Overview
- L’Équipe’s salary special, released Thursday, shows PSG averaging about €650,000 a month in wages, with Ousmane Dembélé the league’s top earner at €1.5 million.
- Marseille rank second on spending with an estimated €300,000 average wage, and Pierre-Emile Højbjerg leads their payroll on about €500,000 a month.
- Owner Frank McCourt is reported to be seeking a minority investor and a new president at Marseille, which helps explain the club’s focus on funding.
- Ligue 1’s wealth gap is widening, said analyst Vincent Chaudel, with SCO Angers averaging about €18,000 a month against PSG’s €650,000.
- Manager pay mirrors the split, with PSG’s Luis Enrique near €1 million a month, Lyon’s Paulo Fonseca about €350,000, Marseille’s Habib Beye around €230,000, and Metz’s Benoit Tavenot near €25,000.