My understanding is Terry, Hazard, Fabregas, Costa all earn more or equal to
our top earner Ozil.
Wenger denied reports that the club have made a new, improved offer to
top earner Ozil, 29, whose current contract expires at the end of the season, and admitted that there have still been no talks with 25 - year - old Wilshere.
Not exact matches
It is not only the Germany international star that needs to pull his socks up for Arsenal and put in the sort of performance we know that he can, but as he is among the club's
top earners, if not the very
top as some sources have suggested, as well as having the reputation of being one of the best creative footballers on the planet, you can understand why people expect more from Mesut
Ozil.
And
Ozil will be offered a more reasonable pay packet, which I think he'd sign because he'd still be
top earner.
Ozil and Alexis were already the
top earners in the Gunners squad and the report claims that they have been offered a significant increase up to around # 180,000, but it seems that is not enough.
It is well reported that Wenger and Arsenal are resistant to having some players on a lot more than the others and I think that the
top earners at the minute, such as Alexis and
Ozil, are on something like # 140 - 150,000 a week, while some of the big players at City, Chelsea and United are on about double that.
The trouble is
Ozil is playing in a way that deserves parity with
top earners in the league and he is clever enough to see what a free transfer wage will pull in.
Sanchez is believed to have asked for a contract worth around # 180,000 a week, while
Ozil — who is the club's
top earner on # 140,000 a week — has asked for a # 200,000 weekly salary after an excellent campaign in which he has provided 18 assists in the Premier League alone.