As it appears , Manchester United now have one of the highest wage bills in the league with 3 of their star players topping the list .
The salaries may be eye -watering , but it ’s worth remembering that the Premier League is the most watched football league in the world , and club income is accordingly huge.
Keep scrolling to see the 3 highest -paid Premiership players in the 2016 /17 season .
3 . Salary per week : £ 250 ,000 +
Annually : £ 13 .1 m
Zlatan Ibrahimovic wants to conquer the English Premier League . The 34 -year -old Swede , who had interest from MLS, reunited with former boss and fellow iconic ego Jose Mourinho at Manchester United.
The striker signed a one -year contract worth approximately £ 250 k + per week .
2 . Salary per week : £ 260 ,000
Annually : £ 13 .5 m
Wayne Rooney was formerly the highest -paid Premier League player before the start of the new season . The Manchester United captain has scored 178 goals for United since joining them in 2004 .
1 . Salary per week : £ 290 ,000
Annually : £ 15 .33 m
Paul Pogba’ s £ 290 , 000 - a- week wages make him the highest - paid player in the Premier League ahead of Wayne Rooney and Zlatan Ibrahimovic .
Just four years after the club declined to pay him £ 65 , 000 a week , Pogba is now paid more than four times that amount to surpass Wayne Rooney as the Premier League ’s highest earner
Back in 2012 , United were alarmed by the demands that Pogba ’s agent Mino Raiola was making on behalf of a youngster who had made only seven first -team appearances, all as substitute. Now the story is different .
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