text: does anybody know how much the players get paid?   it varies between players but top footballers can earn anything between £80,000 - £130,000 p/w (that's approx. $145,000 - $236,000 p/w respectively).  the german international, michael ballack recently signed a 3 year contract with chelsea reported to be worth £130,000 p/w  http://www.sportinglife.com/football/premiership/news/story_get.cgi?story_name=soccer/06/05/20/soccer_chelsea_nightlead.html