Leicester City having net worth of £51,61 million is looking forward to extend their annual wage bill of season 2018-19 to £75 million and this huge splash of money includes recruitment of some new faces in this team. As James Maddison from Norwich FC will join this team for £22.50 million whereas Ricardo Pereira with £19.80 million contract is considered as the 2nd highest paid athlete of this team.
Jonny Evans with £3.60 million contract is another expensive choice of Leicester City for current season whereas Ahmed Musa after extension of his contract is earning £12 million and Namplays Mendy after prolonging his deal enabled to extend his salary to £9 million while Bartosz Kapustka is making around £5.5 million annually.
Leicester City spends major part of their annual income on their players salaries as the total salaries of this team touches the mark of £66 million which includes £27 million for all forward players whereas £20.3 million is paid annually to all the midfielders of this team while £13.3 million is earned by the defenders of this team and the goalkeepers are getting £5.3 million in current season.
| No. | Names | Position | Annual Salary |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Jamie Vardy | Forward | £5,200,000 |
| 2 | Kasper Schmeichel | Goalkeeper | £4,160,000 |
| 3 | Adrien Silva | Midfielder | £4,160,000 |
| 4 | Islam Slimani | Forward | £4,160,000 |
| 5 | Ahmed Musa | Forward | £3,380,000 |
| 6 | Kelechi Iheanacho | Forward | £3,120,000 |
| 7 | Wes Morgan | Defender | £3,120,000 |
| 8 | Christian Fuchs | Defender | £2,600,000 |
| 9 | Demarai Gray | Forward | £2,600,000 |
| 10 | Vicente Iborra | Midfielder | £2,600,000 |
| 11 | Nampalys Mendy | Midfielder | £2,600,000 |
| 12 | Marc Albrighton | Midfielder | £2,340,000 |
| 13 | Danny Simpson | Defender | £2,340,000 |
| 14 | Yohan Benalouane | Defender | £2,080,000 |
| 15 | Andy King | Midfielder | £2,080,000 |
| 16 | Harry Maguire | Defender | £2,080,000 |
| 17 | Onyinye Ndidi | Midfielder | £1,668,333 |
| 18 | Bartosz Kapustka | Midfielder | £1,560,000 |
| 19 | Leonardo Ulloa | Forward | £1,560,000 |
Leicester City had earned £93 million after winning Premier League title back in 2014-15 and this massive amount helped them to make some expensive signings including their contracts with Jamie Vardy who earns £80,000 per week and Riyad Mahrez for £55,000 weekly. Leicester City also earned 71.6 million from Premier League TV sponsors and enabled to extend their annual wage bill from £36.6 million to £48.5 million.
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