Sunderland A.F.C. 2025-26 Payroll Table

An updated look at the Sunderland A.F.C. 2025-26 payroll table, including team totals, retained figures, and complete breakdowns of player salaries, and bonuses.

2025 Active Roster

RK Player Annual Salary
1 Granit Xhaka
(M, 32)
£5,720,000
2 Nordi Mukiele
(D, 27)
£5,200,000
3 Lutsharel Geertruida
(D, 24)
£4,420,000
4 Enzo Le Fee
(M, 25)
£3,900,000
5 Omar Alderete
(D, 28)
£3,380,000
6 Bertrand Traoré
(F, 29)
£3,380,000
7 Brian Brobbey
(F, 23)
£3,120,000
8 Habib Diarra
(M, 21)
£2,600,000
9 Marc Guiu
(F, 19)
£2,600,000
10 Reinildo Mandava
(D, 31)
£2,600,000
11 Trai Hume
(D, 22)
£2,340,000
12 Noah Sadiki
(M, 20)
£2,080,000
13 Chemsdine Talbi
(F, 19)
£2,080,000
14 Daniel Ballard
(D, 25)
£1,820,000
15 Chris Rigg
(M, 17)
£1,820,000
16 Eliezer Mayenda
(F, 19)
£1,560,000
17 Robin Roefs
(GK, 22)
£1,560,000
18 Nilson Angulo
(F, 21)
£1,300,000
19 Wilson Isidor
(F, 24)
£1,300,000
20 Dennis Cirkin
(D, 22)
£1,040,000
21 Luke O'Nien
(D, 30)
£1,040,000
22 Ian Poveda
(F, 25)
£1,040,000
23 Simon Moore
(GK, 34)
£780,000
24 Blondy Nna Noukeu
(GK, 23)
£780,000
25 Abdoullah Ba
(M, 21)
£520,000
26 Melker Ellborg
(GK, 32)
£520,000
27 Leo Hjelde
(D, 21)
£520,000
28 Jay Matete
(M, 24)
£520,000
29 Romaine Mundle
(F, 21)
£520,000
30 Ahmed Abdullahi
(F, 20)
£416,000
31 Joe Anderson
(D, 24)
£416,000
32 Zak Johnson
(D, 19)
£260,000
33 Harrison Jones
(M, 20)
£260,000
34 Nectarios Triantis
(D, 21)
£156,000

2025 Loaned Out

RK Player Annual Salary
1 Simon Adingra
(F, 23)
£3,640,000
2 Arthur Masuaku
(D, 31)
£2,860,000
3 Anthony Patterson
(GK, 24)
£1,040,000
4 Aji Alese
(D, 24)
£780,000
5 Alan Browne
(M, 29)
£780,000
6 Dan Neil
(M, 23)
£780,000
7 Timothee Pembele
(D, 22)
£780,000
8 Patrick Roberts
(M, 28)
£650,000
9 Adil Aouchiche
(M, 22)
£364,000
10 Niall Huggins
(D, 24)
£260,000
11 Jenson Seelt
(D, 21)
£156,000
12 Milan Aleksić
(M, 19)
£130,000
13 Nazariy Rusyn
(F, 26)
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2025 Dead Money

Cap breakdowns for players who have been traded or released. All count against the team's cap.

RK Player Annual Salary
1 Nazariy Rusyn
(F, 26)
£234,000
2 Milan Aleksić
(M, 19)
£130,000

2025 Payroll Totals

Roster Summary
Active Roster £60,814,000 16th
Dead Money £364,000 15th

TRANSACTIONS

Mar 04, 2026
Daniel Ballard, D

Signed a contract extension with Sunderland A.F.C. (SUN)

Feb 04, 2026
Nilson Angulo, F

Signed a 5 year $6.5 million contract by transfer from RSC Anderlecht to Sunderland A.F.C. (SUN) for a $17.34M fee

Feb 01, 2026
Melker Ellborg, GK

Signed by transfer from Malmö to Sunderland A.F.C. (SUN) for a $3.45M fee

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