
Things have been changed since corona virus breakdown worldwide, some top clubs in the French Ligue 1 ask players to get 50% to 35% pay-cuts for the season to manage the club wages. In 2019-20, season many player refuse to take pay-cuts but later most of the players agreed to 50% pay-cuts for selected months not overall season. Currently, PSG hold the most expensive wage bill in Ligue 1, after Lionel Messi and Sergio Ramos joined the club in the summer transfer window. Ligue 1 clubs wage bills 2021-22 revealed.
French Ligue 1 Wage Bills 2021-22 | ||
Clubs | Wage Bills | Year |
PSG | £400 million | 2021-22 |
Lyon | £125 million | 2021-22 |
AS Monaco | £110 million | 2021-22 |
Marseille | £107 million | 2021-22 |
Lille | £81 million | 2021-22 |
Bordeaux FC | £70 million | 2021-22 |
Stade Rennais | £56 million | 2021-22 |
Saint-Étienne | £51 million | 2021-22 |
Nice | £40 million | 2021-22 |
Montpellier | £38 million | 2021-22 |
Nantes | £32 million | 2021-22 |
Angers | £27 million | 2021-22 |
Strasbourg | £27 million | 2021-22 |
Reims | £25 million | 2021-22 |
Metz | £22 million | 2021-22 |
Brest | £20 million | 2021-22 |
Lorient | £17 million | 2021-22 |
AS Troyes | £12 million | 2021-22 |
Clermont | £10 million | 2021-22 |
Lyon hold the second most expensive wage bill in the league, the club currently paying £125 million a year to the players. Monaco joined the list at third number with £110 million. Some clubs still hold the pay-cuts to their top paid players, Neymar, Messi gets 60% pay-cut from their wages, currently no official details released the pay-cuts based on their yearly salary or monthly. A football new sources earlier reported that players get pay-cut for selected months to adjust the balance or pay the other staff.
The lowest wage bill reported for year 2021-22, for AC Troyes, Clermont, Lorient and Brest. More details for the club wage bills updated after January transfer window 2022. All information regarding to Ligue 1 clubs wage bills taken from trusted sources and updated before the new season 2022-23 began. Ligue 1 team wage budget ranked at 4th place after Bundesliga, LA Liga and Premier League.