AFC Bournemouth Salaries 2025/26

Premier League

Top Earner: Evanilson (€5.3M)

Lowest Earner: M. Akinmboni (€250K)

Evanilson

Top Earner

M. Akinmboni

Lowest Earner

Player Salaries

Estimated yearly salaries.

Salary Insights

Key takeaways from the wage structure.

Goalkeeper Out-earns Entire Defense

Goalkeeper Fraser Forster, with a salary of €4.7M, earns more than any individual defender at the club. His pay also surpasses every midfielder except for Justin Kluivert.

Teenager's Pay Exceeds Senior Players

At just 19 years old, winger Rayan earns €3.2M per year. This salary is higher than established players like 28-year-old defender Marcos Senesi (€3.1M) and 34-year-old defender Adam Smith (€2.5M).

Bournemouth's Four-Tier Pay Scale

The club's salaries are structured into four distinct tiers. The elite tier, over €4.5M, includes players like Evanilson and Justin Kluivert. A large group of key players earns between €4.0M and €4.4M. The mid-tier ranges from €2.0M to €3.7M, while a development tier exists for players earning under €1.6M.

Midfield Duo on Identical Salaries

Midfielders Lewis Cook and Tyler Adams are on the exact same annual salary of €3.7M. This is one of several salary pairings at the club, including defender Marcos Senesi and goalkeeper Đorđe Petrović who both earn €3.1M.

Defense Lags in Top-Tier Pay

The club's highest-paid defender, Bafodé Diakité at €4.0M, earns less than the top earners in every other position group: attack (Evanilson, €5.3M), midfield (Justin Kluivert, €4.8M), and goalkeeping (Fraser Forster, €4.7M).

Three Young Defenders Cost Less Than One

The combined annual salaries of the three youngest defenders—Veljko Milosavljević (18), Matai Akinmboni (19), and Julio Soler (21)—total approximately €3.0M. This is less than the individual salary of defender Marcos Senesi (€3.1M).

Kluivert is Midfield's Top Earner

Attacking midfielder Justin Kluivert is the highest-paid player in the midfield, earning €4.8M per year. He is the second-highest earner at the club overall.

Diakité Leads Defensive Salaries

Bafodé Diakité is the highest-paid defender at the club, earning €4.0M per year.

Evanilson is the Club's Top Earner

With an annual salary of €5.3M, centre-forward Evanilson is the highest-paid player at AFC Bournemouth.

Transfer rumour salaries: No specific figures found for incoming players

Latest reported salary figures for players linked with a move to the club.

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Potential wage savings if Senesi and Kroupi depart

Potential departures and their salary impact.

Marcos Senesi, currently earning €3.1M/year, is linked with moves to clubs like Borussia Dortmund and Juventus. E. Kroupi, with a salary of €1.2M/year, could potentially move to Paris Saint Germain, Chelsea, or Liverpool. Rayan, earning €3.2M/year, is also rumoured to be a target for Real Madrid, Manchester United, or Liverpool.

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