There are reportsJuventus star Cristiano Ronaldo is Serie A’s runaway highest earner on €31m a season, with Matthijs de Ligt and Romelu Lukaku already second and third.
An investigation by Gazzetta dello Sport discovered Serie A was spending €1.36bn on gross salaries – the most in the League’s history.
That is chiefly down to Ronaldo’s extravagant income of almost €600,000 a week and Juve’s wage bill of €294m – more than double that of nearest challengers Inter (€139m).
Over half of the top 20 play for Juve, with De Ligt coming in second on €8m plus €4m in bonuses, just two months after his arrival from Ajax.
In third is Lukaku, whom Inter are paying €7.5m a season plus €1.5m in bonuses report Football Italia.
Further down, Kalidou Koulibaly is Napoli’s highest earner on €6m a season, as are Gianluigi Donnarumma for Milan (€6m) and Edin Dzeko for Roma (€5m + €1m).
Top 20 highest earners in Serie A
- Cristiano Ronaldo (Juventus, €31m)*
- Matthijs De Ligt (Juventus, €8m + €4m)
- Romelu Lukaku (Inter, €7.5 + €1.5m)
- Gonzalo Higuain (Juventus, €7.5m)
- Paulo Dybala (Juventus, €7.3m)
- Adrien Rabiot (Juventus, €7m + €2m)
- Aaron Ramsey (Juventus, €7m)
- Miralem Pjanic (Juventus, €6.5m)
- Douglas Costa [Juventus, €6m)
- Mario Mandzukic (Juventus, €6m)
- Sami Khedira (Juventus, €6m)
- Gianluigi Donnarumma (Milan, €6m)
- Kalidou Koulibaly (Napoli, €6m)
- Leonardo Bonucci (Juventus, €5.5m)
- Edin Dzeko (Roma, €5m + €1m)
- Diego Godin (Inter, €5 + €1m)
- Alex Sandro (Juventus, €5m)
- Emre Can (Juventus, €5m)
- Alexis Sanchez (Inter, €5m)
- Lorenzo Insigne (Napoli, € 4.6m)