Haaland's new deal makes him the highest paid in EPL but he is just ninth in the world

Norway striker Erling Haaland’s mind-boggling new £500,000-per-week deal has made the Norwegian the highest-paid Premier League player ever but he just number ninth in the world.
Manchester City has announced that the goal-scoring machine has signed a 10-year contract worth £26million per season.
The 24-year-old's record-breaking deal, which runs until 2034, has knocked City team-mate Kevin De Bruyne off his perch as the Prem's top earner.
It puts the total value close to £ 250 million and overtakes Chelsea's nine-year-deal for Cole Palmer to become the longest contract in Prem history.
Haaland, who was previously contracted until 2027, has proved a phenomenon at City, scoring 111 goals in only 126 games since signing from Borussia Dortmund for £ 50 million in the summer of 2022.
10 biggest earners after twice Golden Boot winner Haaland's mammoth new deal.
10) Kai Havertz - £280k-per-week
7) Jack Grealish - £300k-per-week
Jack Grealish, 29, penned a £300,000-per-week contract =7) Bruno Fernandes - £300k-per-week
=7) Bernardo Silva - £300k-per-week
=5) Marcus Rashford - £325k-per-week
=5) Raheem Sterling - £325k-per-week
=3) Mohamed Salah - £350k-per-week
=3) Casemiro - £350k-per-week
2) Kevin De Bruyne - £400k-per-week
1) Erling Haaland - £500k-per-week
But Haaland’s salary is only ninth biggest in football with Chelsea Koulibaly earning more than Man City star. He is not even the highest-paid player in Europe. Here are the top ten in the world.
- Harry Kane - £404,000-per-week
- Erling Haaland - £500,000-per-week
- Kylian Mbappe - £500,000-per-week
- Robert Lewandowski - £538,000-per-week
- Kalidou Koulibaly - £577,000-per-week
- Sadio Mane - £673,000-per-week
- Riyad Mahrez - £865,000-per-week
- Karim Benzema - £1.6m-per-week
- Neymar - £1.7m-per-week
- Cristiano Ronaldo - £3.3m-per-week
The Portuguese superstar signed a whooping £173m every year with Al-Nassr when he left Manchester United in 2022.
This equates to the club paying him £3.3m-per-week, dwarfing the salaries of every other footballer in the world.