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

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.

  1. Harry Kane - £404,000-per-week
  2. Erling Haaland - £500,000-per-week
  3. Kylian Mbappe - £500,000-per-week
  4. Robert Lewandowski - £538,000-per-week
  5. Kalidou Koulibaly - £577,000-per-week
  6. Sadio Mane - £673,000-per-week
  7. Riyad Mahrez - £865,000-per-week
  8. Karim Benzema - £1.6m-per-week
  9. Neymar - £1.7m-per-week
  10. 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.