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- With a salary of £350,000 a week, Egypt's Mohamed Salah was the highest-paid African player in the English Premier League last season-Debutant Kalidou Koulibaly's £15.3-million a year pushed Thomas Partey, Ghana's most expensive player of all time, into third position-Salah and Koulibaly were the only two Africans in the top 10 highest-paid players in the league
Egypt's Mohamed Salah became the highest-paid player in Liverpool's history when he signed a new contract worth more than £18.2-million a year for 2022/23 – that's £350,000 a week. Thomas Partey may be Ghana's most expensive player of all time, but he dropped into third position on the salary table, overtaken by Kalidou Koulibaly. The Senegalese defender was paid more than £15.3-million with Chelsea last season. He doubled his earnings last month when he moved to Al-Hilal in Saudi Arabia.
— 14 August, 2023Subscribe to the weekly newsletter for more charts like this
