Rice and Havertz are set to earn the same huge salary at Arsenal

In a significant move for Mikel Arteta’s rebuilding project, Arsenal has appointed Kai Havertz as their highest-earning player following his transfer from Chelsea to the Emirates. This decision comes after the club decided to part ways with Mesut Ozil and Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang due to their underwhelming performances and substantial salaries.

Initially, it appeared that Arsenal would adopt a more restrained approach to wages after the departure of both stars. However, according to a report from Sports Bild, the Gunners have now bestowed upon Havertz an annual salary of €20 million or €380,000+ per week, making him their top earner.

Furthermore, it is rumoured that Declan Rice, who is likely to join Arsenal in the near future, will also command a similar wage to the German midfielder. This would place Rice on equal financial terms with Havertz, further solidifying Arsenal’s commitment to assembling a formidable squad under Arteta’s leadership.

Just Arsenal Opinion

The wages of players in the Premier League are constantly on the rise and we must measure up to the standards being set if we want to compete for the top talents.

Rice and Havertz are highly-rated players in the European game and might earn even more at some other European clubs.

The most important thing is for them to deliver for the club when they start playing for us, no matter how much we pay them in wages.

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25 Comments

  1. Havertz salary no doubt will jerk the wage bill, the pressure to perform will be instant.

    Most players are commonly remunerated by their clubs by way of a basic wage usually Express thousands per week in this case £380,000 per week and additionally with bonus payments base on the achievement of a variety of different targets.

    Appearance bonuses might also apply to matches in which the player appears, though in my opinion the size of this salary dictates he will be in the first eleven.

    It is also common for players to receive loyalty bonuses that are usually payable on specified dates in the future.

  2. So this is why the Scouting Department was closed and many loyal and committed staff fired (two years ago), to now hire and overpay mediocre players.

    Something must be wrong with the corporate values of the club.

    SIGH!!!

  3. We are gonna see other players become glowingly disgruntled. I hope this won’t plant the seed for team unrest. Neither one deserves this pay, but Havertz earning this much is more aghast to me.

    1. That’s true. Now give odegard min 400k/ w, martinelli 350k/w, saka 500k/w, Saliba 450k/ w . Otherwise justice will not be done to our loyal players.

  4. And I don’t know why you would make a player that has been very poor at his former club oir biggest earner. Its really ridiculous. But if he can put in performances then that should soothe me. If Havertz turns out to be a joke then we will pelt him for being a fraud and scrounger..

    That’s all we can do as fans.

    1. Even if he performs really well or best of the rest, how can we be assured that the team will perform well when there are disgruntled players. Isn’t football a team game?

  5. No one has any idea what is written into a players contract – except the club, the player, his agent and the taxman.

    Win bonuses, league position bonuses, CL participation bonuses, PL and FA Cup final position bonuses, goals scored and /or clean sheet bonuses, we haven’t a clue what is agreed…. and to be quite honest, as long as the club wins any of the above, the owner is happy with the outlay, we keep within the laws of the game and it doesn’t cause unrest in the camp, I couldn’t give a fig.

    1. Ken it’s interesting you mentioned that no one has any idea what is written into a player’s contract yet you always mention Nketia’s supposed 100k per week and supposedly a similar amount for Nelson’s proposed new contract. Where did you find these numbers from?

      1. That’s why I always (or try to!!) say “reported” when I refer to his, or anyone else’s, salary Onyango.

        We learnt that Ozil had a clause giving him, if my memory serves me well, a £60,000 bonus when he was ostracised from the squad.

        By the way, we don’t know how Nketiah’s contract is made up either, so the same applies with him and every other players “reported” contract.

  6. As much as signing Havertz seemed a bit strange, as it didn’t appear to address the need for a signing in a specific position (EG. CF), he is a quality player and one that is better than his experience at Chelsea would suggest. And of course that’s not a rare situation. Many players that didn’t work out at Chelsea have done very well elsewhere. So I actually think Havertz is going to work out ok. And regarding the wages, we’ve spent a long time crying out for Arsenal “To behave like a big club”. Well paying big money and big wages for players in their prime is doing exactly that, so I don’t see the problem. Also Havertz (And Rice) and not just great kids but the next level up, with lots of valuable experience already in the bank.

