Salaries are increasing every year in professional football, with some of the best players in the world now earning in the region of £500,000 a week.

At Chelsea, things haven’t quite reached those levels yet, but the top five on this list all earn above the £190,000 a week mark.

It is understandable why then that the likes of Antonio Rudiger are asking for parity with some other members of the first-team squad.

Press the next page as we look at Chelsea’s highest-earning players (based on data from Spotrac).