Liverpool Football Club announced yesterday, Friday, the signing of a new "long-term" contract with its Egyptian star Mohamed Salah, who joined the team in 2017. Liverpool did not disclose the value and duration of Salah's contract, but English media revealed that the new deal will keep the Egyptian pharaoh at Anfield until 2025.
The English newspaper "Daily Mail" reported that Salah's salary after the renewal has risen to £400,000 per week, making him the highest-paid player in the history of Liverpool. The only players who now surpass Salah in the highest-paid list in the football world are the trio from Paris Saint-Germain: French international Kylian Mbappé, Argentine star Lionel Messi, and Brazilian Neymar da Silva.
Mbappé leads the list of the highest-paid players in the world with a weekly salary of £1 million, followed by his teammate Messi with £960,000, and Neymar with £606,000. Salah ranks fourth on the list, surpassing Portuguese Cristiano Ronaldo, the star of Manchester United, who has dropped to fifth place with a weekly salary of £385,000, which is the same as Belgian Kevin De Bruyne's salary at Manchester City.
The new Manchester City recruit, Norwegian international Erling Haaland, comes in seventh place with a salary of £375,000, the same amount received by Spanish goalkeeper David De Gea of Manchester United. Frenchman Antoine Griezmann, currently on loan from Barcelona to Atlético Madrid, ranks ninth with a weekly salary of £356,000. Polish forward Robert Lewandowski of Bayern Munich completes the top ten highest-paid players in the world, earning £350,000 per week.
