Gonzalo Higuain will join the ranks of the Premier League’s highest-paid players after signing with Chelsea on loan. The Juventus striker has spent the first half of the season on loan at AC Milan. (ASSOCIATED PRESS Photo/Antonio Calanni).
Gonzalo Higuain will join the ranks of the Premier League’s highest-paid players after signing with Chelsea on loan. The Juventus striker has spent the first half of the season on loan at AC Milan. (ASSOCIATED PRESS Photo/Antonio Calanni).
Argentine striker Gonzalo Higuaín is set to sign for Chelsea and become one of the top five highest paid stars of the English Premier League.
The Juventus striker was expected to complete a medical in London on Wednesday and sign on loan for Chelsea until the end of the season.
Higuaín, who played under Chelsea boss Maurizio Sarri at Napoli, will be under immediate pressure to justify his huge pay packet.
Chelsea will match the $352,000 a week the forward reportedly earned on loan at AC Milan.
On that salary, Higuaín would become the fourth-highest player in the league, according to figures from Spotrac, a company that tracks player contracts and salaries.
He will replace Manchester City forward Sergio Aguero in the top five. Interestingly, given goalscorers typically command the highest transfer fees, Higuaín will be the only one of the new top five considered an out-and-out striker.
He will also be the only Chelsea player in the top five, ahead of fellow Blues’ stars Eden Hazard and N’Golo Kante.
Highest Paid Players in the English Premier League
*Estimated average weekly wage. All figures converted from GBD to USD on current exchange rate*
5. Mesut Ozil, Arsenal – $350,000
Arsenal’s Mesut Ozil is the highest-paid player at the club but has lacked consistency. (ASSOCIATED PRESS Photo/Tim Ireland).
Arsenal’s Mesut Ozil is the highest-paid player at the club but has lacked consistency. (ASSOCIATED PRESS Photo/Tim Ireland).
Yet to play for Arsenal in 2019, the German playmaker is a mercurial talent – brilliant one match and missing the next. He signed a bumper contract extension in February, tying him to the club until mid 2021. But until he gets a regular run in the team and starts producing the performances he is capable of, the rumours that he could leave the club will continue.
4. Gonzalo Higuaín, Chelsea – $352,000
Gonzalo Higuain scored 40 goals in two seasons for parent club Juventus, but has struggled to find the net on loan at AC Milan. (ASSOCIATED PRESS Photo/Gregorio Borgia).
Gonzalo Higuain scored 40 goals in two seasons for parent club Juventus, but has struggled to find the net on loan at AC Milan. (ASSOCIATED PRESS Photo/Gregorio Borgia).
The 31-year-old is still owned by Italian champions Juventus but has spent this season on loan at AC Milan. Unable to discover the form that saw him score 40 times in the past two seasons, Higuaín has netted eight in 22 matches for Milan. Chelsea boss Sarri will be banking on the barrel-chested front man to solve his side’s goalscoring problems.
3. Paul Pogba, Manchester United – $378,000
One of two Manchester United players in the top five, Paul Pogba has started to find the form to justify his bumper salary. (ASSOCIATED PRESS Photo/Tim Ireland).
One of two Manchester United players in the top five, Paul Pogba has started to find the form to justify his bumper salary. (ASSOCIATED PRESS Photo/Tim Ireland).
Like Ozil, Pogba has not always found himself in favor this season after a well-publicized falling out with former Manchester United coach Jose Mourinho. But since Mourinho’s departure, Pogba is back in the first team and has been at the heart of the club’s recent run of good form. Of the two United players in the top five, he has comfortably been the better value for money so far this season.
2. Alexis Sanchez, Manchester United – $410,000
Alexis Sanchez has the second highest weekly wage in the Premier League but has struggled to make an impact since moving to Old Trafford. (ASSOCIATED PRESS Photo/Rui Vieira)
Alexis Sanchez has the second highest weekly wage in the Premier League but has struggled to make an impact since moving to Old Trafford. (ASSOCIATED PRESS Photo/Rui Vieira)
It is a year since Sanchez moved from Arsenal to Manchester United and it has been largely a year to forget for the Chilean attacker. Sanchez, 30, has managed four goals in 32 appearances, failing to find the form that saw him terrifying defences while at Arsenal. With the second-highest weekly wage in the league, Sanchez should be doing a lot more than warming the United bench.
Kevin debruyne- manchester city $418000
After a superb 2017/18, Manchester City’s Kevin De Bruyne has been hit by injuries this season but still takes first place as the Premier League’s top weekly earner. (ASSOCIATED PRESS Photo/Rui Vieira).
After a superb 2017/18, Manchester City’s Kevin De Bruyne has been hit by injuries this season but still takes first place as the Premier League’s top weekly earner. (ASSOCIATED PRESS Photo/Rui Vieira).
In January last year, De Bruyne signed a new contract with Manchester City that runs until 2023 and makes him the Premier League’s highest-paid star. The Belgian midfielder was rewarded after a stunning 2017/2018 season in which he played a key role as Manchester City won the title with a record 100-point haul. De Bruyne has been hit by injuries this season and, as City chase league leaders Liverpool, he will be desperate to rediscover the form that convinced City to make him the league’s highest-paid player
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