News that Chelsea have agreed a new £6.8 million-a-year deal with their captain John Terry means that the central defender - who is also England skipper - is set to become the highest-paid player in English football. Terry's wages will be £131,000-per-week uner the terms of his new five-year contract. But how does that compare with the wages of other big-earners in the Premiership? According to The Sun, the table of the Premier League's top ten earners prior to Terry's new deal looked like this:
1
Andriy Shevchenko (Chelsea) £121,000 a week
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Michael Ballack (Chelsea) £121,000
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Steven Gerrard (Liverpool) £120,000
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Cristiano Ronaldo (Man Utd) £119,000
***5
Wayne Rooney (Man Utd) £110,000
***6
Michael Owen (Newcastle) £110,000
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Frank Lampard (Chelsea) £100,000
***8
Rio Ferdinand (Man Utd) £100,000
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Fernando Torres (Liverpool)£90,000.
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Didier Drogba (Chelsea) £90,000.
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