Watford Salaries 2025/26

Championship

Top Earner: I. Louza (€1.9M)

Lowest Earner: M. Doumbia (€100K)

I. Louza

Top Earner

M. Doumbia

Lowest Earner

Player Salaries

Estimated yearly salaries.

Salary Insights

Key takeaways from the wage structure.

Midfield Trio Out-Earns Entire Defense

The combined salaries of the three highest-paid midfielders, Imrân Louza (€1.9M), Giorgi Chakvetadze (€1.6M), and Nampalys Mendy (€1.4M), total €4.9M. This sum is greater than the entire wage bill for the club's five defenders combined (€3.6M).

Huge Wage Gap Among Youngest Players

There is a significant salary disparity among the club's 20-year-old players. Right-winger Nestory Irankunda earns €880K, while fellow forwards Othmane Maamma (€312K), Rocco Vata (€310K), and Mamadou Doumbia (€100K) earn substantially less. Irankunda's salary is nearly nine times that of Doumbia.

Top Earners Outweigh Entire Defense

The club's two highest-paid players, Imrân Louza and Thomas Ince, have a combined annual salary of €3.8M. This total is higher than the combined salaries of all five defenders in the squad (€3.6M).

Watford's Clear Salary Tiers

The squad's salaries are structured into clear tiers. An elite group earning over €1.5M includes Imrân Louza, Thomas Ince, and Giorgi Chakvetadze. A second tier of high earners, between €1M and €1.4M, includes Nampalys Mendy, Marc Bola, and Edoardo Bove. The majority of the squad falls into a mid-tier between €500K and €1M.

The €625K Salary Pair

Two players from different positions earn the exact same salary. Goalkeeper Nathan Baxter and right-back Jeremy Petris are both on contracts worth €625K per year.

Louza and Ince Share Top Spot

Midfielder Imrân Louza and winger Thomas Ince are the club's joint-highest earners. Both players command an annual salary of €1.9M, sharing the top of the wage bill.

Bola Leads Defensive Wages

The highest-paid defender at the club is left-back Marc Bola. His salary of €1.2M makes him the only defender to earn over €1M per year.

Transfer rumour salaries: Julio Soler

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

Watford may not have to cover the full amount of Julio Soler's estimated weekly wage of £20,000.

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Potential wage savings from Imrân Louza and Nampalys Mendy's departures

Potential departures and their salary impact.

Imrân Louza currently earns €1.9M per year and is linked with moves to Panathinaikos or Olympiakos Piraeus. Nampalys Mendy earns €1.4M annually and could be moving to Rennes. Matthew Pollock, earning €780K annually, is rumoured to be heading to Aberdeen. Othmane Maamma, with a salary of €312K per year, is linked to clubs such as Brentford and Everton. Mamadou Doumbia, on €100K per year, is linked with a move to Brentford.

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