After signing a three-year contract last October, Lamine Yamal’s salary increased from 800,000 euros per year to 1.6 million euros per year, according to data from Capology.
Thus, Lamine earns a salary of 32,000 euros per week at Barcelona. After taxes, Yamal takes home 15,000 euros per week playing the beautiful game.
However, putting this into perspective, Nico Williams earns 200,000 euros per week at Athletic Bilbao, which is nearly ten times more than Lamine.
Considering this aspect, it’s clear why it is so difficult for Barcelona to transfer Williams.
If Barcelona were to transfer him with the same salary he has at Athletic Bilbao, what would happen to Yamal then?
This is just one of the reasons why there have been recent reports that Yamal’s agents are seeking a salary increase.
Yamal’s current contract expires in 2026, but it seems unlikely that Barcelona will wait until then to offer him a new contract with a higher salary.
Barcelona has previously rejected offers of up to 250 million euros for Yamal, so they must pay him accordingly to avoid the risk of losing him in the near future.
