While its true that defenders dont get reimbursed with quite the same amount as flair players, when one is starting weekly at the biggest club in the world, they might expect to be picking up a slighter bigger wage than just £35k p/wk. To put it into context, the first-choice goalkeeper earns nearly five times what Carvajal does, while Portuguese defender Pepe earns more than three times as much. Indeed, Cristiano Ronaldo earns more in a day than the Spanish full-back does all week - with such a great wage disparity at the club, one would wonder how boss Carlo Ancelotti manages to keep all the egos in check.
Recent Journalism & New Media graduate. Insatiable thirst for all things football, and hopes to break into the field of sports journalism in the near future.
Have made a significantly insignificant playing career out of receiving several slaps around the head for not passing the ball.
