Socrates Papastathopoulos' agreement with Arsenal is a given. The Greek stopper has joined hands with the "Kanonierides" for a three-year contract that will put in his bank account the amount of 19.000.000 euros (net), an amount that will raise him to the second place in the list of the highest paid Greek athletes in one season and not in total earnings during their career.
If we consider that these 19.000.000 euros will be "broken" in three equal installments, then Papastathopoulos will receive in the 2018/19 period an amount that will reach 6.333.333 euros. He will thus overtake Costas Koufos, who will receive $ 8.739.500 from the Sacramento Kings (gross, with about 45% going to the tax office and other obligations under NBA regulations - state tax, federal tax, agent payment, NBA withholding , 0.05% tax for an amount over $ 401.000), but will be far behind Giannis Antitokoumbo, whose contract provides for a salary of $ 24.157.303 (gross) next season.
Prior to Papastathopoulos' agreement with Arsenal, the highest paid Greek footballer was Costas Manolas, who had signed a five-year extension with Roma in 2017 instead of $ 34.000.000 (gross), while before the "heavy" contracts of Ante Koufou, the biggest Greek in the NBA, was taken by Costas Papanikolaou in the 2014/15 season, when he received $ 4.900.963 (gross) from the Houston Rockets.
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