5) Sergio Busquets – €711K A Week

Busquets

The Spaniard is the first Barcelona star to feature in our top five, and many will believe he does warrant his salary, considering his ability and the fact that he is the Catalan club’s captain.

However, the fact that Busquets earns almost double what Mo Salah earns at Liverpool does demonstrate how out of control Barca’s wage bill is.


David Tully

David Tully

David has worked as a football reporter for the last fifteen years. Having started as an intern at Snack Media, he then went on to become a freelancer, working on various different sites. At the start of 2023, he took up his current role as content writer for National World's Football News Network.