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Leicester City Salaries 2025/26

Championship
Top Earner: H. Winks (€5.5M)
Lowest Earner: J. Monga (€62K)
H. Winks
Top Earner
J. Monga
Lowest Earner

Salary Insights

Key takeaways from the wage structure.

Top Defender Out-Earns Top Striker

Right-back Ricardo Pereira, with a salary of €5.0M, earns more than the club's highest-paid forward, centre-forward Patson Daka (€4.5M).

Goalkeeper Earns More Than Eight Outfielders

Goalkeeper Francisco Vieites, on a €1.2M salary, earns more than eight different outfield players, including left-back Luke Thomas (€935K) and wingers Issahaku Fatawu and Stephy Mavididi (both €625K).

Skipp and Choudhury on Identical Deals

Defensive midfielders Oliver Skipp and Hamza Choudhury are on identical salary packages, with both earning exactly €3.1M per year.

Leicester's Elite Salary Bracket

The club has a clear top salary tier with just four players earning over €4M annually: Harry Winks (€5.5M), Ricardo Pereira (€5.0M), Patson Daka (€4.5M), and Joe Aribo (€4.4M). A significant drop-off occurs after this group.

Defense and Midfield Command Top Salaries

The two highest salaries at the club belong to a defensive midfielder, Harry Winks (€5.5M), and a right-back, Ricardo Pereira (€5.0M), placing them ahead of any attacking player.

Daka Leads The Attacking Line's Wages

Centre-forward Patson Daka is the top earner among all forwards with an annual salary of €4.5M, making him the third-highest earner at the club overall.

Pereira is Leicester's Defensive Kingpin

Right-back Ricardo Pereira is the highest-paid defender at the club, earning €5.0M per year. He is also the second-highest earner on the entire squad.

Harry Winks Is The Club's Top Earner

Defensive midfielder Harry Winks is Leicester City's highest-paid player, commanding a salary of €5.5M per year.

Transfer rumour salaries: No specific figures for incoming players

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

No exact salary or wage figures were reported for any incoming transfer rumour players in the context of what they would earn at Leicester City, adhering to the specified extraction rules.

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Potential wage savings if Patson Daka, Issahaku Fatawu and others leave

Potential departures and their salary impact.

Patson Daka, currently earning €4.5M/year, is linked with a move to Galatasaray. Jeremy Monga, with a salary of €62K/year, is rumoured to be moving to Manchester City. Issahaku Fatawu, earning €625K/year, is linked to Sunderland, AFC Bournemouth, and Wolverhampton Wanderers.

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Wage Breakdown

Total spend by position group.

€48.8M
Total Yearly Wage Bill
€938K
Total Weekly Wage Bill
€10.4M / 21%
FW
€16.8M / 34%
MF
€18.9M / 39%
DF
€2.7M / 6%
GK