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Erling Haaland has taken the Premier League by storm. 

The Norwegian has netted 14 times in just eight games, but he further made the headlines on Wednesday after a Sportsmail exclusive report revealed he earns a mammoth £865,000-a-week at Manchester City. 

With his blistering start to life in England, it's hard to argue that he hasn't earned every penny of the total, which sees his £375,000-a-week base contract supplemented by several, almost guaranteed bonuses, making him the country's highest-paid player by a long way.

But football - and indeed the Premier League - is no stranger to eye-watering figures, with several of the game's leading clubs backed by the money of some of the world's richest nations, who need not think twice when sanctioning bank-breaking contracts.

Here, Sportsmail takes a look at the ten highest-earning football players on the planet, using data from several sites and databases, including capology.com, the world's largest football salaries database, and Forbes' highest paid players of 2022 list.