Tottenham star’s wages compared to international teammates, some surprises

 

Tottenham Hotspur’s Christian Eriksen renewed his contract with the club earlier this year, which you’d be forgiven for thinking made him the highest paid Danish footballer.

Ekstra Bladet say that’s not the case and Simon Kjaer earns more at Fenerbahce. Eriksen is said to be on 32m DKK, which is around £75k per week, and that’s before tax. Kjaer is said to be on 30m DKK after tax, which may underline why there weren’t any big transfer moves for the player during the summer window.

Eriksen earns a little more than Leicester City goalkeeper Kasper Schmeichel, who is on 30m DKK before tax. Southampton midfielder Pierre-Emile Højbjerg is on 16m DKK, and Middlesbrough’s Viktor Fischer gets paid 13m DKK a year, both before tax.

At the other end of Ekstra Bladet’s list is Brondby goalkeeper Frederik Rønnow, who earns 1.8m DKK before tax, which works out to be around £218k per year.

During the summer there were, quickly refuted, claims thrown at Eriksen that he was asking for a huge amount from Tottenham, and in relative figures it would appear that was nonsense. Indeed, there are many inferior players being paid far higher salaries in the Premier League.