The highest paid player at Tottenham Hotspur- Player Wages and more

Top earners – the key men?

The list of Tottenham’s top ten earners is somewhat surprising given you’d expect it to contain the players the club simply can’t do without – and well, it doesn’t really. Sure, the obvious names are up there, but a couple of lesser players are also making big money – perhaps explaining why some lower earners have attempted to demand more recently.

One of those men is Christian Eriksen. The Danish playmaker surprisingly makes just £74,999 per week – less than half the wage of Harry Kane. Worryingly for Tottenham, his current deal expires in the summer of 2020 and he’s reportedly refusing to ink a new one.

Perhaps most telling regarding Eriksen’s wages? He’s currently ranked as the 22nd most valuable player in the world, and yet he’s one of just 3 players ranked in the top 50 most valuable (along with Leroy Sane and Sergej Milinkovic-Savic) to be earning less than £100,000 per week.

Despite being ranked as the 22nd most valuable player in the world, Christian Eriksen only makes £75k per week at Spurs

Reports suggest Spurs have offered him £140,000 per week, which would be a solid increase, but with Real Madrid waiting in the wings, if Spurs want to keep him, they may need to offer even more.

It’s a big shock to see that striker Fernando Llorente actually earns slightly more than Eriksen, as he’s on £75,000 per week. Llorente – who has been linked with a move away from the club as his contract ends in the summer – joined from Swansea in 2017 in a 2-year deal but hasn’t really established himself at Spurs. If he’s still around after the summer, it’d be quite the surprise.

Midfielders Erik Lamela, Moussa Sissoko and Lucas Moura are all reportedly on the same wage – a hefty £80,000 per week. Both Lamela and Moura recently signed deals with the club, which probably explains their big wages, and both men aren’t expected to be going anywhere given their deals run until 2022 and 2023 respectively.

Forward Erik Lamela inked a deal worth £80k per week at Spurs this summer

Sissoko – who signed his deal in the summer of 2016 – might’ve been seen as somewhat of a waste prior to this season, but his form in 2018/19 has been such that an extension to his deal – which expires in the summer of 2021 – wouldn’t be a surprise at all now.

Like his fellow Belgian Toby Alderweireld, Jan Vertonghen recently saw Tottenham trigger an extension clause in his contract for another year – keeping him at the club until 2020. Whether the defender stays any longer is a question mark given he’ll be 33 when the deal ends is anyone’s guess, but he seems happy enough right now. And given he’s on £89,771 per week, that’s hardly a surprise!

Tottenham’s highest earner outside of their ‘six-figure club’ is Heung-Min Son. It’s not a shocker given the South Korean forward has developed into one of Mauricio Pochettino’s key players over the past couple of seasons, and so his weekly wage of £94,999 is more than justified. Son’s current deal was inked this past summer, and will keep him at Spurs until the summer of 2023.

Heung-Min Son is the 4th highest earner currently at Tottenham

Goalkeeper and club captain Hugo Lloris is the first man on this list to crack six figures – he’s currently on a deal of £100,000 per week – a deal he signed back in the summer of 2016, which shows you the faith the club have placed in him. Lloris’ deal runs out in the summer of 2022, meaning a new contract isn’t likely soon – especially as he’s 32 years old – but the chances of a move seem pretty slim right now.

Despite all the rumours about his future – he’s another player Real Madrid were supposedly interested in – it doesn’t seem like Dele Alli has any interest in leaving Tottenham any time soon. The England attacker inked a new deal at the club in October to take his wages up to £100,000 per week – and the contract runs until 2024, meaning it’d take a monstrous bid for the club to consider selling. Right now, he’s the second-best paid player at the club, and given the ability of the man who earns more than him, that’s hardly an issue for him.

Naturally, Tottenham’s highest paid player is the one player they probably can’t do without – but he’s also a player who’s never seemed interested in leaving, given he’s played with the club since he was a boy. That hasn’t stopped Spurs breaking their wage structure for him, though. Harry Kane currently earns £200,000 per week – more than double his nearest teammate – but you’d be hard-pressed to find a Spurs fan who would claim he’s not worth every penny.

It's no surprise that Harry Kane is Tottenham's highest earner at £200k per week

Over the past 4 seasons, Kane has scored a ridiculous 135 goals in all competitions, and he already has 20 thus far in 2018/19. Given he also won the World Cup Golden Boot this past summer with England, it’s pretty clear exactly why Spurs wanted to tie him down. And tie him down they have – his most recent contract, which he inked in June, runs through to the summer of 2024 – meaning Kane should be scoring goals at Tottenham for years to come.