Could salary revelations disrupt the Arsenal dressing room?
English media outlet The Daily Express, citing a report from Total Sportek, has revealed how much each Arsenal player earns on a weekly basis.
Now. I checked out the Total Sportek site and it appears to be a blog dedicated to analysis and has published the wage structure of quite a few clubs, including Manchester United, Inter Milan, Real Madrid, Manchester City and many more, it does seem to be fairly reliable and so I am happy to take what they have published at face value.
One caveat is that the wages listed below are the basic salary, they do not include the whole range of bonuses and add-ons, which can include appearances, goals, clean sheets, international appearances and silverware bonuses.
Konstantinos Mavropanos – £25,000
Alex Iwobi – £30,000
Rob Holding – £40,000
Matteo Guendouzi – £40,000
Mohamed Elneny – £55,000
Nacho Monreal – £65,000
Danny Welbeck – £70,000
Lucas Torreira – £75,000
Granit Xhaka – £90,000
Stephan Lichtsteiner – £90,000
Sokratis – £90,000
Bernd Leno – £90,000
Shkodran Mustafi – £90,000
Laurent Koscielny – £90,000
Petr Cech – £100,000
Hector Bellerin – £100,000
Aaron Ramsey – £110,000
Sead Kolasinac – £119,500
Henrikh Mkhitaryan – £120,000
Alexandre Lacazette – £140,000
Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang – £180,000
Mesut Ozil – £300,000
Now, my worry is that the publishing of what each player earns can be disruptive, as an example, how will Nacho Monreal feel to know that the likes of Sead Kolasinac is on £55k a week more or Alexandre Lacazette knowing that Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang earns £40k a week more, and what about Bernd Leno finding out that despite being the number one that Petr Cech is on a higher wage.
There is more of course, like Ramsey on less than Mkhitaryan, no wonder he is leaving for Juventus and Welbeck cannot be happy to learn how much less he gets in comparison to a whole host of his teammates and he is an England international.
Money is the one thing that can turn a player, it makes them feel valued, it is a reflection of their worth to the club and whatever way you look at it, there will be some unhappy players at these revelations.