This is because of the club’s ability to buy some of the best players in Europe and around the world.
Following the transfer ban placed on the Blues by FIFA, they have not been active in the transfer market this summer and will depend majorly on their youth team.
For this reason and also the departure of their most valued player, Eden Hazard, French midfielder, Ngolo Kante has emerged the club’s highest earning player going into the 2019/20 season.
Here is the full list of the current squad with their weekly wages. Note that some of the young players weekly salaries are unknown so no information is available on them.
Jorginho £102,000 (26)
Kepa Arrizabalaga (23) £192,000
Willy Caballero (35) £40,000
Robert Green (38) £20,000
Emerson Palmieri (23) £75,000
Olivier Giroud (31) £120,000
Ross Barkley (24) £90,000
Andreas Christensen (21) £35,000
David Luiz (30) £120,000
Antonio Rüdiger (24) £90,000
Marcos Alonso (26) £90,000
César Azpilicueta (27) £100,000
Davide Zappacosta (25) £45,000
Kenedy (21) £25,000
Victor Moses (26) £75,000 Loaned out
Danny Drinkwater(26) £120,000
Mateo Kovacic (24) £75,000
N’Golo Kanté (26) £290,000 Eden
Willian (29) £120,000
Pedro (30) £100,000
Michy Batshuayi (23) £90,000