  7. I’m always sceptical about these kinds of reports so I read the Mirror article and words like ‘thought to be earning’ x y and z are used. The report said that Partey on £200kpw was our top earner whereas I read elsewhere that it was Jesus.
    Why would Arsenal throw that much at both Rice and Havertz? KH was on a ‘reported’ £150kpw’ at Chelsea. Apart from anything else it would be disastrous for the wage structure

    1. The whole £350,000 a week for Havertz seems like it was just pulled out of thin air or guesswork.

      It makes zero sense for him to be our highest earner when his individual stock was very low in the market. We just went in all guns blazing and paid an over the top tranfer fee. He was not a top performer at chelsea in 2 seasons consecutively. We did not have a bidding tag war with anyone. Etc. Why did we have to pay £65 million and offer £350,000 in wages? 🤷‍♂️

      But at the same time it also makes sense because it seems like we convinced him and Chelsea very quickly. Which means Chelsea were very pleased with the transfer fee and Havertz was also very happy with the massive wages we offered. Hence why the whole deal was under the radar and quickly finalised. Logically and rationally, if we were willing to pay such an enormous transfer price for him then may be we were also willing to offer him such ridiculous wages.
      But if it turns out that he is our highest paid player then my skepticism about the way we are handle contracts at the club would make me very nervous. Because it seems like whichever player we are signing we are offering between £200,000 – £300,000 a week. Because if Havertz was on £170,000 a week at Chelsea and was poor and underwhelming as he was then why come in and pay such a massive transfer fee for him and absolutely double his wages?

      Sorry my mind is all over the place on the whole signing. It makes zero sense to me when I think we should have added that money towards another proper CM or may be a real striker.

      I am still just confused and baffled with the whole signing. It’s very underwhelming and weird. 😊

      1. Goonster
        Every report I’ve read on the internet has wildly different versions of what KH earned at Chelsea from £150kpw to nearly £300kpw so unless Arteta can turn him into Ronaldo overnight then the top figure goes against the more recent £190k for Saka. It would also have the the players’ agents queuing up at Garlick’s door to demand better pay. Having worked to reduce the wage bill to then go berserk would be a shock to me.

    2. I agree Sue and I’m surprised others have so readily accepted this as gospel. It makes no sense at all for reasons you mentioned. It may be that the figure cited includes all possible bonuses. Either way, I’ll remain sceptical until some more reputed sources can confirm.

  8. He was on 310k a week at Chelsea ,he was obviously going to get more here else he would have just sat his contract out ,simple really ,

    1. Not simple at all DK!!!
      See my post above and the differing reported salary he earnt at Chelsea.
      Perhaps he saw the opportunity to join a club that was going places, rather than a club spiralling out of control?

  9. Remember Henry at juventus we bought him people said he was a waste of money, Bergkamp at inter waste of money, ode at Madrid waste of money,
    Just give haverts a chance surely arteta knows more about footballers than us if he doesn’t we all should be managers…

  10. How great a league like NBA is. There is maximums, everything is transparent. Football have a big problem regarding contract. That being said, I doubt a lot the Havertz contract at 380k. If true, that is a shame. Let’s see if some other news come about that. But given th salaries of others, some that has performed for us for years, he should never be on more than 300k per week, no way….

    1. The original report that is claiming he’s on 331,000 out of Germany also states he was on 250,000 at Chelsea. That report itself is obviously bs and adding things to the basic to make it seem larger but some people like to run with things like this in our fanbase.

  11. Arteta and Edu have been good srewards this far. I cannot believe that Kai will be signed for more than 300k per weel
    K. These are just stories with no bearing.

    1. It’s one report out of Germany that almost certainly is not reporting the basic wage regardless but certain people love to pile on and will take it and run with it.

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