Serie A has lost its most expensive player, but also best ambassador, internationally, with the return of Cristiano Ronaldo to Manchester United. His 31 million euros net annual salary was too heavy a weight for Juventus to carry, in the context of emerging from the crisis, with almost a full season of games behind closed doors. CR7 is gone, but the Old Lady players remain in the majority, in the top 10 (in the circumstances, extended to 13) of the highest paid of the 2021-2022 season of the Italian championship.
Cristiano Ronaldo is gone but Juventus dominate
They are seven of the thirteen, two on the podium and one, Dutch international defender Matthijs de Ligt, alone at the top, with an estimated salary of 8 million euros net, according to figures from the Gazzetta dello Sport, adjusted by the site Football Finance. Adrien Rabiot is also in the ranking, he is fourth, as Alexis Sanchez, Arturo Vidal et Zlatan Ibrahimovic, to 7 million this season 2021-2022. He is the only French player in this top, out of the entire Serie A contingent.
Rabiot at the foot of the podium, what about Christian Eriksen’s future?
The only recent development in the list, the entry of Inter Milan striker Lautaro Martinez, extended last month until 2026, against a salary of 6 million euros net, per year. What, finally, of the case Christian Eriksen, who can no longer defend Inter, since his heart attack, during the Euro, in June? The defibrillator he now wears is incompatible with the practice of football, among the pros in Italy. With the Netherlands allowing him, he reckons he could return to Ajax, where his career began. Happy news, meanwhile, the Danish midfielder should soon return to daily training.
The highest paid players in Serie A for the 2021-2022 season
11. Lautaro Martinez (Inter) = 6 M€ net
11. Alex Sandro (Juventus) = 6 M€
11. Kalidou Koulibaly (Naples) = 6 M €
8. Leonardo Bonucci (Juventus) = € 6.5 million
8. Wojciech Szczęsny (Juventus) = € 6.5M
8. Arturo Vidal (Inter) = 6,5 M€
4. Alexis Sanchez (Inter) = 7 M€
4. Aaron Ramsey (Juventus) = 7 M€
4. Zlatan Ibrahimovic (Milan) = 7 M€
4. Adrien Rabiot (Juventus) = 7 M€
3. Paulo Dybala (Juventus) = 7.3 M€
2. Christian Eriksen (Inter) = 7.5 M €
1. Matthijs de Ligt (Juventus) = 8 M€
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