Cristiano Ronaldo tops Serie A’s wages list with the Juventus superstar earning more than three times the next best paid player in the league.
The Portuguese has failed to justify that premium in the early stages of his time in Turin since an £88m move from Real Madrid.
The 33-year-old is goalless in three Serie A outings, though Massimiliano Allegri’s side are perfect with three wins.
Ronaldo picks up a massive €31m (£28m) after tax per year, report Gazzetta dello Sport, roughly £538,000 per week, dwarfing his fellow players in Italy.
The next best salary is Gonzalo Higuain, who now picks up €9.5m (£8.6m) per year (approximately £165,000 per week) after his move to AC Milan from Juventus.
In fact, only three non-Juventus players make up the highest paid line-up in the league. Milan’s Gianluigi Donnarumma (€6m/year) and Kwadwo Asamoah (€3m) of Inter.
Biggest earners in Serie A
- €31m Cristiano Ronaldo, Juventus
- €9.5m Gonzalo Higuain, AC Milan
- €7m Paulo Dybala, Juventus
- €6.5 Miralem Pjanic, Juventus
- €6m Douglas Costa, Juventus
- €6m Ginaluigi Donnarumma, AC Milan
- €5.5m Leonardo Bonucci, Juventus
- €5m Emre Can, Juventus
- €4.6m Lorenzo Insigne, Napoli
- €4.5 Mauro Icardi, Inter Milan
- €4.5 Edin Dzeko, Roma