Every Premier League club’s highest earning player per minute played
No professional player likes sitting on the bench but in the modern game footballers can get huge wages without taking to the pitch very often at all.In the Premier League this is especially true given the salaries afforded to stars in a division where clubs earn big money thanks to massive deals from broadcast rights.
12Winston Bogarde in a rare appearance for ChelseaThere are no players currently in the same ball park as Winston Bogarde, the Dutch international who ran out his four-year 40,000-a-week contract at Chelsea playing just 11 times from 2000 to 2004.But The Sportsman has worked out every Premier League team’s highest paid player per minute this season.They have deducted weeks a player has been injured for, then divided their collective earnings during the course of the campaign by the minutes they’ve played.Meanwhile, those stars who have left clubs in January have also seen their subsequent weekly wages taken off their totals too.So, which Premier League star at every side is getting the most money for the least amount of effort? Find out below.
Arsenal – Carl Jenkinson – 23,226 per minute played(Earns 45,000 a week, played 31 minutes in the Premier League)
12Jenkinson in action for ArsenalBournemouth – Jermain Defoe, 98,759 per minute played(Earnt 103,462 a week, played 22 minutes in the Premier League)
12Defoe is now on loan at Rangers in the Scottish PremiershipBrighton & Hove Albion – Florin Andone, 1,948 per minute played(Earns 40,000 a week, played 534 minutes in the Premier League)
12Andone chases after the ballBurnley – Ben Gibson, 16,508 per minute played(Earns 40,000 a week, played 63 minutes in the Premier League)
12Ben Gibson has only appeared five times for Burnley in totalCardiff City – Loic Damour, 11,785 per minute played(Earns 9,519 a week, played 21 minutes in the Premier League)
Chelsea – Gary Cahill, 123,810 per minute played(Earns 100,000 a week, played 21 minutes in the Premier League)
12Gary Cahill’s future at Chelsea is in doubtCrystal Palace – Pape Souare, 630,000 per minute played(Earns 30,000 a week, played 1 minute in the Premier League)
Everton – Phil Jagielka, 16,667 per minute played(Earns 50,000 a week, played 54 minutes in the Premier League)
12Phil Jagielka has made one start and one substitute appearanceFulham – Fabri, 6,500 per minute played(Earns 45,000 a week, played 180 minutes in the Premier League)
Huddersfield Town – Colin Quaner, 9,081 per minute played(Earns 16,000 a week, played 37 minutes in the Premier League)
Leicester City – Adrien Silva, 22,727 per minute played(Earnt 80,000 a week, played 88 minutes in the Premier League)
Liverpool – Daniel Sturridge, 12,381 per minute played(Earns 130,000 a week, played 273 minutes in the Premier League)
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12Sturridge could leave Liverpool in the summerManchester City – Kevin De Bruyne, 6,530 per minute played(Earns 350,000 a week, played 536 minutes in the Premier League)
12Kevin De Bruyne has suffered from injury issues this seasonManchester United – Alexis Sanchez, 10,813 per minute played(Earns 350,000 a week, played 615 minutes in the Premier League)
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12Alexis Sanchez has struggled for form at Man UnitedNewcastle United – Yoshinori Muto 2,560 per minute played(Earns 54,000 a week, played 615 minutes in the Premier League)
Southampton – Sam Gallagher, 50,000 per minute played(Earns 40,000 a week, played 8 minutes in the Premier League)
Tottenham Hotspur – Georges-Kevin Nkoudou, 218,750 per minute played(Earnt 35,000 a week, played 4 minutes in the Premier League)
12Nkoudou struggled for first-team action at Spurs and has now left for Monaco on loanWatford – Miguel Britos, 50,000 per minute played(Earns 25,000 a week, played 13 minutes in the Premier League)
West Ham United – Lucas Perez, 5,376 per minute played(Earns 80,000 a week, played 372 minutes in the Premier League)
12Perez looks like an unwise investment by the HammersWolverhampton Wanderers – Leander Dendoncker, 1,949 per minute played(Earns 37,923 a week, played 506 minutes in the Premier League)
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