Son Heung-min makes $250,000 a week but trails league's highest-paid stars
Son Heung-min / Captured from Son's social media
The salary of Europa League champion Son Heung-min of Tottenham Hotspur has been revealed, highlighting the pay gap between top earners in the Premier League.
According to British outlet The Sun on Saturday, the Premier League’s wage bill has reached a record £4 billion (7.4 trillion won).
The report ranked clubs by their total wage expenditures for the 2023–24 season and identified each team’s highest-paid player. Son, the captain of Tottenham, is the club’s top earner.
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Tottenham’s total wage bill for the season is £222 million, ranking seventh among the 20 clubs.
Son’s weekly wage is reported to be £190,000. This equates to an annual salary of £9.88 million. Son signed a four-year contract extension with Tottenham in 2021, which included a one-year option. His salary saw a significant boost following the departure of former teammate Harry Kane to Bayern Munich in the summer of 2023, making him Tottenham’s highest-paid player.
Still, his wages are relatively modest compared to other Premier League stars.
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Manchester City, which tops the wage spending list, has a total wage bill of £413 million. Star striker Erling Haaland earns £525,000 a week, making him the highest-paid player in both Manchester City and the Premier League.
Liverpool ranks second with £377 million in total wages. Manchester United, which lost to Tottenham in the Europa League final, comes in third with £365 million.
Chelsea, Arsenal, and Aston Villa follow in fourth, fifth and sixth places, with total wage bills of £338 million, £328 million and £252 million, respectively.
All of the top-earning players at these higher-ranked clubs earn more than Son. Haaland’s weekly salary is nearly three times that of Son’s. Liverpool star Mohamed Salah makes more than twice as much as Son, earning £400,000 per week. Other players also surpass Son’s earnings, including Manchester United's Casemiro (£350,000), Chealsea's Reece James (£250,000), Arsenal's Kai Havertz (£280,000) and Marcus Rashford of Aston Villa (£225,000).
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