Erling Haaland's nine-year contract extension at Manchester City will earn the superstar more than £200 million if he stays until his contract expires in 2034.
The Norwegian penned the Premier League's biggest ever contract and the release clauses removed from his extension now make things incredibly difficult for potential suitors.
While Haaland's deal is one of the most lucrative in the sport, big paydays are common at England's biggest clubs, even if they aren't quite at the City star's level.
The wealth that the Premier League offers is one of the main reasons why players pursue a move to England, knowing that it will likely pay more than other major European leagues.
Chelsea, Manchester United, Liverpool, Arsenal, Newcastle and Spurs are known to offer huge salaries to stars and Mail Sport has taken a closer look at the figures behind the league's 20 most valuable contracts.
Haaland's new contract will see his gross earnings over the next nine years almost £200 million higher than those of his biggest rival: Enzo Fernandez, who remains one of the league's most expensive recruits according to Capology.
Chelsea made a record fee of £107million for the combative midfielder in January 2023 after he played a starring role in Argentina's magical World Cup win in Qatar.
His reward was a stunning eight-and-a-half-year contract running until 2032 and a salary of £180,000 a week. As a result, Fernandez will still have to pay £74.8 million if he stays for the full term of his contract.
The 24-year-old has had a difficult start at Stamford Bridge, having initially only signed for the Englishman's dismissal under the tutelage of Graham Potter before the struggle continued under Mauricio Pochettino.
He appears to have finally found his way among England's elite, starting all but four of Chelsea's Premier League games this season with Enzo Maresca in the dugout.
The same cannot be said for Manchester United outcast Marcus Rashford, who remains the club's biggest earner despite being dropped from the matchday squad by Ruben Amorim.
In Rashford's best season during Erik ten Hag's first year in charge, the England international negotiated a new five-year, £375,000-a-week contract with his boyhood club.
He then endured a torrid second season under Ten Hag, scoring just eight goals in all competitions, and the 27-year-old now finds himself at a crossroads in his career.
Rashford has a total of £62.4m left on his deal, but is unlikely to recoup much of that as he has publicly stated his intention to seek a 'new challenge' elsewhere.
One Englishman showing why he deserves to be rewarded with one of the Premier League's biggest paydays is Cole Palmer, who comes in at number four on our list.
Palmer joined Chelsea at the start of last season in a £42.5million contract, with the Manchester City academy player unable to claim a regular place in the Championship team.
The Blues talisman quickly proved doubters wrong by scoring 22 league goals in his debut season and was handed a new two-year contract extension in the summer in a bid to fend off interested clubs.
Palmer's pay rise means his revised salary is now just over £6.7m per year and he will receive as much as £60.8m over his entire contract.
Arsenal's Kai Havertz is hot on the heels of Palmer in the charts and despite earning more per week, he will actually earn less in the long term as he has four years left on his contract, as opposed to the Chelsea forward's nine.
Gunners supporters were left frustrated with the playmaker as he missed a number of huge chances and the final penalty in a shootout against rivals Man United that saw Mikel Arteta's side knocked out of the FA Cup last week.
His performances since joining from Chelsea for £65m last summer have impressed and Arsenal's offer of a further £58.2m gross until the end of his contract in 2028 is testament to the value they place on the German.
Similarly, Chelsea's Pedro Neto shares the same remaining gross earnings as Havertz, but is only paid £160,000 per week as his contract runs for another seven years instead of four.
It is much the same situation for his Blues teammate Moises Caicedo, who remains the Premier League's record transfer, with Brighton agreeing a £115m sale for the midfielder last year.
His rather modest salary of £150,000 per week is subject to future increases based on his performance and Chelsea's success, but as things stand the Ecuadorian will be paid £54.6 million over the next seven years in London.
It's a similar figure for Chelsea captain Reece James, but the full-back is paid roughly £100,000 extra per week because he signed a contract extension before the club started offering huge future-proof deals.
The 25-year-old has a gross fee of £52million remaining on his contract, which has four years to run, but his fitness issues have raised questions over his future place at the club.
James is widely regarded as one of England's best full-backs but has seen his career stagnate in recent years after being dogged by injuries. Since the start of last season I have missed 316 days due to numerous setbacks.
It's an almost identical scenario for Man United midfielder Mason Mount, who has the ninth most valuable contract in the Premier League since joining from Chelsea in 2023.
Mount, who has £52million remaining on his contract, hoped swapping London for the North West of England would revive his career.
The England international had made just 32 appearances for the club, spending the majority of his United career on the treatment table.
Amorim's arrival raised hopes that Mount would be given a longer starting role, only for the Englishman to be sent off in the Manchester derby last month and still in a lengthy recovery.
One final injury-prone star completes the top 10 in the form of a sixth Chelsea player, while centre-back Wesley Fofana remains once again with a gross payable wage of £52 million.
The Frenchman is yet to reach the heights expected when he joined from Leicester for £70m two years ago as one of Europe's most promising centre-backs.
Fofana missed the entirety of last season due to an ACL fracture and is now at risk of being out of action for the rest of this season due to a hamstring injury.
Chelsea's long-term contracts have seen them commit significant sums to three more players in the top twenty, with Christopher Nkunku, Joao Felix and Nicolas Jackson starring.
Man United's Matthijs de Ligt and Bruno Fernandes are also in the top 20, along with Arsenal's key midfielders Declan Rice and Martin Odegaard.
Despite not currently being in Man City's starting line-up, Jack Grealish is 16th on the list with £46.8m left as part of his deal.
Outside the traditional Big Six, Newcastle's Anthony Gordon and West Ham's Jarrod Bowen are among the top-ranked players, with the duo set to earn £46.8m across the remainder of their respective deals.
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