For an offensive player that’s pretty good. A year ago, Valère Germain took everyone on the wrong foot by deciding to leave Montpellier and France for a (very) distant destination in Australia, working for Macarthur FC. The former AS Monaco striker, then Olympique de Marseille and Montpellier HSC following, signed up for two years.
A salary 2 to 3 times lower than what he earned with Montpellier
Interviewed last spring by France Football magazine, Valère Germain, 34, made no secret of it: “I earn two to three times less than in Montpellier. I could have stayed in L 1, but I no longer saw any point in it. We live well, we have a nice apartment in a cool neighborhood. It is above all a life and family experience, rather than a sporting choice. I have two or three years left to enjoy myself and those who followed me everywhere. »
Valère Germain is one of Australia’s highest paid footballers
In Montpellier, according to newspaper estimates The TeamGermain was around 900,000 euros gross per year, excluding additional bonuses. Today in Australia, according to indiscretions on this subject, it would be around 600,000 Australian dollars per season, or at the current monetary rate, around 370,000 euros. He nonetheless remains Macarthur FC’s highest paid player and one of the highest earners in Australian football, albeit half as much as former Bayern and Juve striker Douglas Costa with Sydney FC.
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