PSG’s mind-boggling salaries laid bare

– Paris Saint-Germain pays 12 of the 13 largest player salaries in the French league, led by Neymar (left), who makes €3.07 million gross a month, more than twice as much as the next highest earner, sports daily L’Equipe reported yesterday.

Behind Neymar, PSG players occupy the next seven places: Uruguayan Edinson Cavani makes €1.54m a month, French teenager Kylian Mbappe earns €1.5m and Brazilian defender Thiago Silva makes €1.33m.

Then come Argentine midfielder Angel di Maria and Brazilian defender Marquinhos, both on €1.12m, Italian midfielder Thiago Motta €875 000 and Argentine Javier Pastore €770 000.

The first non-Parisian on the list is Radamel Falcao, the Colombian striker who earns €750 000 a month and, because he lives in Monaco, pays no taxes.

The top 10 is rounded out by Dani Alves, another Brazilian defender, who makes €700 000. Next come three more PSG stars – German striker Julian Draxler and Italian playmaker Marco Verratti both make €600 000.

PSG’s French striker Hatem Ben Arfa is tied on €500 000 a month with two Marseille players, the former West Ham player Dimitri Payet and Brazilian Luiz Gustavo.

At the other end of the Ligue 1 salary table are Amiens with an average salary of €15 000, including three players on just €2 800.

PSG’s Unai Emery has become the highest-earning manager on €450 000 a month.

Next comes Monaco’s Leonardo Jardim on €350 000. – AFP