Paul Pogba and Thomas Partey have hefty pay packets, but who is the highest-paid Premier League midfielder? Weekly wages in pictures

Manchester City players make up three of the top 10

James McCarthy (Crystal Palace) - The Irishman is one of a host of Premier League players on £50,000 a week, according to Spotrac. EPA

Alireza Jahanbakhsh (Brighton) - £50,000. Reuters

Mohamed Elneny (Arsenal) - £50,000. Reuters

Pascal Gross (Brighton) - £50,000. Reuters

Dani Ceballos (Arsenal) - £51,923. Getty Images

Ruben Loftus-Cheek (Fulham - on loan from Chelsea) - £54,000. Reuters

Moussa Djenepo (Southampton) - £55,000. AFP

Nampalys Mendy (Leicester) - £55,000. Reuters

Luka Milivojevic (Crystal Palace) - £55,000. EPA

Ibrahima Diallo (Southampton) - £55,000. AFP

Andros Townsend (Crystal Palace) - £55,000. Reuters

James McArthur (Crystal Palace) - £55,000. Reuters

Jeffrey Schlupp (Crystal Palace) - £56,000. Reuters

Daniel Podence (Wolves) - £60,000. AFP

Nathan Redmond (Southampton) - £60,000. Reuters

Josh Onomah (Fulham) - £60,000. AFP

Mario Lemina (Fulham - on loan from Bournemouth) - £65,000. Reuters

Jean-Philippe Gbamin (Everton) - £65,000. Reuters

Cheikhou Kouyate (Crystal Palace) - £65,000. AFP

Andre-Frank Zambo Anguissa (Fulham) - £67,000. AFP

Tomas Soucek (West Ham) - £67,308. EPA

Pablo Fornals (West Ham) - £67,308. Reuterfs

Giovani Lo Celso (Tottenham Hotspur) - £70,000. Getty Images

Jonjo Shelvey (Newcastle) - £70,000. Reuters

Allan (Everton) - £70,000. Reuters

Manuel Lanzini (West Ham) - £70,000. Reuters

Eric Dier (Tottenham) -£72,215. Reuters

Jesse Lingard (West Ham - on loan from Manchestger United) - £75,000. EPA

Georginio Wijnaldum (Liverpool) - £75,000. EPA

Wilfred Ndidi (Leicester) - £75,000. Reuters

Abdoulaye Doucoure (Everton) - £75,000. Reuters

Moussa Sissoko (Tottenham) - £80,000. Reuters

Xherdan Shaqiri (Liverpool) - £80,000. EPA

Erik Lamela (Tottenham) - £80,000. AFP

Fabian Delph (Everton) - £80,000. Getty Images

Dennis Praet (Leicester City) - £86,538. Getty Images

Mason Mount (Chedlsea) - £88,462. Reuters

Adam Lallana (Brighton) - £90,385. AFP

Ross Barkley (Aston Villa - on loan from Chelsea) - £91,667. Reuters

Cengiz Under (Leicester - on loan from Roma) - £94,231. Reuters

Dele Alli (Tottenham Hotspur) £100,000. Getty

Fabinho (Liverpool) - £100,000. EPA

Gylfi Sigurdsson (Everton) - £100,000. Reuters

Hakim Ziyech (Chelsea) - £100,000. EPA

Mateo Kovacic (Chelsea) - £100,000. EPA

Granit Xhaka (Arsenal) - £100,000. Reuters

Pierre-Emile Hojbjerg (Tottenham) - £101,923. AFP

James Maddison, left, (Leicester) - £110,000. Reuters

Jorginho (Chelsea) - £110,000. Reuters

Andre Gomes (Everton) - £112,212. EPA

Donny van de Beek (Manchester United) - £120,000. AFP

Nemanja Matic (Manchester United) - £120,000. AFP

Fred (Manchester United) - £120,000. Reuters

Riyad Mahrez (Manchester City) - £120,000. EPA

Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain (Liverpool) - £120,000. Reuters

Naby Keita (Liverpool) - £120,000. Getty Images

Jack Grealish (Aston Villa) - £120,000. AFP

Rodri (Manchester City) - £121,154. Reuters

Ilkay Gundogan (Manchester City) - £140,000. AFP

James Milner (Liverpool) - £140,000. EPA

Jordan Henderson (Liverpool) - £140,000. Reuters

Kai Havertz (Chelsea) - £140,000. EPA

N'Golo Kante (Chelsea) - £144,231. Getty Images

Bernardo Silva (Manchester City) - £150,000. EPA

Fernandinho (Manchester City) - £150,000. Reuters

Bruno Fernandes (Manchester United) - £154,286. AFP

Juan Mata (Manchester United) - £160,000. Getty Images

Thiago Alcantara (Liverpool) - £192,308. AFP

Tanguy Ndombele (Tottenham) - £200,000. Reuters

Thomas Partey (Arsenal) - £250,000. Reuters

Paul Pogba (Manchester United) - £290,000. AP

Kevin De Bruyne (Manchester City) - the Belgian is the highest-paid midfielder in the Premier League, earning £320,833 a week, according to Spotrac, an online sports team and player contract website. AP Photo

Midfielders come in all shapes and sizes and with different assets.

Whether it be playmakers such as Bruno Fernandes, box-to-box runners like N'Golo Kante or destroyers like Wilfred Ndidi, all have a part to play in the Premier League

Above is a photo gallery of the highest-paid midfielders in the Premier League and their weekly salaries for the 2020/21 season, according to Spotrac, an online sports team and player contract website.

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