Nottingham Forest Salaries 2025/26

Premier League

Top Earner: M. Gibbs-White (€6.6M)

Lowest Earner: Z. Abbott (€750K)

M. Gibbs-White

Top Earner

Z. Abbott

Lowest Earner

Player Salaries

Estimated yearly salaries.

Salary Insights

Key takeaways from the wage structure.

Top Defender Out-earns Entire Attack

Centre-back Nikola Milenković, with a salary of €6.3M, earns more than every forward at the club. This includes the team's highest-paid attackers, Callum Hudson-Odoi and Chris Wood, who are on €5.4M each.

Top Centre-Backs Out-earn All Goalkeepers

The combined salary of the two highest-paid centre-backs, Nikola Milenković (€6.3M) and Murillo (€4.5M), totals €10.8M. This amount is greater than the entire wage bill for all four of the club's goalkeepers combined (€9.6M).

Youthful Defender Earns Nearly Double Veteran

23-year-old centre-back Murillo (€4.5M) earns nearly double the salary of 35-year-old veteran centre-back Willy Boly (€2.4M).

The Club's Five Salary Tiers

The squad's wages are structured into five distinct tiers. The Elite Tier (>€6M) includes only Morgan Gibbs-White and Nikola Milenković. The High Earner Tier (€4M-€6M) features players like Callum Hudson-Odoi and Murillo. A large Core Player group earns between €2.5M and €4M, while a significant number of players fall into the Rotation Tier (€1.5M-€2.5M). A single youth player occupies the lowest tier.

The €2.4M Five-Player Pay Club

A diverse group of five players from three different positions all earn exactly €2.4M. This includes goalkeepers Matz Sels and John Victor, defender Willy Boly, and midfielders Elliot Anderson and James McAtee.

Top Goalkeeper Matches Forward Pay

The highest-paid goalkeeper, Stefan Ortega (€3.0M), earns the same amount as forwards Igor Jesus and Taiwo Awoniyi, as well as central midfielder Ryan Yates.

Defensive Duo on Identical Pay

Centre-back Murillo and defensive midfielder Ibrahim Sangaré, key defensive players, are on the exact same salary of €4.5M.

Attacking Pair Leads Forward Wages

The highest-paid attackers at the club are winger Callum Hudson-Odoi and centre-forward Chris Wood, who both earn an identical salary of €5.4M.

Milenković is Top-Earning Defender

The highest-paid defender at the club is centre-back Nikola Milenković, whose salary is €6.3M per year.

Gibbs-White is Club's Top Earner

The club's highest-paid player is attacking midfielder Morgan Gibbs-White, with an annual salary of €6.6M. He is also the top earner among all midfielders.

Transfer rumour salaries: Hayden Hackney and others

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

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Potential savings if Murillo and Morgan Gibbs-White leave

Potential departures and their salary impact.

Murillo, a center-back, earns €4.5M annually and is linked with moves to Liverpool or Arsenal. Attacking midfielder Morgan Gibbs-White, with an annual salary of €6.6M, is rumored to be a target for Arsenal, Tottenham Hotspur, Manchester United, Aston Villa, or Chelsea. Elliot Anderson, a central midfielder, earns €2.4M per year and is linked with Manchester United and Manchester City. Right-back Nicolò Savona, earning €2.7M annually, is rumored to be moving to Atalanta.

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