REVEALED: Neymar earns £600,000 per week... almost DOUBLE the wage of star man Kylian Mbappe as PSG dominate Ligue 1 'best-paid player rankings' with top ELEVEN biggest earners in France
- PSG star Neymar remains streets ahead in the race to be Ligue 1's richest asset
- Paris Saint-Germain boasted clean sweep of France's top 11 highest-paid players
- Brazilian forward Neymar pockets around £2.6million a month before tax
Neymar remains streets ahead of Kylian Mbappe and Co in the race to be Ligue 1's richest asset, with Paris Saint-Germain boasting a clean sweep of the top 11 highest-paid players in France.
French daily L'Equipe have released estimates of monthly salaries across the country's top tier.
Brazil star Neymar, who joined PSG from Barcelona for £198million back in August 2017, is by far the division's top earner – pocketing around £2.6million a month before tax. That equates to a weekly salary of around £600,000.
Neymar (L) remains ahead of Kylian Mbappe (R) and Co in race to be Ligue 1's richest asset
PSG boast a clean sweep of the top 11 highest-paid players in France including Thiago Silva
Edison Cavani, Marquinhos, Silva, Marco Verratti (above), Angel Di Maria and Keylor Navas are all estimated to earn at least €1m a month
His closest rival is team-mate Mbappe, the 21-year-old French superstar who earns in the region of £375,000 a week. These figures do not include bonuses.
PSG currently lead Ligue 1 by 12 points from Marseille and their financial superiority is illustrated by the fact that the top 11 richest players in the division are all among Thomas Tuchel's squad.
Edison Cavani, Marquinhos, Thiago Silva, Marco Verratti, Angel Di Maria and Keylor Navas are all estimated to earn at least €1m a month, with Monaco's Wissam Ben Yedder (£127,000 a week) the richest of the rest.
French daily L'Equipe have released estimates of monthly salaries across the country's top tier
Former Premier League stars Ander Herrera (PSG, £127,000 a week), Cesc Fabregas (Monaco, £117,000 a week) Dimitri Payet (Marseille), Idrissa Gueye (PSG, both £98,000 a week) all among the top 20 earners, alongside Monaco midfielder and Chelsea flop Tiemoue Bakayoko, who is pocketing around £88,000 a week while on loan with his former club.
Lyon's highest paid player, meanwhile, is ex-Manchester United winger Memphis Depay, who earns around £80,000 a week. At the other end of the scale, Toulouse's best paid player is Max-Alan Gradel (£37,000).
Tuchel is the highest paid coach in Ligue 1 on around £120,000 a week – £40,000 more than his closest rival, Marseille boss Andre Villas-Boas.
Ligue 1 clubs have been boosted by a new TV deal spread over the next four years.
Monaco's 29-year-old forward Wissam Ben Yedder (£127,000 a week) is the richest of the rest
Monaco midfielder and Chelsea flop Tiemoue Bakayoko is pocketing around £88,000 a week
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