He is on the brink of becoming the Premier League’s highest-paid player with a big-money move to Manchester United close to completion.
Sanchez will earn £500,000 a week at Old Trafford – more than Paul Pogba and David De Gea combined.
The staggering true cost of his contract works out as:
– 85p a second
– £50 a minute
– £3,000 an hour
– £72,000 a day
– £500,000-a-week
So where does he rank among the other top earners?
1) Alexis Sanchez (Manchester United) – £500,000 per week
Confirmation of the Chile forward’s switch from Arsenal is still awaited but the 29-year-old will earn close to £500,000 per week before tax at Old Trafford. That is his basic wage plus image rights and bonuses.
2) Paul Pogba (Manchester United) – £290,000 per week
The France midfielder signed a contract worth £290,000 per week when United brought him back from Juventus in a club record £89.3million deal in 2016. He is also in line for a new contract – and pay rise – in the near future.
3) Romelu Lukaku (Manchester United) – £250,000 per week
United not only paid a Premier League record £75million – plus a potential further £15million in add-ons – for the striker last summer, but also agreed to pay him £250,000 per week.
4) Zlatan Ibrahimovic (Manchester United) – £220,000 per week
The Swede might be at the veteran stage of his career, but his availability on a free transfer from Paris St Germain in 2016 allowed United to hand him a huge wage packet, worth £220,000 per week.
Sergio Aguero (Manchester City) – £220,000 per week
The prolific Argentinian, who this season became City’s record goalscorer, signed his current deal in the summer of 2014. It was worth £220,000 per week and City are presumably happy with their return.
Eden Hazard (Chelsea) – £220,000 per week
Belgium playmaker Hazard is Chelsea’s most influential player and is well rewarded for that, with a weekly wage worth £220,000. His contract expires in 2020 but, with Real Madrid linked, there has been much talk of a new deal.
Cesc Fabregas (Chelsea) – £220,000 per week
Estimates vary, but it’s suggested the Spain midfielder signed a contract worth £220,000 per week when he joined Chelsea from Barcelona for £30million in 2014. More conservative reports suggest a pay packet of around £180,000 per week.
8) David de Gea (Manchester United) – £200,000 per week
After Real Madrid went close to signing him in 2015, United rewarded one of the world’s best goalkeepers with a new contract that underlined his importance, worth a reported £200,000 per week.
9) Virgil van Dijk (Liverpool) – £180,000 per week
Liverpool made the Dutchman the world’s most expensive defender this month, paying Southampton £75million for a player they had long been linked with. The deal earns him £180,000 per week.
10) Alexandre Lacazette (Arsenal) – £170,000 per week
Short of a reliable regular goalscorer, the Gunners paid a club record £52.7million for the Frenchman last summer. He earns around £170,000 per week.
