Paris Saint-Germain are spending more than €3.5 million a week on first-team wages, a figure that lands with extra force as they head into the Champions League final in Budapest against Arsenal. The new breakdown, compiled by Capology, puts Matvei Safonov in the spotlight too: the Russian goalkeeper earns €70,000 a week and is expected to start the final.
That wage bill stretches across a squad built to chase Europe’s biggest prizes. Lucas Chevalier, signed for €40 million, earns €122,000 a week, while Renato Marin is on €8,600. At the top end, Achraf Hakimi takes home €262,000 weekly, Marquinhos €259,000, Lucas Hernandez €255,000 and Nuno Mendes €210,000, with Willian Pacho on €175,000 and Illia Zabarnyi on €105,000.
PSG’s path to this final has been shaped by the scale of the project since Qatar Sports Investments completed its takeover in 2011. The club has long been known for record fees and heavy wage commitments, and this season it still defended its Ligue 1 crown, though only by six points. It was also knocked out of the Coupe de France by city rivals Paris FC, a reminder that the domestic margin for error was thinner than in some previous campaigns.
There is a catch to the clean financial picture. Hakimi, Mendes and Pacho were all listed as doubts ahead of the final, leaving a strain on the back line at the very moment PSG are carrying some of their biggest wage burdens. Gianluigi Donnarumma was not wanted by Luis Enrique at the end of last season, which is why Safonov’s expected role matters now more than it would have a year ago.
PSG have the money, the names and the stage. What they do not yet have is a fully settled final lineup, and that may matter more than the wage bill when Arsenal walk out in Budapest.
