) | ยฃ89,000 | ยฃ4,628,000 | 27 | Brazil |
| Juan Bernat | ยฃ88,000 | ยฃ4,576,000 | 27 | Spain |
| Pablo Sarabia | ยฃ87,000 | ยฃ4,524,000 | 28 | Spain |
| Thilo Kehrer | ยฃ83,000 | ยฃ4,316,000 | 23 | Germany |
| Layvin Kurzawa | ยฃ79,000 | ยฃ4,108,000 | 27 | France |
| Moise Kean | ยฃ49,000 | ยฃ2,548,000 | 20 | Italy |
| Sergio Rico | ยฃ44,000 | ยฃ2,288,000 | 26 | Spain |
| Danilo Pereira | ยฃ35,000 | ยฃ1,820,000 | 28 | Portugal |
| Colin Dagba | ยฃ23,000 | ยฃ1,196,000 | 21 | France |
| Mitchel Bakker | ยฃ20,000 | ยฃ1,040,000 | 20 | Holland |
| Alexandre Letellier | ยฃ6,500 | ยฃ338,000 | 29 | France |
| Timothรฉe Pembรฉlรฉ | ยฃ4,600 | ยฃ239,200 | 17 | France |
| Maxen Kapo | ยฃ904 | ยฃ47,008 | 19 | France |
| Anfane Ahamada | ยฃ689 | ยฃ35,828 | 18 | France |
| Alexandre Fressange | ยฃ689 | ยฃ35,828 | 19 | Cameroon |
| Cรฉdric N’Koum | ยฃ669 | ยฃ34,788 | 30 | Cameroon |
It will be interesting to see how all the big signings adjust to each other under the Argentine manager Mauricio Pochettino who now has a difficult task ahead of him of guiding the team towards Champions League glory.
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