Crystal Palace top scorer is near the bottom of the salary scale - so who is earning the most at Selhurst Park? In pictures

Palace host Newcastle on Saturday desperate for a return to form

Wilfried Zaha is the top earner at Crystal Palace, on £130,000 a week. Crystal Palace players and management staff continue to be paid their full wages. Chairman Steve Parish reassured other staff that they will not lose out financially during the current crisis, including matchday employees.. All figures according to Spotrac.com

Max Meyer - £125,000 a week down. Getty

Christian Benteke- £120,000 a week down. Getty

Mamadou Sakho - £100,000 a week. Getty

Cheikhou Kouyate - £65,000 a week down. Reuters

Scott Dann (2nd R) - £60,000 a week. AFP

Vicente Guaita - £60,000 a week. Reuters

Jeffrey Schlupp - £56,000 a week. Getty

James McArthur- £55,000 a week. Getty

Luka Milivojevic - £55,000 a week. Getty

Jairo Riedewald - £55,000 a week. Reuters

Andros Townsend - £55,000 a week. Getty

Patrick van Aanholt - £55,000. Reuters

James McCarthy - £50,000 a week. Getty

James Tomkins - £50,000 a week. AP

Wayne Hennessey - £40,000 a week. Getty

Joel Ward - £35,000 a week. Getty

Jordan Ayew - £32,500 a week. Getty

Martin Kelly - £25,000 a week. Reuters

Crystal Palace are in a dangerous position heading into their weekend fixture with Newcastle.

They have amassed 30 points - not a bad haul after 26 games - but are sliding into the relegation struggle unless they can find some form.

After picking up a geat point at Manchster City, they have suffred three succesive defeats - two of them at home - which is hardly reassuring the fans and manager Roy Hodgson.

At one stage this season, Palace were up there with Sheffield United in posing a surprise threat towards the top end of the table. They were fifth as recently as early December, but a run of one victory in their past 11 games leaves them looking nervously over their shoulders.

Goals are the problem, with Jordan Ayew - their top scorer with six - averaging one every 354 minutes, while Wilfried Zaha has only three in the league after scoring 10 last term.

Despite their struggles, Palace players are being rewarded handsomely for their efforts.

According to Sportrac.com, an online team and player contract website, one player is out on his own as top earner, a striker who pockets an annual salary of £6.76 million (Dh18.6m), or £130,000 a week. Probably no surprise who that is.

Above is a photo gallery of Palace players and their weekly salaries. The figures were recorded at the start of the 2019/20 season, and do not include any new and improved terms signed by any players, or some undisclosed wages.

To move on to the next image, click on the arrows, or if you're using a mobile device, simply swipe.

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