Comments on: The 20 Highest Paid Players in France

By: The 20 Highest Paid Players in France - Lyon Once Again Dominate - Player News and Rumors - The Offside - Olympique Lyonnais French Football Blog

Tue, 08 Apr 2008 17:16:53 +0000

[...] year, 13 of the 20 highest paid footballers in Ligue 1 are from Lyon. Last year, there were only 11. Which is strange because I could swear Aulas wanted to bring down Lyon’s payroll. Of course, [...]

By: Top 50 Football Player Salaries in the World - Player News and Rumors - The Offside - Olympique Lyonnais French Football Blog

Wed, 27 Feb 2008 20:05:10 +0000

[...] numbers from France and want to compare salaries, last year France Football published the wages of 20 highest earning players in Ligue 1. This list was published last season, so some salaries have been adjusted since then. [...]

By: Corey

Corey — Sun, 22 Apr 2007 03:17:39 +0000

Strange, i didnt notice Gerald Cid on the list. He is a perfect example of over payed, does he even play for Bordeuax still? As for Abidal, I believe he may have signed an extension because his original deal was for 3 years or 4. If not, then it would make sense why he is paid so little, but then again he has not been at his best this year for some reason.

By: Inara

Inara — Sat, 21 Apr 2007 07:32:40 +0000

You know, the funny thing is that the only reason Pauleta gets paid so much was because Lyon drove up his price when they tried to buy him last year. PSG had no choice but to offer a higher salary to keep Pauleta.

PSG was really really pissed over that.

By: Allez Lyonnais

Allez Lyonnais — Sat, 21 Apr 2007 06:59:01 +0000

My guess is that Bolton are funding his wages.

By: Sam

Sam — Sat, 21 Apr 2007 05:48:54 +0000

Uhhhh… what the hell is Gerald Cid doing there? It took me two seconds to remember who he was. That’s awful weird.

By: Allez Lyonnais

Allez Lyonnais — Fri, 20 Apr 2007 22:39:56 +0000

Abidal has never renewed his contract. Signing an extension wouldn’t have helped him break free from Lyon.

By: Inara

Inara — Fri, 20 Apr 2007 20:06:05 +0000

Govou does have his good points…but he still doesn’t justify that high a salary compared to other players. For a winger who doesn’t even feature all the time, that’s a bit much, IMO.

I think for Baros, it might have been the same case as with Tiago. They both got paid more in the EPL, so Aulas had to offer something similar if not as much.

As for Abidal – I don’t know what’s going on with that. I know he did sign an extension at some point between his arrival from Lille and right now (maybe two years ago?), so he should at least be in Cris range.

I’m pretty sure Cris will be getting a pay raise something soon. He’s a highly coveted player who is so far staying at Lyon because he likes it there.

By: Corey

Corey — Fri, 20 Apr 2007 17:44:25 +0000

now now now, Govou is not that bad Inara. He definately has not been as consistent as in previous years, but thats a little to much bad mouthing for him. Anyways, Abidal makes very little because his contract was not restructured from when he transfered from Lille, and this is the main reason he has reason to leave Lyon, other then playing in Spain or Italy. Tiago is the exact opposite of Abidal, although he took a paycut he still had a high salary at Chelsea and Lyon could not cut it to much in order for him to move. What I dont like is Baros being paid that much, he is balls. Coupet should be payed more then everyone except Juninho, but that wont happen.