In the upcoming German book Football Leaks: The Dirty Business of Football figures of bonus payments top-tier players earned, or are set to earn, have come to light.
Zlatan Ibrahimovic's Manchester United wages emerged - with the player picking up a tasty £367,640-a-week.
Interestingly, the former AC Milan striker managed to bag enough goals for United this season to earn himself a £2.86 million goal bonus but was four Premier League starts short of earning himself a contract extension to next season.
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The leaked figures also suggested that Paul Pogba earns a weekly wage of 'only' £165,588-a-week, though from next year Pogba will get a loyalty bonus of £3.4 million a year on top of earning an extra £36k-a-week if United are successful in winning the Europa League this season.
Moreover, there was also focus on Liverpool striker Roberto Firmino and his performance-related bonuses.
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His first five goals this season saw him rewarded with a £25,000 pay-out every time he found the net, and it got even better when he got a massive £45,000 bonus for goals between 6 and 10.
The Brazilian is now on 12 goals for the campaign for the season, which means, according to the report, he received two separate payments of £65,000 as part of the deal for goals between 11 and 16.
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If he manages to take his tally to 16 and above in the last couple of fixtures, he will receive £85,000 for every goal he scores.
Former Liverpool striker Mario Balotelli was handed a massive pay-out from the club but for completely different reasons.
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It's claimed that the Italian's deal at Anfield included a £1 million bonus that he received for not getting sent off three or more times in a season.
As per the Daily Mail, details of the contract read:
"If during each season of the term of this contract the player is not dismissed from the field of play on three or more occasions for violent conduct, spitting, for using offensive, insulting or abusive language and/or gestures and/or for dissent then on the June 30 at the end of each season he shall receive a bonus payment of £1 million."
Balotelli, now with Nice in Ligue One, has a reputation for his ill-disciplinary but the bonus payment appeared to do the trick as the 26-year old did not receive a single red card in his short stint at Liverpool.
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He scored four goals and received seven yellow cards during his time at Liverpool.
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