Football is the biggest sport in the world and each year money invested in football is bigger and bigger.
There are numerous football clubs that pay huge amount of money to their players and among them are Barcelona, Real Madrid, Manchester United and other big clubs in the top European leagues.
Wolverhampton Wanderers are not among theses clubs or on the top of the Premier League as they currently sit on the 7th place at the English league. Wolves have managed to get into the Premier League in the previous and this seasons as they havent't played in the first league since 2011.
Nuno Espirito Santo's side have played 21 matches this season in the Premier League, have won just 7 of them, scored 30 and conceded 27 goals.
Last season Wolves ended up in the 7th in the English league, showing such great result after so many years.
The salaries paid to the club's players are quite average respective to their form and performance on the field as the highest earner gets around £5.2 million a year.
Here are the list of highest earning Wolves players.
10. Romain Saiss
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- Age - 29 years
- Position- Defensive Midfield
- Annual Salary- £1,144,000
Saiss moved to Molineux from French SCO Angers in the summer of 2016. This season the 29-year-old has made 27 appearances for his side and has scored 3 goals.
His contract with the club expires next year-in 2021.
9. Ruben Vinagre
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- Age - 20 years
- Position- Left-Back
- Annual Salary- £1,560,000
Vinagre joined Wolves from Monaco in the July of 2018. This season the youngster missed most of the clashes including important matches with Leicester, Chelsea and Tottenham.
He has featured in 21 games for Wolves and even scored 2 goals. He is contracted with the Molineux club until 2024.
8. Jonny Otto
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- Age - 25 years
- Position- Left-Back
- Annual Salary- £1,907,000
Wolves left-back joined the club past January from Atletico Madrid. Otto has made 30 appearances for his side this season, has netted once and provided 2 assists.
His contract with the club will expire in July of 2023.
7. Leander Dendoncker
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- Age - 24 years
- Position- Defensive Midfield
- Annual Salary- £1,972,000
Dendoncker moved to Molineux this summer from Anderlecht. The Belgium international has featured in all games with Wolves except EFL Cup clashes and overall has made 34 appearances for the club this season and has netted 3 times.
The deadline of his deal with Wolves has not been announced.
6. Raul Jimenez
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- Age - 28 years
- Position- Centre-Forward
- Annual Salary- £2,144,000
Jimenez has been a part of Wolves squad for one season as a Benfica loanee (2018-2019) and permanently joined Nuno Espirito Santo's side this summer.
This term the 28-year-old forward has incredible stats as he has made 33 appearances for the Molineux club has scored 17 goals and provided 9 assists.
Jimenez is in the list of Premier League topscorers with 8 league goals.
His deal with the club expires in the summer of 2023.
5. Adama Traore
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- Age - 23 years
- Position- Right Winger
- Annual Salary- £2,236,000
Traore, who recently has been linked with moves to Liverpool and Manchester City, has joined the club in the August, 2018 from second tier Middlesbrough.
This season the 23-year-old has featured in 31 games for Wolves netting 5 times and providing 7 assists.
His contract with the club, alike Jimenez', will expire in the summer of 2023.
4.
Ruben Neves
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- Age - 22 years
- Position- Defensive Midfield
- Annual Salary- £2,600,000
Neves, joined the club's squad in the summer of 2017 from Porto. The 22-year-old considered as one of the key players in the team and this season has managed to score 3 times with assisting twice in his 32 appearances.
Portugal international is contracted to the club until the summer of 2023.
3. Patrick Cutrone
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- Age - 22 years
- Position- Centre-Forward
- Annual Salary- £3,272,000
Cutrone, alike Dendoncker, joined Nuno Espirito Santo's side this summer transfer window, from AC Milan. The 22-year-old forward has played 24 games for Wolves, despite missing clashes with Tottenham, Manchester City and Liverpool.
This season Cutrone has netted three times and provided 4 assists, and has contract with the club until 2023.
2. Rui Patricio
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- Age - 31 years
- Position- Goalkeeper
- Annual Salary- £5,200,000
Wolves stopper is one of the club's highest paid player with £5,200,000 annual salary- twice as high as Ruben Neves's.
Patricio joined the club in the summer of 2018 from Portuguese Sporting. This season the 31-year-old has 36 goals conceded with 8 clean sheets in his 31 appearances for Nuno Espirito Santo's side.
His contract with the club is set to expire in the summer of 2022.
- Joao Moutinho
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- Age - 33 years
- Position- Central Midfield
- Annual Salary- £5,200,000
Moutinho, alongside Wolves goalkeeper Rui Patricio, is the highest paid player at the club. The 33-year-old also joined the club in the summer of 2018, from Monaco.
This season the 33-year-old has featured in 34 appearances for the Molineux club with one scored goal and 11 assists.
He is as well contracted with the club until the summer of 2022.
Source-
Sportrac
