EPL Salaries 2023: The Premier League remains one of the most talked about, hyped up and celebrated football competitions across Europe.
Due to the league’s immense popularity, the deals w.r.t the competitions regarding broadcasting, advertisements rights, etc are sold for massive sums.
The league possess some of Europe’s finest talents as well who remain key footballers in their respective teams.
It is due to the immense cash crunch in the Premier League, that clubs from England are amongst the most richest in the world.
Players gain significant sums of money as salaries which also includes additional bonuses, which enhances their performance level.
Without further ado, we look at the top 5 players with highest salaries in the EPL 2023.
Jadon Sancho
Despite his injuries and indifferent performances, Sancho is one of the highest earners in the club and the Premier League. The winger earns a mammoth £18,200,000 per year from the club for his services.
Manchester United were hyped after Jadon Sancho scored his first goal since September 15 👊 pic.twitter.com/jElno7h2Ff
— B/R Football (@brfootball) February 8, 2023
Given the amount he is paid, United hope to see more from the winger as he hasn’t justified his pay until now through his performances.
Mohamed Salah
He signed a new 3-year-deal with the club following plenty of speculation about the Egyptian’s future.
Salah’s consistency in goal-scoring is evident having scored 20+league goals in 4 of the last 5 seasons.
😬 Mohamed Salah is averaging 1.25 shots per game in 2023 – prior to the new year, his average this season was 3.56 shots per game
🫠Salah is also yet to register a shot on target in any of his 4 Premier League matches in 2023 pic.twitter.com/89VhzPpTx3
— WhoScored.com (@WhoScored) February 8, 2023
Despite Liverpool going through a bad patch this season, Salah remains the target man and chief destructor for them.
David de Gea
David has been a part of the club since his move in the summer of 2011. Hence, it has been more than a decade with the red half of Manchester.
The goalkeeper has seen a combination of good and bad times defending between the sticks and grown in stature over time.
De Gea has been United’s player of the season on 4 occasions and the EPL Golden glove winner in 2017-18.
Such has been the meteoric rise as a stopper that makes him one of the club’s highest earners even in 2023.
His future is still up in the air with his current contract expiring in the summer of 2023.
Erling Haaland
The apparent last piece in Guardiola’s jigsaw puzzle saw Haaland join the Blue half in the summer of 2022.
Haaland earns £19,500,000 per year for his new club, where he is enjoying life at the moment.
Erling has scored 25 goals in 20 matches of the season already and is in prime contention to break the league-record this season.
A few games where he doesn’t get a goal contribution the media write him off yet praise him when he does score 2-3 goals in a game. The hate is unreal Erling Haaland is still the best St itw pic.twitter.com/DbI0vOc4TB
— 17 (@DxBruyneSZN) February 8, 2023
At 22-years, Haaland is one of the game’s brightest talents and proving himself everyday in one of Europe’s most competitive leagues.
Kevin De Bruyne
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Kevin earns a whopping £20,800,000 per year and has shown he is every bit worth of what he earns.
With 3 goals and 11 assists so far in 2022-23 EPL, De Bruyne beat his last season tally for assists. This consistency is lauded across the league by not only fans but players as well.
The mid-fielder has been a part of the club since August 2015 and has slowly taken up the role of a leader at the club.
Finding the perfect player with the pass of precision is De Bruyne’s go-to-mantra at City which he justifies every single week.
