Salah, Sterling, Rashford: The Premier League's highest-earning wingers

Mohamed Salah isn’t going aywhere.

Months of speculation surrounding the Egyptian star’s future came to an end on Friday when Liverpool delighted their fanbase with news that their hero would be staying on Merseyside until 2025.

And when you’re talking about a three-time Premier League Golden Boot winner set to compete for the 2022 Ballon d’Or, then you really can’t understate the importance of said contract renewal.

Nevertheless, it didn’t come without jeopardy because multiple reports across the British press were quick to claim that Salah had duly become the highest-paid player in Liverpool’s history.

It really did feel as though the Reds made an exception to their usually-strict rules and whether or not you agree with that course of action essentially depends on the extent to which you rate Salah.

However, just because Salah is the biggest earner in Liverpool’s long and illustrious existence, it doesn’t necessarily mean that they’ve caused financial mayhem in the context of a football as a whole.

Here at GIVEMESPORT, we’ve already done our best to try and contextualise Salah’s new earnings by looking at his status amongst the world’s highest-paid players.

But now we’re focusing in on Premier League wingers in particular to see just how the wide men of the world’s most entertaining league are paid in comparison to Liverpool’s star performer.

And while it’s ultimately impossible to know with absolute certainty just how much footballers earn, we’re calling upon the data over at spotrac to try and answer the question with as much consistency as possible.

Naturally, too, the definition of a ‘winger’ is fundamentally subjective depending on formations and players switching positions, but we’ve settled for the players who