Highest-Paid Premier League XI 2026: Marc Guehi Among Five Man City Players in £3.675m-a-Week Dream Team

Marc Guehi became the eighth highest-paid Premier League player when he joined Manchester City from Crystal Palace.

Guehi’s weekly wage at Man City is understood to be £300,000, making him the Premier League’s second most expensive centre-back behind Liverpool’s Virgil van Dijk, who is estimated to be earning £350,000 every seven days.

Highest-paid Premier League players 2026

Player	Club	Weekly wage
Erling Haaland	Man City	£525,000
Mohamed Salah	Liverpool	£400,000
Virgil van Dijk	Liverpool	£350,000
Casemiro	Man United	£350,000
Raheem Sterling	Chelsea	£325,000
Bruno Fernandes	Man United	£300,000
Bernardo Silva	Man City	£300,000
Marc Guehi	Man City	£300,000
Omar Marmoush	Man City	£295,000
Kai Havertz	Arsenal	£280,000
Alexander Isak	Liverpool	£280,000
Gabriel Jesus	Arsenal	£265,000
Reece James	Chelsea	£250,000
William Saliba	Arsenal	£250,000
Gianluigi Donnarumma	Man City	£250,000
John Stones	Man City	£250,000
Ruben Dias	Man City	£250,000
Cody Gakpo	Liverpool	£250,000
Martin Odegaard	Arsenal	£240,000
Declan Rice	Arsenal	£240,000

The table above is based on reported and/or estimated weekly wages for Premier League players as of January 2026.

Highest-paid Premier League XI

Of the 11 highest-paid players in the Premier League right now, Guehi and Van Dijk are the only two defenders.

So when FootballBlog.co.uk decided to create a highest-paid Premier League XI, we knew that we might need to select some stars slightly out of their position.

The only deviation from the actual highest-paid 11 players was to bring in a goalkeeper. Man City’s Gianluigi Donnarumma is the Premier League’s best-paid goalkeeper right now, on £250,000 per week.

However, Donnarumma is only the joint-13th best-paid Premier League player overall, so we had to make an exception for him by picking him instead of Alexander Isak, whose weekly wage at Liverpool is £280,000.

Kai Havertz, who is also reported to be on £280,000 per week, just beat Isak to the cut due to his famed versatility — a very valuable asset in a team dominated by attacking stars.

Havertz slotted in at left-back, with Man City winger Omar Marmoush (£295,000) on the other side of a forward-thinking back four.

The midfield three, costing £950,000 per week, featured City playmaker Bernardo Silva (£300,000) alongside Manchester United duo Bruno Fernandes (£300,000) and Casemiro (£350,000).

Meanwhile, the front three sees the Premier League’s two highest-paid players in Erling Haaland (£525,000) and Mohamed Salah (£400,000) team up with Raheem Sterling, who is still earning £325,000 per week at Chelsea, despite not making a single appearance so far this season.

Of all the players in the highest-paid Premier League XI, five are based at Man City. Liverpool and Man United have two entrants each, while Arsenal and Chelsea have one apiece.

The total cost of the team is £3.675 million per week in wages. For the sake of comparison, the combined weekly wages of every Man City player in their most recent starting XI against Man United was £1.96m.

United — who won that game 2-0 at Old Trafford to extend their winning head-to-head Manchester derby record — fielded a starting XI costing £1.59m per week.