PREMIER LEAGUE · 2017/18 · ARCHIVE
Manchester United 2017/18 - player wages
Wages as they stood in 2017/18 · top earner Alexis Sánchez on £350,000 per week · see the current Manchester United wage bill
WEEKLY WAGE BILL £2.8m
YEARLY WAGE BILL £144m
SQUAD SIZE72
AVERAGE WEEKLY, 22+ £118k
Then and now
Manchester United pay £3,438,325 a week in 2026/27 — 24% higher than the £2,775,960 of 2017/18.
Where the money went in 2017/18
Share of the weekly wage bill by position group · 8 players cover two groups and are counted half in each
2017/18 squad salaries
| Watch | PLAYER | WEEKLY ▼ | YEARLY | AGE | POSITION | NATION | EXPIRES | COMPARE |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Alexis Sánchez | £350,000 | £18,200,000 | 28 | Attacking midfielder, striker | Chile | JUN 2023 | ||
| Paul Pogba | £200,000 | £10,400,000 | 24 | Attacking midfielder | France | JUN 2021 | ||
| David De Gea | £200,000 | £10,400,000 | 26 | Goalkeeper | Spain | JUN 2019 | ||
| Romelu Lukaku | £180,000 | £9,360,000 | 24 | Striker | Belgium | JUN 2022 | ||
| Juan Mata | £160,000 | £8,320,000 | 29 | Attacking midfielder | Spain | JUN 2019 | ||
| Zlatan Ibrahimović | £125,000 | £6,500,000 | 35 | Striker | Sweden | JUN 2018 | ||
| Nemanja Matic | £120,000 | £6,240,000 | 28 | Defensive midfielder | Serbia | JUN 2020 | ||
| Ashley Young | £120,000 | £6,240,000 | 31 | Full-back, left winger | England | JUN 2019 | ||
| Victor Lindelöf | £120,000 | £6,240,000 | 22 | Centre-back, defensive midfielder | Sweden | JUN 2021 | ||
| Ander Herrera | £115,000 | £5,980,000 | 27 | Defensive midfielder | Spain | JUN 2019 | ||
| Anthony Martial | £110,000 | £5,720,000 | 21 | Left winger, striker | France | JUN 2019 | ||
| Luke Shaw | £110,000 | £5,720,000 | 21 | Left-back | England | JUN 2019 | ||
| Marcos Rojo | £110,000 | £5,720,000 | 27 | Centre-back | Argentina | JUN 2019 | ||
| Marouane Fellaini | £89,000 | £4,628,000 | 29 | Attacking midfielder | Belgium | JUN 2018 | ||
| Antonio Valencia | £88,000 | £4,576,000 | 31 | Right-back, right midfielder | Ecuador | JUN 2019 | ||
| Éric Bailly | £82,000 | £4,264,000 | 23 | Centre-back | Côte d’Ivoire | JUN 2020 | ||
| Daley Blind | £77,000 | £4,004,000 | 27 | Centre-back, defensive midfielder | Holland | JUN 2019 | ||
| Jesse Lingard | £75,000 | £3,900,000 | 24 | Attacking midfielder | England | JUN 2021 | ||
| Phil Jones | £74,000 | £3,848,000 | 25 | Centre-back | England | JUN 2019 | ||
| Chris Smalling | £72,000 | £3,744,000 | 27 | Centre-back | England | JUN 2019 | ||
| Sergio Romero | £68,000 | £3,536,000 | 30 | Goalkeeper | Argentina | JUN 2021 | ||
| Matteo Darmian | £44,000 | £2,288,000 | 27 | Full-back | Italy | JUN 2019 | ||
| Marcus Rashford | £19,000 | £988,000 | 19 | Left winger, striker | England | JUN 2020 | ||
| Joel Pereira | £15,000 | £780,000 | 20 | Goalkeeper | Portugal | JUN 2021 | ||
| Cameron Borthwick-Jackson | £12,000 | £624,000 | 20 | Centre-back | England | JUN 2020 | ||
| Scott McTominay | £8,000 | £416,000 | 20 | Central midfielder | England | JUN 2021 | ||
| Michael Carrick | £6,900 | £358,800 | 35 | Defensive midfielder | England | JUN 2018 | ||
| Nishan Burkart | £1,900 | £98,800 | 17 | Striker | Switzerland | JUN 2019 | ||
| Tahith Chong | £1,600 | £83,200 | 17 | Attacking midfielder, striker | Holland | JUN 2020 | ||
| Alex Fojticek | £1,500 | £78,000 | 17 | Goalkeeper | Slovakia | JUN 2019 | ||
| Aidan Barlow | £1,500 | £78,000 | 17 | Attacking midfielder | England | JUN 2019 | ||
| Callum Gribbin | £1,400 | £72,800 | 18 | Attacking midfielder | England | JUN 2019 | ||
| Devonte Redmond | £1,400 | £72,800 | 20 | Attacking midfielder | England | JUN 2018 | ||
| Charlie McCann | £1,400 | £72,800 | 10 | Central midfielder | Northern Ireland | JUN 2021 | ||
| Joe Riley | £1,100 | £57,200 | 20 | Full-back, wide midfielder | England | JUN 2018 | ||
| Ilias Moutha-Sebtaoui | £1,100 | £57,200 | 18 | Goalkeeper | Belgium | JUN 2019 | ||
| Indy Boonen | £1,100 | £57,200 | 18 | Attacking midfielder | Belgium | JUN 2018 | ||
| Zak Dearnley | £800 | £41,600 | 18 | Winger, striker | England | JUN 2018 | ||
| Millen Baars | £780 | £40,560 | 17 | Winger | Holland | JUN 2020 | ||
