Does a Lautaro Martinez move to Real Madrid make sense?

Arsenal will attempt to kick start their summer transfer window with a blockbuster move for Inter star Lautaro Martinez.

The Argentine is presently unhappy with his salary at Inter and is pushing to depart the Serie A champions, with the Premier League an obvious destination given the wealth of the league.

While there is certainly an arm wrestle to be had in order to release Lautaro from the Nerazzurri, the Gunners are ready to make him their second-best paid member of staff should he move to the club.

Indeed, a report from Eurosport suggests that Arsenal are willing to offer Lautaro wages of £275,000 a week – which works out at £14.3 million per year – in order to join the club.

How does this compare to the other stars of the Emirates Stadium?

Arsenal’s leading earner is Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang, who would retain that status even if Lautaro moved to the club. He pockets around £350,000 on a weekly basis, which means that he earns £18.2m per year.

Willian, meanwhile, has proven to be a major headache for the club, with an annual salary of £10m, for which he has provided precious little return on the field.

Completing the top three earners at the club is Alexandre Lacazette, who takes home £9.5m per year.

Weekly wage (£) Annual salary (£m)

Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang 350,000 18.2.

Willian 192,30010

Alexandre Lacazette 185,000 9.5

Hector Bellerin 110,000 5.7

Nicolas Pele 105,000 5.5

Sead Kolasinac 100,000 5.2

Bernd Leno 100,000 5.2

Granit Xhaka 100.000

Pablo Mari85,000 4.4

Lucas Torreira75 3.9

Kieran Teirney75 3.9

Cedric Soares75 3.9

Calum Chambers50 2.6

Mohamed Elneny50 2.6

Matteo Guendouzi40 2

William Saliba40 2

Runar Runarsson40 2

Ainsley Maitland-Niles35 1.8

Gabriel35 1.8

Gabriel Martinelli30 1.6

Bukayo Saka30 1.6

Rob Holding25 1.3

Kostas Mavropanos 25 1.3

Emile Smith Rowe20 1

Eddie Nketiah??

Reiss Nelson??

Joe Willock?

These three players have a far higher salary than anyone else in the Arsenal side.

Indeed, there are only five other Gunners stars who earn a weekly wage of £100,000 or above. These are defenders Hector Bellerin and Sead Kolasinac, midfielder Granit Xhaka, goalkeeper Bernd Leno and attacker Nicolas Pepe.

Playmaker Emile Smith Rowe is reportedly the lowest earning player in the first team, though his wages of £20,000 per week still equate to more than £1m per year.