In
the money: Glen Johnson signed a bumper contract at
Liverpool.
It has emerged
that
Liverpool are paying Glen Johnson a
staggering £139,000 a week. Eyebrows were raised when
the Reds splashed out £17million on the
Portsmouth right-back this summer but
his salary will leave fans gobsmacked.
The sum
must make him the best paid full back in the world - even
after Chelsea
defender Ashley Cole
agreed a new £120,000-a-week deal to stay at Stamford
Bridge.
Even Manchester
City, who have
spent an incredible £118million on players this summer, will pay
latest signing Joleon Lescott only a reported £94,000 a
week.
Spiralling wages in the Barclays
Premier League have reached such a crazy level that Liverpool, so
desperate to ensure Chelsea would not beat them for the signature
of Johnson, were forced to offer a huge contract.