| Josh Bohui | £760 | £39,520 | 18 | Left winger, striker | England | JUN 2019 | ||
| Kieran O'Hara | £750 | £39,000 | 21 | Goalkeeper | Ireland | JUN 2020 | ||
| Ro-Shaun Williams | £700 | £36,400 | 18 | Centre-back | England | JUN 2019 | ||
| George Tanner | £640 | £33,280 | 17 | Full-back | England | JUN 2019 | ||
| Matěj Kovář | £580 | £30,160 | 17 | Goalkeeper | Czechia | JUN 2020 | ||
| Callum Whelan | £580 | £30,160 | 18 | Defensive midfielder | England | JUN 2019 | ||
| Max Taylor | £580 | £30,160 | 17 | Centre-back | England | JUN 2019 | ||
| DJ Buffonge | £570 | £29,640 | 18 | Attacking midfielder | Antigua & Barbuda | JUN 2019 | ||
| Ethan Hamilton | £560 | £29,120 | 18 | Central midfielder | Scotland | JUN 2019 | ||
| Max Johnstone | £530 | £27,560 | 18 | Goalkeeper | England | JUN 2019 | ||
| Tyrell Warren | £510 | £26,520 | 18 | Centre-back | England | JUN 2019 | ||
| Jake Kenyon | £510 | £26,520 | 18 | Left-back, left midfielder | England | JUN 2018 | ||
| Matt Olosunde | £480 | £24,960 | 19 | Centre-back | U.S.A. | JUN 2018 | ||
| Tosin Kehinde | £410 | £21,320 | 19 | Central midfielder | Nigeria | JUN 2018 | ||
| Theo Richardson | £310 | £16,120 | 18 | Goalkeeper | England | JUN 2018 | ||
| Thomas Sang | £310 | £16,120 | 17 | Centre-back, central midfielder | England | JUN 2018 | ||
| Di'Shon Bernard | £100 | £5,200 | 16 | Centre-back | England | JUN 2019 | ||
| D'Mani Mellor | £100 | £5,200 | 16 | Winger | England | JUN 2019 | ||
| James Garner | £100 | £5,200 | 16 | Centre-back, defensive midfielder | England | JUN 2019 | ||
| Arnau Puigmal | £100 | £5,200 | 16 | Attacking midfielder | Spain | JUN 2020 | ||
| Jacob Carney | £100 | £5,200 | 16 | Goalkeeper | England | JUN 2019 | ||
| Ethan Laird | £100 | £5,200 | 15 | Full-back | England | JUN 2019 | ||
| Lee O'Connor | £100 | £5,200 | 16 | Centre-back | Ireland | JUN 2018 | ||
| Largie Ramazani | £100 | £5,200 | 16 | Attacking midfielder | Belgium | JUN 2019 | ||
| Brandon Williams | £100 | £5,200 | 16 | Left-back | England | JUN 2019 | ||
| Dylan Levitt | £100 | £5,200 | 16 | Attacking midfielder | Wales | JUN 2019 | ||
| James Thompson | £100 | £5,200 | 16 | Goalkeeper | England | JUN 2019 | ||
| Aliou Traoré | £100 | £5,200 | 16 | Defensive midfielder | France | JUN 2020 | ||
| Dion McGhee | £100 | £5,200 | 16 | Attacking midfielder | England | JUN 2019 | ||
| Jake Barrett | £100 | £5,200 | 17 | Centre-back | England | JUN 2018 | ||
| Luca Ercolani | £100 | £5,200 | 17 | Defender | Italy | JUN 2018 | ||
| Angel Gomes | £100 | £5,200 | 16 | Attacking midfielder | England | JUN 2020 | ||
| Ethan Galbraith | £100 | £5,200 | 16 | Defensive midfielder | N.Ireland | JUN 2020 | ||
Wage vs age, 2017/18
Each dot is a player - top-left is expensive and young
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Squad wage pyramid
Players per wage band in the 2017/18 squad, against the share of the bill they took
PLAYERS WEEKLY WAGE SHARE OF BILL
35 Under £1k 0%
10 £1k-£2k 1%
£2k-£5k
2 £5k-£10k 1%
3 £10k-£25k 2%
9 £25k-£100k 24%
13 £100k+
73%
Top 5 earners took 39% of the squad wage bill, across the 72 players we hold a 2017/18 wage for.
Contract expiries
When the 2017/18 deals were due to run out
Frequently asked questions
Manchester United wages, 2017/18
What was Manchester United's wage bill in 2017/18?
Manchester United paid £2,775,960 a week in 2017/18 - £144,349,920 across the year - spread over a squad of 72. We hold a wage for all 72 players in that squad.
Who was the highest paid Manchester United player in 2017/18?
Alexis Sánchez was the highest earner in the 2017/18 squad on £350,000 a week, 3x the 22+ squad average of £117,900.
What was the average Manchester United salary in 2017/18?
The average Manchester United player aged 22 or over earned £117,900 a week in 2017/18, across the 21 we hold a wage for, against a squad of 72. The top five earners took 39% of the bill between them.
How do Manchester United's 2017/18 wages compare with now?
Manchester United pay £3,438,325 a week in 2026/27, 24% higher than the £2,775,960 of 2017/18. The current squad is 68 players against 72 then.