Jhon Duran's eye-watering Saudi salary broken down after £64m Aston Villa exit

Jhon Duran volition beryllium paid handsomely successful Saudi Arabia aft securing his £64m determination to Cristiano Ronaldo's Al-Nassr with a tax-free wage that is worthy astir £1.4m each period and £320,000 a week

Jhon Duran is said to person penned an eye-watering woody worthy £16.7million a twelvemonth astatine Al-Nassr aft leaving Aston Villa to articulation Cristiano Ronaldo's broadside for £64m.

Duran has yet sorted retired his future aft weeks of uncertainty astatine Villa Park, wherever helium was taxable to a bid from West Ham earlier moving to the Middle East.

The 21-year-old volition beryllium paid handsomely successful Saudi Arabia with a tax-free wage that is worthy astir £1.4m each period and £320,000 a week.

A breakdown shows Duran rakes successful astir £46,000 per time and astir £2,000 each hr to sum up the unthinkable riches Al-Nassr person offered to prize him to the Saudi Pro League.

Duran's wage inactive pales successful examination to Ronaldo - who is understood to cod a staggering £164m each season, positive different £49m for disconnected the transportation ventures.

Ronaldo's unthinkable wage bundle makes him the highest-paid footballer successful the world and his sky-high wage besides reflects his enactment arsenic an ambassador for Saudi Arabia and its shot league, which has attracted a horde of apical players since his accomplishment successful 2023.

The 39-year-old's accomplishment kick-started question of superstars joining Saudi clubs, specified arsenic Karim Benzema, Neymar, Riyadh Mahrez, Roberto Firmino, Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang, N'Golo Kante and Giorginio Wijnaldum.

Duran volition nexus up with an Al-Nassr squad that inlcudes Ronaldo, erstwhile Liverpool prima Sadio Mane, ex-Inter Milan midfielder Marcelo Brozovic.

He initially joined Villa from Chicago Fire for astir £18m successful 2023, scoring 20 goals successful 78 appearances nether Unai Emery.

Emery admitted helium felt "disappointed" erstwhile asked astir Duran's determination to articulation Al-Nassr and said helium felt the guardant could person continued processing against immoderate of the champion players successful Europe.

"I tin beryllium disappointed a small bit. My thoughts ever his betterment present tin springiness him the accidental to play arsenic well. Maybe successful Europe with immoderate of the champion teams successful the world.

"But Saudi Arabia, they are improving a lot. They are paying well. They are expanding the level of the league. I judge immoderate players permission for there. Personally, I worked with him, trying to impact him here. I person challenges with the players who are present with us. Hopefully, successful 2 oregon 3 days’ clip we tin bask 2 oregon 3 much players with us."

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