Hernandez took massive pay cut to join Sevilla

Sevilla sporting director Monchi spoke yesterday about Javier Hernandez joining the La Liga club telling the media “I must say that in my 20 years as a sports director I had never seen a football player lower his salary so much to sign for Sevilla”.

Chicharito signed a three-year contract with the Spanish club on £75,000 per week with an additional £500,000 bonus for Champions League qualification.

The Mexican was widely reported to have been West Ham’s top earner between £140,000 and £145,000 per week although this theoretical maximum relied on the 31-year-old starting every week.

The striker’s basic wage was thought to be around the £105,000 per week mark with the remainder built up on appearance bonuses, substitute bonuses, bench bonuses, win bonuses, goal bonuses, loyalty/signing on bonuses and league position and cup runs.

However even when not playing Hernandez still earned well in excess of £100,000 per week meaning he took at least a twenty-five per cent pay cut to move his family to a Spanish speaking country after handing in his transfer request last Thursday.