{"id":571381,"date":"2026-07-28T02:31:10","date_gmt":"2026-07-28T02:31:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/571381\/"},"modified":"2026-07-28T02:31:10","modified_gmt":"2026-07-28T02:31:10","slug":"arsenal-transfers-vini-jrs-weekly-wage-compared-to-current-squad","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/571381\/","title":{"rendered":"Arsenal transfers: Vini Jr&#8217;s weekly wage compared to current squad"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.planetfootball.com\/tag\/vinicius-junior\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Vinicius Junior<\/a> would become the highest-paid player in <a href=\"https:\/\/www.planetfootball.com\/arsenal\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Arsenal<\/a>\u2018s history if he completed a stunning transfer to the Premier League champions.<\/p>\n<p>Talk of the superstar Brazilian joining Arsenal intensified over the weekend after David Ornstein confirmed the Gunners are exploring a move.<\/p>\n<p>It would be the biggest signing, name-wise, in the Premier League for several years. But Arsenal would need to break the bank to get their man.<\/p>\n<p>On top of the not-unsubstantial transfer fee, Vinicius earns over \u00a3400,000 per week at Real Madrid when converted from euros into pounds. That is over \u00a3100,000 more than Bukayo Saka, Arsenal\u2019s current highest-earner.<\/p>\n<p>Here\u2019s a full breakdown of every player in Arsenal\u2019s squad and how much they earn in wages compared to Vinicius at Madrid.<\/p>\n<p>Note: All figures come via football finance website Capology, who themselves state that:\u201cAll salary figures are estimates as actual salaries may vary. Unverified players are calculated using algorithms, or sourced from reporting that has not been confirmed yet.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>1. Vinicius Junior \u2013 \u00a3410,856<br \/>2. Bukayo Saka \u2013 \u00a3300,000<br \/>3. Kai Havertz \u2013 \u00a3280,000<br \/>4. Gabriel Jesus \u2013 \u00a3265,000<br \/>5. William Saliba \u2013 \u00a3250,000<br \/>=6. Martin Odegaard \u2013 \u00a3240,000<br \/>=6. Declan Rice \u2013 \u00a3240,000<br \/>8. Viktor Gyokeres \u2013 \u00a3200,000<br \/>=9. Gabriel Martinelli \u2013 \u00a3180,000<br \/>=9. Eberechi Eze \u2013 \u00a3180,000<br \/>=11. Ben White \u2013 \u00a3150,000<br \/>=11. Gabriel \u2013 \u00a3150,000<br \/>=11. Noni Madueke \u2013 \u00a3150,000<br \/>14. Mikel Merino \u2013 \u00a3130,000<br \/>15. Riccardo Calafiori \u2013 \u00a3120,000<br \/>=16. Reiss Nelson \u2013 \u00a3100,000<br \/>=16. David Raya \u2013 \u00a3100,000<br \/>=18. Christos Tzolis \u2013 \u00a390,000<br \/>=18. Jurrien Timber \u2013 \u00a390,000<br \/>20. Ethan Nwaneri \u2013 \u00a380,000<br \/>21. Martin Zubimendi \u2013 \u00a375,000<br \/>22. Christian Norgaard \u2013 \u00a365,000<br \/>23. Kepa Arrizabalaga \u2013 \u00a360,000<br \/>24. Christian Mosquera \u2013 \u00a355,000<br \/>=25. Fabio Vieira \u2013 \u00a345,000<br \/>=25. Myles Lewis-Skelly \u2013 \u00a345,000<br \/>27. Max Dowman \u2013 \u00a335,000<br \/>28. Piero Hincapie \u2013 N\/A<\/p>\n<p>READ NEXT: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.planetfootball.com\/arsenal\/arsenal-vinicius-junior-transfer-sales-fund-move\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Eight players Arsenal could sell to fund Vinicius Junior transfer<\/a><\/p>\n<p>TRY A QUIZ: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.planetfootball.com\/quizzes\/can-you-name-every-brazilian-to-appear-for-arsenal-in-the-premier-league\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Can you name every Brazilian to play for Arsenal in the Premier League?<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Vinicius Junior would become the highest-paid player in Arsenal\u2018s history if he completed a stunning transfer to the&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":571382,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[9],"tags":[15133,61,60,4212,3106,112,65450],"class_list":["post-571381","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-sports","tag-arsenal","tag-ie","tag-ireland","tag-latest","tag-popular","tag-sports","tag-vinicius-junior"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/571381","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=571381"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/571381\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/571382"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=571381"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=571381"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=571381"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}