The highest-paid players in the Premier
Soccer League (PSL) in South Africa make
between R3.5 million and R5 million a
year, according to a report compiled by
football magazine KickOff last year.
The top six highest-paid PSL players
include Sundowns player Teko Modise and
Kaizer Chiefs midfielder Siphiwe Tshabalala
who earn about R300 000 to R450 000 a
month.
Other players earning similar figures a
month include Kaizer Chiefs goalkeeper
Itumeleng Khune and Sundowns stars Elias
Pelembe and Anthony Laffor.
The figures exclude the endorsements that
the players earn.
It is only recently that PSL clubs have been
paying such high salaries. A few years ago,
it was unimaginable for a PSL player to be
earning so much.
Siphiwe Tshabalala is one of Sout African
football's best paid footballers. Photo by
Lefty Shivambu / Gallo Images
Gallo Images
Offering higher wages has attracted a
number of big-name footballers to the
PSL.
Last year, former Arsenal and West Ham
star Luis Boa Morte joined defending
champions Orlando Pirates. It was
reported that Boa Morte would earn close
to half a million a month.
Former Bafana Bafana star Benni McCarthy
also returned to SA two years ago and
signed for Soweto giants Orlando Pirates
and was reported to be earning R450 000
a month.
While their wages seem staggering, SA
footballers earn peanuts compared to
their overseas counterparts.
The world’s highest paid footballer,
Portuguese star Cristiano Ronaldo earns
about R266 million a year from his club
Real Madrid.
To break it down, the star midfielder earns
about R22 million a month, R5 million a
week, R735 000 a day, R39 000 an hour,
and R626 a minute.
What the highest-paid players in SA earn in
a year, the Portuguese star makes in less
than ten days.
His monthly salary is three times the
amount that the highest-paid footballers in
SA earn in a year and his annual salary is
39 times more than what SA’s highest-paid
footballers earn annually.
Also, the record transfer fee in PSL history
for an internal transfer is R9 000 000, a
figure that Ronaldo makes in a little under
two weeks.
Other footballers who earn similar salaries
to Ronaldo include Brazilian star Neymar,
Argentinean forward Lionel Messi and
Sweden striker Zlatan Ibrahimovich.
Sources: KickOff and Forbes Magazines. -

how much is nigerian top player is paid in NPL?

Whats the point of this post. SA league is far ahead of Nigerian premier league. Ok, move on