Aston Villa's highest earners estimated by FM26 - including £275k per week forward and £130k England ace
Aston Villa's highest earners, according to Football Manager 26
Aston Villa are one of the biggest clubs in English football and are expected to once again compete in the upper echelons of the Premier League.
They reached the quarter-final of the Champions League last term, progressed to the semi-final of the FA Cup and have qualified for some form of European competition in all of the last three seasons, marking a huge upturn in fortunes under Unai Emery.
According to data from Capology, Aston Villa has the seventh biggest wage budget of any team in English football, with only Tottenham Hotspur, Manchester United, Chelsea, Liverpool, Arsenal and Manchester City spending more on wages. This helps them attract top quality players throughout the pitch ranging from a World Cup-winning goalkeeper to a series of England internationals.
But who is the biggest earner in Aston Villa’s squad at present? Here based on information from the new Football Manager game, we look at rough estimates as to what each player is earning.
Who is the highest paid footballer at Aston Villa?
According to FM26, Jadon Sancho is the highest paid footballer at Aston Villa this season. The 23-time England international, who last represented the Three Lions over four years ago, is currently on loan from Manchester United. The Red Devils splashed out £73m to sign the winger from Bundesliga heavyweights Borussia Dortmund but never really saw the winger at his best under various managers including Ole Gunnar Solskjaer, Ralf Ragnick or Erik ten Hag.
Sancho, who remains the fourth most expensive player in United’s 147-year-history, hasn’t played for the Red Devils in more than two years having spent time on loan at both former club Dortmund and Chelsea in recent years. Villa are believed to be paying a portion of his wages after signing him from the Old Trafford outfit, but haven’t seen him start much so far.
The other big earners at Aston Villa
FM26 estimates that Emiliano Martinez is the second highest earning player at the club with a salary of £160k a week. This is to be expected as he’s been among the best goalkeepers in the world in recent years. He’s followed closely by Youri Tielemans on £155k a week and Boubacar Kamara at £150k.
Ollie Watkins, who has been the club’s top scorer in every season since joining, is reportedly earning a figure of £130k, which leaves him joint sixth on the list of the club’s top earners. Here is the reported salary of every Aston Villa player, based on FM26’s verdict:
- Jadon Sancho – £275K p/w
- Emiliano Martinez – £160K p/w
- Youri Tielemans – £155K p/w
- Boubacar Kamara – £150K p/w
- Lucas Digne – £135K p/w
- Pau Torres – £130K p/w
- Donyell Malen – £130K p/w
- Ollie Watkins – £130K p/w
- John McGinn – £115K p/w
- Morgan Rogers – £115K p/w
- Amadou Onana – £110K p/w
- Ezri Konsa – £105K p/w
- Tyrone Mings – £105K p/w
- Evan Guessaud – £105K p/w
- Ross Barkley – £90K p/w
- Ian Maatsen – £85K p/w
- Victor Lindelöf – £85K p/w
- Harvey Elliott – £85K p/w
- Matty Cash – £80K p/w
- Emiliano Buendia – £80K p/w
- Andrés García – £50K p/w
- Marco Bizot – £35K p/w