Gabigol will double his salary and could become the highest paid player in Brazilian football

It is not news that Gabigol was seeking financial growth in his renewal negotiations with Flamengo, which culminated in the signing of the striker by Cruzeiro. At the new club, he will receive twice the salary I had in red-blackbeing able surpass Memphis Depay as the highest paid player of Brazilian football.

Hired for four years at Cruzeiro from 2025, Gabriel Barbosa exchanged his salary of R$1.45 million at Flamengo for a value close to R$3 millionincluding diluted earnings beyond the fixed amount. Every month, Gabigol will receive the equivalent of his image rights and economic rights, which would belong to the player after the end of his contract with Flamengo.

With this, the ex-Flamengo player will become the Cruzeiro’s highest paid playersince it previously belonged to Matheus Pereira. At the national level, Gabigol could dethrone Memphis as the highest salary at a Brazilian club, predicted in the contract for R$70 million in 28 months, or around R$2.5 million per month.

The values ​​agreed for Gabigol and Memphis also include sports bonuses and goals, and may fluctuate according to the results. The agreements between Gabigol and Cruzeiro were announced after Flamengo won the Copa do Brasil title, but they were already Cruzeiro’s pretensions since, in the middle of the year, the possibility of not renewing the contract between the red-black and the number 10 emerged. .