Vini Jr’s insane salary demands should make Arsenal think twice about potentially destabilising transfer

With Saka being Arsenal’s highest earner, it’s easy to imagine that this kind of deal would not go down well with the star names in the dressing room.

Player
Annual salary

Bukayo Saka
£15.6m

Kai Havertz
£14.5m

Gabriel Jesus
£13.7m

William Saliba
£13m

Declan Rice
£12.4m

Martin Odegaard
£12.4m

Viktor Gyokeres
£10.4m

One imagines Arsenal could sell some of their other high earners this summer, with the arrival of Vinicius perhaps meaning that perhaps even a big name like Martin Odegaard could move on.

As the table above shows, Gabriel Jesus is also on surprisingly high wages, so would surely be another to move on to help fund a deal for Vini Jr without costing the club too much.

But the imbalance with stars like Saka and Rice could surely also risk causing tension in a squad that has grown well together in recent years.