Bukayo Saka has agreed a new five-year contract at Arsenal that will run until the summer of 2031 and, according to The Guardian, lift his weekly pay to roughly \u00a3300,000. That figure would make him the club\u2019s highest earner and place him among the best-paid players in the Premier League.<\/p>\n
Saka was thought to be on \u00a3200,000 per week under his previous deal, which was due to expire in 2027, meaning the reported increase represents around 50 percent.<\/p>\n
The Guardian\u2019s reporting also identified Kai Havertz as Arsenal\u2019s previous top earner, on about \u00a3280,000 per week. Saka, still only 24 and a homegrown player, has emerged as a clear leader at the club and regularly wears the captain\u2019s armband when Martin \u00d8degaard is unavailable.<\/p>\n
Club contract planning appears to continue beyond Saka. \u00d8degaard is set to be one of the next in line for fresh terms as his deal expires in 2028, while Declan Rice has been billed as the extension priority. Rice is described in reports as an all-action midfielder, \u201carguably the club\u2019s most important and best player, transforming the complexion of the team with his inclusion.\u201d Those same reports contrast the drop-off between Saka and Noni Madueke, or \u00d8degaard and Eberechi Eze, with the more marked difference when Rice is not on the pitch.<\/p>\n
Saka will not eclipse Arsenal\u2019s highest-paid player ever. Mesut \u00d6zil reportedly had six months remaining on a deal worth about \u00a3350,000 per week when he left the club in January 2021.<\/p>\n
On the wider Premier League stage, Saka\u2019s reported wage still sits below the division\u2019s top earners. The Telegraph reported Mohamed Salah\u2019s extension would see him earn up to \u00a3480,000 per week with bonuses and a base rate near \u00a3400,000 per week. The Guardian reported Erling Haaland\u2019s nine-and-a-half-year deal as worth around \u00a3500,000 per week. Even among English players Saka is not the highest earner: Jack Grealish is reported to earn a similar \u00a3300,000 per week at Manchester City and Raheem Sterling about \u00a3325,000 per week, per The Times. The draft report notes that neither Grealish nor Sterling have been capped for England by Thomas Tuchel and are yet to play a single minute of Premier League football for their paymasters this season.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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