5 Most underpaid football players in the world right now

#1. Sadio Mane (Liverpool)

Sadio Mane has been Liverpool's stand-out performer this season

Only some will argue against the fact that Sadio Mane has been Liverpool’s most consistent performer this season. The Reds are on the verge of tasting their first Premier League success in thirty years and are very much alive in the Champions League as well as in the FA Cup. Jurgen Klopp has had many stand-out performers this term including last year’s Ballon d’Or runner-up Virgil van Dijk, the ever-reliable Roberto Firmino and the high-flying Mohamed Salah.

However, Senegalese international Mane, who is an equally vital part of Klopp’s set-up, earns way less than his teammates. Salah leads Liverpool’s wage-bill with a salary of £200,000-per-week, followed by Roberto Firmino and van Dijk on £180,000-per-week. Mane, however, is shockingly 10th on the list, earning just around £100,000-per-week, even behind the likes of Adam Lallana and Naby Keita, who have a combined tally of two goals this season in the Premier League. Moreover, the fact that he earns half of what his Egyptian counterpart earns, despite being more influential, just highlights how underpaid he is at the club.

The 27-year-old has scored 12 goals and provided another 6 assists in the Premier League, and is one of the top contenders to bag the prestigious Player of the Year award come the end of the season. Mane suffered a muscle tear last month which forced him out of action for a few weeks but the winger marked his return to full fitness with a brilliant winner against a defiant Norwich side last weekend. Even Lionel Messi recognised Sadio Mane’s incredible talent when the Barcelona superstar revealed that he voted for him to become the 2019 FIFA Best Player Award.