REVEALED: Arsenal stars face getting their salaries slashed by 25 per cent if they are relegated from the Premier League - which would knock an eye-watering £37.5MILLION off their enormous annual wage bill!

Daily Mail | December 21, 2020

Arsenal players face drastic pay cuts if they are relegated from the Premier League.

Several players will be obliged to take 25 per cent reductions if the unthinkable happens and the Gunners — who are 15th in the table — drop out of the top flight.

Such clauses are common at smaller clubs, who are expected to face a greater threat of relegation.

Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang is one of the best paid players in England on u00a3350,000 a week

Arsenal stars will be obliged to take 25 per cent wage cuts if they're relegated this season

ARSENAL'S TOP EARNERS

Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang - £350,000 p/w

Mesut Ozil - £350,000 p/w

Willian - £220,000 p/w

Alexandre Lacazette - £180,000 p/w

But even Arsenal — who are one of English football’s traditional Big Six and were hoping to be in the mix for Champions League qualification this season — have pre-empted the financial chaos relegation would cause and have included pay-cut clauses in player contracts.