Top 5 highest-earning players at Real Madrid
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Real Madrid is where all the star players reside in world football. Almost every player dreams of putting on the glorious white colors of the Los Blancos at least once in their career. Playing for the Galacticos means you will probably make more than any of your professional peers.
Real Madrid is one of the biggest and most successful clubs in the history of football, while most of their fans would argue that nobody tops them. They have won the European Cup 14 times -more times than any other club in history- while they’ve also enjoyed plenty of dominance over La Liga in several different periods as well.
In recent times, Real Madrid has adopted a Galactico policy under president Florentino Perez, which involves attempting to sign the very best players in European football, no matter the price, and no matter if they’d suit the club or not.
Due to this, players like David Alaba and Eden Hazard are all on high wages but you must be asking who are the top five highest-paid Real Madrid players? Well, we have the answer.
Who are the highest-paid Real Madrid players?
5. Luka Modric – £421,923 per week
Luka Modric is one of the midfield maestros of Madrid in white. He has been instrumental for Real Madrid in all their Champions League victories of the past decade and all the La Ligas as well. No wonder he has a huge contract.
He currently earns £22m per year playing for Madrid. That means that he earns approximately £422,000 per week at Real Madrid. Now that his contract is expiring, his new deal should be even better.
4. Toni Kroos – £421,923 per week
Toni Kroos has been with Los Blancos since 2014 when he helped Germany win the FIFA World Cup that year. The German midfielder is a supreme passer of the ball and has maintained an impressive 94.9% pass accuracy in league fixtures (as per WhoScored.com).
He was signed by Madrid for a sum reportedly between €25-€30 million. Kroos has paid out a huge dividend for the club by helping them win 14 trophies in his seven-and-a-half year-long association with Madrid. He reportedly earns $25m per year. That means he earns around £422,000 per week according to his contractual terms.
He signed a contract extension in 2020, which runs out in the summer of 2023 when he will be 33.
3. Marcelo – £421,923 per week
Marcelo is another player from Madrid’s old guard having joined the club in 2007. Though he has found play-time difficult to come by this season, Marcelo has established himself as the best left-back of his generation in a trophy-laden spell with the club.
His partnership with Cristiano Ronaldo was legendary. Marcelo’s well-timed runs down the left flank helped him be involved in a lot of goals, assisting most of them but also scoring a few himself.
His contract runs out in the summer and he leaves the club for free after the end of the season. Marcelo will leave the club as their joint-most decorated player in history. He has a contract which pays him the same as Luka Modric and Toni Kroos, i.e., €22m pounds per year.
2. David Alaba – £432,692 per week
Real Madrid’s summer signing David Alaba has been one of the most consistent defenders of his generation. He can operate competently both as a left-back or center-back, which has been completely utilized at Madrid by Carlo Ancelotti. He was instrumental at back to help Real Madrid win its record-breaking 14th Champions League.
David Alaba moved to Real Madrid in the summer of 2021 on a five-year contract. He replaced the number 4 jersey of their legendary captain Sergio Ramos. He scored his first goal for Real Madrid against Barcelona in his first El Clásico. He is the second Austrian player to score in El Clasico history after Hans Krankl.
David Alaba reportedly earns £432,692 per week at Real Madrid. That means he approximately earns €23.3m per year at Real.
1. Eden Hazard – £540,962 per week
Eden Hazard is the highest-paid Real Madrid player, earning over £540,000-per-week. The Belgian was signed for around £100 million in the summer of 2018 from Chelsea. He only had a year left on his contract but his talent and form at the time warranted such a high price tag even from Zinedine Zidane, who wanted him at the club at any cost.
Hazard established himself as a world-class talent in the Premier League and Madrid viewed him as the talismanic replacement for Cristiano Ronaldo. Hazard even took on the number seven jersey and started playing on the left flank like the Portuguese. So far, he has been unfortunate with injuries and has not been able to make a full impact on his arrival.
While it has not been a fruitful move for the former Chelsea star, he was rewarded with a lucrative contract when he secured the move. It made him the highest-paid player at the club. He currently earns over £540,000 per week and therefore has a total contract of approximately £29.2m per year for his services at Real Madrid.
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