Season 2021-22 has seen some big money football player transfers. Let us use Purchasing Power Parity (PPP) to compare their salaries. Click on the above image ☝️ to enlarge.
General Observations:
- All salaries (of top four players in each of the big 5 leagues; League 1, Premier League, La Liga, Bundesliga, and Sire A) are baselined to PPP £ (purchasing power parity pounds). Why pounds? because the United Kingdom is the home of football.
- While Neymar is not in the same league as Ronaldo and Messi (in terms of performance on pitch) but somehow his lucky a** finds the €€ in the same league as Ronaldo and Messi.
- It is interesting that Ronaldo is still the 3rd highest paid player even after taking a huge pay cut to join Manchester United. Even after plotting salaries by PPP. We can only imagine how much more United would have to pay had they not had access to the 'Ferguson is my football father' discount.
- Bale and Hazard are not as poor as it may seem. As per market exchange rates they appear at 9th and 10th position respectively. However, upon measuring their salaries using PPP we find that they are actually quite rich, appearing at 6th and 7th positions.
- David Alaba is paid more than De Bruyne and Lukaku. Yes, you read it right. (What is PPP).
- Italians don't make money playing football. Even after recomputing the Serie A player salaries using PPP, they are still the lowest paid players on our list.
- Italians love defence 🤌. Serie A top four paid players feature a center back and a goalkeeper.
- Paulo Dybala needs to transfer himself out of Italy. Serie A don't pay players 🤌 (unless you're Ronaldo).
- Why is Kevin De Bruyne not the best paid player in England? Why?? Even Lukaku earns more. (Yes Lukaku scored many goals for Inter, but he's no Kevin De Bruyne)
It is wrong to use market exchange rate to compare player salaries (or any salary) because these these football leagues reside in different countries. (Why market exchange rates are not helpful in comparing salaries). But, in comes purchasing power parity. Abbreviation: PPP.
All salary data is taken from Capology.com. It is very nice. You will like it.
