The latest Global Sports Salaries Survey reveal that La Liga
champions, FC Barcelona, are the first sports team to pay its first-team
players an average salary of more than £10 ($13,755,714) million per year.
The Catalonia giants lastly topped the survey in 2012, when their average wage
was half of the current sum. This season, Barcelona will pay its 23-man squad
an average of £10.45, before bonuses.
The additions of
Philippe Coutinho, Arthur, Malcom and Arturo Vidal have greatly contributed to
these exorbitant figures, alongside Messi's bumper new contract. His new
contract, signed in November 2017, pays him a basic £50 million ($64.2
million) per year before tax. His contract makes him the best paid player in
the club's history. Gerard Pique, Sergi Roberto, Sergio Busquets and Samuel
Umtiti also signed new contracts with the club.
European champions
Real Madrid are second on the list, with an increase in the average salaries of
their first-team stars to £8.1 million per year. Juventus come in the 9th
position, following their acquisition of Cristiano Ronaldo from Real Madrid
last summer. This has enabled them rise from 32nd to ninth position.
Manchester United
are the only Premier League team in the top 10, earning the tenth spot. They
pay their first-team players an average of £6.53 million per year. This is
a considerable rise from their 23rd position in 2017. Nonetheless, the Premier
League is the highest-paying football league globally, with their players
earning an average salary of £2.99m,
just over £700,000 per year ahead of La Liga. The other six teams in the top 10 are NBA franchises. The NBA
remains the highest-paying sports league with an average annual salary of £5.9
million ($7.8 million).
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