NEW: Zlatan Ibrahimovic is richest UK footballer surpassing Rooney, Pogba's salary revealed
- Inside Reveal
- May 9, 2017
- 2 min read
Zlatan Ibrahimovic has overtaken teammate Wayne Rooney as Britain's richest footballer if the report "The Dirty Business of Football" by the German book Football Leaks is anything to go by.
The United leading striker is reportedly earning a staggering £367,640-a-week at Old Trafford ahead of Wayne Rooney who was the Premier League's highest earner allegedly pocketing £300,000-a-week.
It appears that despite the Swede taking the captain's position on the field, he has also taken his rank off it.
The report goes on to reveal the goal bonus the Swede will earn at the end of the season totalling to £2.86m after his 28 goals this season ensure he'll finish as United's top-scorer.
Zlatan is worth £110m with only Mercedes Formula One driver, Lewis Hamilton ahead of him in the overall list of UK Sportsmen. Rooney remains third at (£93m, up £11m), manager Jose Mourinho is in seventh place (£61m) and Manchester City boss Pep Guardiola ninth (£50m).
It has also emerged that Mino Raiola who represents Zlatan and world-record signing Paul Pogba is the highest earning football agent and is set to pocket a mammoth £41m from Pogba's transfer alone which will be paid in instalments for 3 years.
Pogba earns a basic salary of £165,588-a-week, and from next year he will receive an annual loyalty bonus of over £3.4million.
Pogba will be one of the highest earners from next season
It is reported that should we win the Europa League this season, his wages will increase with a further £36,000k a week and his commercial bonus going in excess of £255,000k.
Damn! That's how good it is to be a footballer! You are guaranteed to take the big buck home despite being paid for doing what you love.
United could still lose £65million in TV money, as well as £20million of the £750million adidas kit deal, should we fail to qualify for the Champions League next season.
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