The 7 best paid right wingers in world football

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Here are the 7 best paid right wingers in world football:

=5. Theo Walcott – £120,000 a Week

In seventh place, just edging out Arjen Robben, is Everton winger Theo Walcott. Highly-rated from a young age, Walcott went to a World Cup with England at 17, as well as making a big money move to Arsenal. After 12 years, 397 games and 108 goals at the Emirates, Walcott joined Everton in January. Still only 29, we’ve seen what Walcott is capable of, but he needs to find real rhythm and consistency with the Toffees, and it seems a bit mental that he earns more than Arjen Robben, Sadio Mane and Riyad Mahrez.

=5. Mohamed Salah – £120,000 a Week

Mohamed Salah of Liverpool in action during the Premier League match between Liverpool and Brighton and Hove Albion at Anfield on May 13, 2018 in Liverpool, England.

Undoubtedly the best right winger in the world right now, Mohamed Salah is only the sixth best paid. The Egyptian wizard joined Liverpool from Roma in the summer for a fee of around £35 million. Since then, he has scored 43 goals in 50 games for the Reds, being named Premier League Player of the Year, helping Liverpool to a Champions League final, and added a Premier League Golden Boot to that collection. Salah is incredibly quick, very good on the ball and has become increasingly composed in front of goal. You’d expect his salary to double when he signs his next deal.

=5. Willian – £120,000 a Week

The third and final player in this seven tied on £120,000 a week – and making it a trio of exclusively Premier League inclusions so far – is Chelsea’s Willian. Primarily a right winger, but equally capable of playing on the left or through the middle, Willian has an exceptional work rate for such an attack-minded player. Some sections of Chelsea supporters remain divided over Willian’s talents, but when the rest of the team aren’t at it, he is often the one left to drag them from the mire. He has pace, flair and an eye for a pass. Willian was Chelsea’s Player of the Year in the 2015-16 season.

4. Raheem Sterling – £150,000 a Week

Raheem Sterling of Manchester City looks on after the Premier League match between Manchester City and Brighton and Hove Albion at Etihad Stadium on May 9, 2018 in Manchester, England.

Up into fourth place, and there’s a fair old gap between Raheem Sterling and the others. The Manchester City wide man who often seems to be needlessly and unfairly vilified by the press, has had the best campaign of his career this season. Such is the quality of the Manchester City side, however, that his 18 goals and 11 assists in 28 Premier League outings doesn’t even ensure him of a starting berth. Sterling has come on leaps and bounds under Pep Guardiola, and for us, he is England’s second best player going into the 2018 World Cup.

3. Hulk – £178,000 a Week

In third place is the first non-Premier League player to feature so far, and the only Chinese Super League player to make this seven. Brazilian international Hulk has had an unusual career. His goal scoring record of 266 goals in 490 games is nothing short of sensational for a right winger, but he is yet to test himself in one of Europe’s genuine top leagues. When he left Porto in 2012, the powerful wide man could have joined almost any team he liked, but he seemed to prioritise pounds over prestige, heading to Zenit St Petersburg. In 2016, he left Russia, but instead of La Liga or the Premier League, he headed to Shanghai SIPG of the Chinese Super League. Hulk’s bank account should be nice and healthy, but his legacy will always say he failed to prove himself in a genuinely top class division.

2. Ousmane Dembele – £206,000 a Week

Ousmane Dembele of FC Barcelona looks on during the La Liga match between Barcelona and Leganes at Camp Nou on April 7, 2018 in Barcelona, Spain.

It has been a quiet first season at Barcelona for Ousmane Dembele, partly due to a lengthy layoff following a hamstring injury. The Frenchman became the second most expensive footballer in history when he joined Barca from Borussia Dortmund for £97 million last summer. That fee was the result of him having scored 10 goals and made 12 assists for Dortmund the previous season – and he was a teenager at the time. Dembele was handed a contract worth more than £200,000 a week, but he’s yet to justify that salary at the Camp Nou.

1. Angel Di Maria – £228,000 a Week

After the first four players in this seven all played in the Premier League, none of the top three do. One who has experience of playing in England’s top flight though, is Angel Di Maria. The Argentine international arrived in Manchester for a huge fee from Real Madrid in the summer that he reached a World Cup final in Rio, but things didn’t quite work out for the player at Manchester United. He left after a single season for PSG, where he – like most of the PSG team – has been highly impressive in Ligue 1, without making a real splash in the Champions League. He is the best paid right winger in the world, but still only the seventh best paid player at PSG.