Highest paid player in Barcelona - Player wages and more

For most professional footballers, one of their dreams is to play for Spanish club Barcelona. The Catalan team have a rich, storied history, which includes silverware, a line of talented players coming through the club's academy, La Masia, while also playing some of the best football in the planet.

Those that are privileged to play for Barcelona also earn a lot of money through wages as Barcelona attract some of the best players in the world!

Source: Most Valuable Players of EPL, La Liga, Serie A & Other European Leagues: Transfer Value & Weekly Wages of All Players

The likes of Lionel Messi, Luis Suarez, and Philippe Coutinho, earn astronomical wages at Barcelona!

Here, we look at the highest paid players in Barcelona, from the B and youth teams, as well as the senior team.

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B team and youth team

Barcelona's La Masia academy is one of the most well-known youth academies in world football, with the likes of Messi, Iniesta, Xavi, Pique and Busquets coming through the ranks to make it to the senior team and win numerous trophies.

La Masia has some of the best talents from around the world who could one day be superstars in world football.

Barcelona's B team has some exciting talents like captain Ferrán Sarsanedas who is on €2332 per week, Senegalese defender Moussa Wagué, who is the highest paid player of the B team at €3604, while 18-year-old left-back Juan Miranda is the second highest paid player of the B team at €3480 per week.

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B team and youth team

Moussa Wagué (Image Courtesy: Marca)

Moussa Wagué - €3604

Juan Miranda - €3480

Oriol Busquets - €2993

Jorge Cuenca - €2902

Riqui Puig - €3012

Marcus McGuane - €2879

Abel Ruiz - €2708

Ballou Tabla - €2172

Rafa Mújica - €2395

Iñaki Peña - €1552

Ferrán Sarsanedas - €2332

Carles Pérez - €2041

Óscar Mingueza - €1070

Lazar Carevic - €1168

Dani Morer - €1510

Monchu - €1046

Jokin Ezkieta - €1156

Alejandro Marqués - €1330

Ronald Araújo - €1326

Labinot Kabashi - €1020

Guillem Jaime - €786

Chumi - €758

Mateu Morey - €784

Kike Delgado - €631

Àlex Collado - €532

Nico - €360

Arnau Comas - €471

Nils Mortimer - €481

Konrad De la Fuente - €347

Lucas - €55

Álvaro Sanz - €445

Jandro Orellana - €394

Iván Bravo - €417

Antonio Jesús - €439

Peke - €438

Sergi Serrano - €416

Joan Rojas - €394

Sergi Rosanas - €397

Antonio Sola - €391

Arnau Tenas - €308

Alejandro Marcos - €281

Brian Peña - €283

Pol Tristán - €290

Xavi Simons - €55

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Click next for first team player wages

First team

Barcelona's important men

It comes as no surprise that the highest paid player in Barcelona is captain and club legend Lionel Messi, who earns a staggering €1,221,555 per week. Luis Suarez and Philippe Coutinho earn €403,971 each, while Sergio Busquets, who also came through the ranks at Barcelona, earns €258,074, just a little more than fellow La Masia graduate Gerard Piqué at €219,940.

Midfieders Sergi Samper and Carles Aleñá, who are also La Masia graduates and tipped for great things in the future, are the lowest earning footballers in the Barcelona first team, earning €20,976 and €14,839, respectively.

New signings Arthur and Malcom earn €84137 and €75231 per week, respectively, while 21-year-old attacker Ousmane Dembélé earns €207,164 per week at Barcelona.

First team players (Weekly wages)

Lionel Messi - €1,221,555

Luis Suárez - €403,971

Philippe Coutinho - €403,971

Sergio Busquets - €25,8074

Gerard Piqué - €219,940

Ivan Rakitic - €230,546

Ousmane Dembélé - €207,164

Ousmane Dembélé

Sergi Roberto - €172,048

Samuel Umtiti - €207,164

Marc-André ter Stegen - €148,122

Arturo Vidal - €155,372

Jordi Alba - €148,122

Arthur - €84,137

Malcom - €75,231

Malcom

Rafinha - €77,203

Denis Suárez - €86,314

Nélson Semedo - €61,176

Jasper Cillessen - €77,203

Thomas Vermaelen - €130,168

Clément Lenglet - €48,166

Sergi Samper - €20,976

Carles Aleñá - €14,839

We could possibly see Barcelona sell or release some players at the end of the season to revamp the squad, with the likes of Thomas Vermaelen, Jasper Cillessen, and Denis Suárez linked with a move away from Nou Camp.