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Man Utd wages: Wan-Bissaka to earn more than Rashford, Lindelof and James after transfer
AARON WAN-BISSAKA has joined Manchester United in a deal worth £50million, but how much will the youngster earn at Old Trafford?
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United reached an agreement with Crystal Palace to sign Wan-Bissaka for a fee worth at least £50m.
The 21-year-old enjoyed a breakthrough campaign with the Eagles in 2018/19 and has been the subject of several bids from the Red Devils already this summer.
Wan-Bissaka was on just £10,000-a-week at Selhurst Park, making him the lowest-paid member of Roy Hodgson’s first-team squad.
However, Express Sport understands that United are ready to dramatically boost the youngster’s wages to a staggering £80,000-a-week.
The Old Trafford club will pay £45m up front for the right-back, who is signing a long-term deal with the club.
Such a fee would make Wan-Bissaka United’s fifth-biggest signing in history behind Paul Pogba, Romelu Lukaku, Angel di Maria and Fred.
The deal had originally stumbled over Palace’s wish to remove a sell-on clause in Wilfried Zaha’s contract, although United held firm and the Eagles have relented.
The Ivory Coast forward is attracting attention from Arsenal this summer and Palace had been looking to secure as much of any potential transfer fee as possible.
United manager Ole Gunnar Solskjaer has already welcomed Welsh winger Daniel James to the club for £15m, with the youngster believed to be earning just under £70,000-a-week.
Anthony Martial, Luke Shaw, Chris Smalling and Phil Jones all put pen to paper on new deals last season while the Red Devils took up the option of another year on Ashley Young’s contract.
Martial reportedly quadrupled his wages and earns £250,000-a-week, making the Frenchman the third best-paid player at Old Trafford.
Fred has been earning a huge £120,000 weekly wage but has failed to impress since joining from Shakhtar Donetsk last summer, with the Brazilian reportedly on more money than Jesse Lingard, Marcus Rashford, Victor Lindelof and a host of other first-team stars – but where will Wan-Bissaka fit in?
Lee Grant – £20,000 (2020)
Scott McTominay – £25,000 (2023)
Diogo Dalot – £50,000 (2023)
Phil Jones – £50,000 (2023)
Sergio Romero – £50,000 (2021)
Matteo Darmian – £60,000 (2019)
Daniel James – £67,000 (Undisclosed)
Eric Bailly – £75,000 (2020)
Victor Lindelof – £75,000 (2021)
Marcus Rashford – £75,000 (2020)
Aaron Wan-Bissaka – £80,000 (Undisclosed)
Marcos Rojo – £80,000 (2021)
Chris Smalling – £80,000 (2022)
Jesse Lingard – £100,000 (2021)
Ashley Young – £110,000 (2020)
Fred – £120,000 (2023)
Nemanja Matic – £120,000 (2020)
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Juan Mata – £140,000 (2019)
Luke Shaw – £160,000 (2023)
David de Gea – £200,000 (2019)
Romelu Lukaku – £200,000 (2022)
Anthony Martial – £250,000 (2024)
Paul Pogba – £290,000 (2021)
Alexis Sanchez – £350,000 (2022)
*Wages based on figures from Total Sportek and Express Sport sources