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Kylian Mbappe earns more than twice as much as any other player in Europe, according to a new report.
France and PSG star Mbappe, 25, has shone in Paris since joining as an 18-year-old but informed the club in February that he would leave when his contract expires this summer.
The forward’s future has been a long-running saga with Mbappe almost joining Real Madrid in the summer of 2022, before he made a late u-turn and penned a new deal with the Ligue 1 side.
And, according to a new report in L’Equipe, that contract made Mbappe the highest paid player in Europe’s top five leagues, with the forward earning a staggering €6million (£5.15m) each month.
This makes him Europe’s highest-paid player and the report claims he is on more than twice the salary of the second player in the list, which is Bayern Munich’s Harry Kane.
The England captain has shone since moving to Germany in the summer for a fee that could reach £100m, scoring 37 goals and adding 12 assists in 35 games.
The report claims Kane earns €2.10m (£1.80m) per-month, putting him as the Bundesliga’s highest-paid player, while in the top 10 list he is narrowly ahead of Man City playmaker Kevin De Bruyne, with the Belgian raking in €2.02 (£1.73m) every four weeks.
De Bruyne is joined in the top 10 by City team-mate Erling Haaland, who earns €1.90m (£1.63m) each month.
However, Mail Sport understands that while Haaland receives a basic salary which is in line with the other higher earners at the Etihad Stadium, a series of substantial, almost-guaranteed bonuses see his weekly wage surge beyond the £850,000 mark.
This means that the Norwegian is earning nearer to the £3.4m-a-month mark, which would place him second on the list.
Making up the top five is a Real Madrid star, but not the one you might expect, as Austrian defender David Alaba receives a monthly salary of €1.88m (£1.61m).
Robert Lewandowski and Mohamed Salah are sixth and seventh, with the the pair earning €1.87m (£1.60m) and €1.77m (£1.52m) respectively.
Two Man United stars are in the top 10 and complete the Premier League’s five biggest earners, with Casemiro on the same wages as Salah at €1.77m (£1.52m), while Raphael Varane earns €1.72m (£1.48m).
Coming in at joint 10th on L’Equipe’s list is Real Madrid team-mates Vinicius Jnr and Jude Bellingham, Barcelona’s Ilkay Gundogan and Atletico Madrid’s Jan Oblak, with the quartet all on a reported €1.67m (£1.43m) per-month.
L’Equipe’s list covers 25 players, with other notable inclusions being Napoli’s Victor Osimhen, whose €1.50m (£1.29m) monthly salary ranks him as the 16th highest-paid player in Europe, while PSG and France star Ousmane Dembele is 19th with a wage of €1.12m (£961,000) per-month.
The report also covers the top earners in each European league, with the individual records for Ligue 1 showing that PSG have the 10 best-paid stars in France, demonstrating their financial might.
Elsewhere, Bayern and Germany veterans Manuel Neuer and Thomas Muller are the joint 14th best-paid players in Europe, with both stars earning €1.66m (£1.42m) each month.
Olivia Martin is a dedicated sports journalist based in the UK. With a passion for various athletic disciplines, she covers everything from major league championships to local sports events, delivering up-to-the-minute updates and in-depth analysis.
