<p><strong>Les Noveau Riche of French football Paris Saint-Germain beat Marseille in the financial battle</strong></p>
<p>Ahead of the crucial Ligue 1 encounter between traditional rivals Olympique de Marseille and Paris Saint-Germain this Sunday, Paris-based newspaper, Le Parisien has shockingly released the details of salaries of staff of both clubs.</p>
<p>With this season’s first Clasico on the horizon, all media attention is towards the two giants of French football and Le Parisien has now published the salary details of the players who would be involved in the crunch tie in the province of Rhone.</p>
<p>Currently, Argentine international Lucho Gonzalez is the highest paid player among both sides but it is Les Rouges et Bleu who understandably have the highest payroll largely due to recent heavy investment made by owners in the summer.</p>
<p>Javier Pastore is currently earning 350,000 Euros a month and the sum could rise to 420,000 in the coming months. This makes the big money signing from Palermo the highest paid player at PSG.</p>
<p>Brazilian winger Nene earns 335,000 Euros while Diego Lugano and Mamadou Sakho earn 330,000 and 320,000 Euros a month respectively.</p>
<p>Momo Sissoko who signed from Juventus this summer earns 320,000 Euros a month. </p>
<p>However, salaries at Marseille are a little bit lower on average as only Lucho Gonzalez, Alou Diarra and Andre-Pierre Gignac earn above 300,000 Euros a month.</p>
<p><strong>Gross monthly salary at Marseille</strong></p>
<p>Lucho Gonzalez: € 360 000 </p>
<p>Andre-Pierre Gignac, Alou Diarra: € 300 000 </p>
<p>Mathieu Valbuena: € 250 000 </p>
<p>Stéphane M'Bia: € 240 000</p>
<p>Steve Mandanda, Benoit Cheyrou: € 220 000 </p>
<p>Souleymane Diawara, Loïc Rémy: € 200 000 </p>
<p>Morgan Amalfitano: € 190 000 </p>
<p>André Ayew: € 170 000 </p>
<p>Charles Kaboré, Nicolas N'Koulou: € 150 000 </p>
<p>Cesar Azpilicueta: € 140 000 </p>
<p>Rod Fanni, Jérémy Morel: € 120 000 </p>
<p>Jordan Ayew: € 80 000 </p>
<p>Djimi Traore: € 50 000 </p>
<p>Jean Philippe Sabo: € 20 000 </p>
<p> Billel Omrani: € 8,000</p>
<p><strong>Gross monthly salary at PSG</strong></p>
<p>Javier Pastore: € 350 000 </p>
<p>Nene: € 335 000 </p>
<p>Diego Lugano: € 330 000</p>
<p>Mamadou Sakho, Mohamed Sissoko: € 320 000 </p>
<p>Kevin Gameiro, Jérémy Menez: € 280 000 </p>
<p>Salvatore Sirigu: € 250 000 </p>
<p>Blaise Matuidi: € 240 000 </p>
<p>Mevlut Erding: € 220 000 </p>
<p>Guillaume Hoarau: € 200 000 </p>
<p>Milan Bisevac, Mathieu Bodmer: € 180 000 </p>
<p>Chantôme Clement, Sylvain Armand: 150 000 </p>
<p>Zoumana Camara: € 140 000</p>
<p>Ceara: € 125 000 </p>
<p>Nicolas Douchez: € 120 000 </p>
<p>Christophe Jallet: € 100 000 </p>
<p>Siaka Tiéné: € 70 000 </p>
<p>Jean-Christophe Bahebeck: € 20 000</p>
<p><strong>Those who should be paid more</strong></p>
<p>Young Olympique de Marseille player Billel Omrani has been touted as the future of Les Phoceens and is slowly making his way to the Marseille senior side. The 18-year-old France Under-18 international is the lowest paid player in the Marseille squad as he
gets just 8000 Euros a month which is too less when one looks at the salary of Jean Philippe Sabo who is earning 20,000 Euros a month who has not impressed a lot at Marseille.</p>
<p>18-year-old winger Jean-Christophe Bahebeck is the lowest paid player in the PSG ranks with a gross monthly salary of 20,000 Euros a month. However, the youngster is reportedly being offered a new contract which would certainly lift his financial position
at PSG ahead of Siaka Tiéné who earns around 70,000 Euros a month.</p>
<p>Though the salaries would certainly not be making much of a difference to what will happen on Sunday, the payrolls do give a remarkable reading of how far PSG have come in financial terms within six months of the takeover of the club by the Qatar Investment
Authority.</p>
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