Erling Haaland and Bukayo Saka among names on list of Premier League’s top 10 earners published on 2026-08-21
Erling Haaland and Bukayo Saka were among the players listed in a ranking of the top 10 highest-paid Premier League footballers published on 2026-08-21. The compilation, drawing on capology.com data, set out weekly salaries alongside recent career notes for each player.
The article noted that record-breaking television deals, rising commercial income and ambitious ownership have helped make the English top flight a destination for elite players, with Manchester City, Liverpool and Manchester United among clubs fielding high earners. The list and accompanying details were sourced from capology.com. It also stated that Alexander Isak’s transfer from Newcastle United to Liverpool for £125 million is the most expensive in Premier League history and that Liverpool pay him £280,000 per week.
Arsenal’s Kai Havertz and Manchester City’s Phil Foden were both reported as earning £280,000 per week. The piece said Havertz joined Arsenal during the 2023-24 season, was injured for most of the 2025-26 season and scored two Premier League goals, while Foden was not selected for the England squad at the FIFA World Cup 2026 and scored 10 goals in 50 appearances for Manchester City across all competitions.
Omar Marmoush was described as having arrived in the Premier League in the 2024-25 season and currently registered with Manchester City, although he is not a regular starter; his weekly pay was listed at £295,000. The article added that Marmoush looks set to join Tottenham ahead of the new season.
A cluster of players were reported on £300,000 per week: Bruno Fernandes, Marcus Rashford, Jack Grealish and Bukayo Saka. According to the write-up, Fernandes joined Manchester United in January 2020 and recently recorded 21 assists to break the single-season Premier League assists record; Rashford returned from a loan at FC Barcelona and is wanted by Manchester United head coach Michael Carrick for the upcoming season; Grealish moved to Manchester City for £100 million ahead of 2021-22, spent 2025-26 on loan at Everton and will return to City; and Saka made his senior Arsenal debut in 2019, is used on the right flank, has had inconsistent recent form due to injury issues and remains the club’s highest-paid player.
The upper end of the list featured Virgil van Dijk on £350,000 per week and Erling Haaland as the top earner at £525,000 per week. The article described van Dijk as the highest-paid Liverpool player and reported he is set to remain with the club until the end of the 2026-27 season; it said Haaland has scored 162 goals for Manchester City across all competitions and netted seven goals in five matches at the FIFA World Cup 2026.
Omar Marmoush’s potential move to Tottenham ahead of the new season was presented as the clearest forthcoming development in the piece, while the salary figures and transfer details remained based on the capology.com dataset used for the ranking.