These high-profile and highly talented players don’t come cheap. Each year, top footballers around the World sign contracts worth tens of millions of dollars. Using weekly salary data from Spotrac, Business Insider identified the highest-paid soccer players during the 2018-2019 Premier League season. Manchester United employs three of the five highest-paid players in the Premier League: Alexis Sanchez, Paul Pogba and Romelu Lukaku. Here are the top five
5. Romelu Lukaku
Today, Lukaku earns roughly $17.1 million a year, but the powerful striker says that he has always been motivated to achieve athletic and financial success because of his humble upbringing. “We were broke. Not just poor, but broke,” he wrote in a post for The Players Tribune.Pay: £250,000 weekly ($17.1 million annually)
Team: Manchester United
Position: Forward
Country: Belgium
Contract: Five-year deal worth £65.0 million ($84.8 million).4. Paul Pogba
Pogba brings in around $19.8 million a year playing for Manchester United, making him the fourth highest-paid player in the Premier League. He was also the highest paid player in the World Cup Final between France and Croatia.
Pay: £290,000 weekly ($19.8 million annually)
Team: Manchester United
Position: Midfielder
Country: France
Contract: Five-year deal worth £75.4 million ($98.4 million).3. N’Golo Kante
The 27-year-old put pen to paper on a new five-year contract at Stamford Bridge on last year, with reports suggesting he is now the club’s highest-paid player.
Pay: £290,000 weekly ($15 million)
Team: Chelsea
Position: Midfielder
Country: France
Contract: Five-year deal worth ($75.1 million).2. Mesut Özil
Arsenal midfielder Mesut Özil earns $20.9 million annually. Özil is one of the most well-respected and expensive German players in history however, the midfielder announced last month that he would be retiring from the German national team citing “racism and disrespect. ”
Pay: £306,250 weekly ($20.9 million annually)
Team: Arsenal
Position: Midfielder
Country: Germany
Contract: Four-year deal worth £63.7 million ($83.1 million).1. Alexis Sanchez
Pay: £315,000 weekly ($21.5 million annually)
Team: Manchester United
Position: Forward
Country: Chile
Contract: Five-year deal worth £81.9 million ($106.9 million).
source; cnbc.com