Revealed: Ivan Toney’s salary makes him the highest paid English player at Al-Ahli. And he is  thanking God for his career saying its not a meanfeat to come this far…

Revealed: Ivan Toney’s salary makes him the highest paid English player at Al-Ahli. And he is  thanking God for his career saying its not a meanfeat to come this far…

Toney’s four-year deal will make him basic pay of around £400,000 per week after tax. Add-one and performance-related bonuses would take his salary to towards £500k/week across his contract. To earn the same take-home pay on the UK after tax, it would need a fixed salary to £1 milion per week. An eye-watering upgrade from his time in Brentford, where he was on less than ¢50,000 per week.

Al-Ahli invested £40 mllion as transfer fee for Toney after the current African footballer of the year, Victor Osimhen deal collapsed on UK Deadline Day. The 28- year old, £40 million move to join AL-Ahli from Brentford will crown him one of the best-paid English players in the game after passing his medicals and signing a long-time contract. Toney became the second England player to head to Saudi Pro League, after Jordan Henderson agreement. After Jordan Henderson, Toney was the second English player to join the Saudi Pro League.

After the international break, he will play his first match against Cristiano Ronaldo’s AL-Nasser, the five-time World Best Player. Eduardo Mendy and Roberto Firmino, two of his new teammates at AL-Ahli, will also play against him in the Premier League.