Second highest-paid Ghanaian in Serie A: The Salary of Emmanuel Gyasi in Italy

Remaining in Serie A after Spezia Calcio’s relegation, Emmanuel Gyasi once again faces a survival battle. The experienced Ghanaian will try to improve the results for Empoli FC or at least deliver a performance that could secure him a contract with other elite division teams at the end of the season.

What is Emmanuel Gyasi’s Salary at Empoli FC?

The Ghanaian national team winger joined the Italian team in the summer of 2023; the contract is set to last until June 30, 2025. Over two years in Italy, the Ghanaian footballer will receive €2,600,000, excluding bonuses. For the 2023/2024 season, Gyasi will earn €1,300,000, which is €25,000 per week.

Team Salary Overview

Empoli FC’s total salary expenditure amounts to €31,510,000 per year, i.e., €605,962 per week. The highest-paid player on the team is midfielder Viktor Kovalenko. The Ukrainian national team player, on loan from Atalanta BC, receives €2,560,000 a year: €49,231 per week.

Emmanuel Gyasi, in turn, ranks 12th in the salary ratings and shares this spot with Moroccan midfielder Youssef Maleh. This is the fourth highest figure among foreign players of the Italian club. Rounding out the top five, Romanian Razvan Marin earns €20,000 less. Moreover, the Ghanaian winger has the highest salary among African footballers at Empoli FC. Positioned in second place, Senegalese M’Baye Niang earns €100,000 less.

Moreover, Emmanuel Gyasi ranks second on the list of the highest-paid Ghanaian players in Serie A. Closing the top-3, Genoa CFC striker Caleb Ekuban earns €20,000 less.

Career Salary Comparison

For the first time, the salary of the Ghanaian winger increased more than fivefold in the 20/21 season when Spezia Calcio was promoted to Serie A. After a bright debut season in the elite Italian championship, Gyasi received a new contract with the club. Then, the income of the main player and future captain increased almost sevenfold, remaining the same after the transfer to Empoli FC and becoming the highest in the player’s career.

Market Value: Decline After Leaving Spezia Calcio

Over six years, the Ghanaian was loaned around, and his transfer value slowly increased: by the time he returned to Spezia Calcio in the 2018/2019 season, it had grown 4.5 times. After that season, the winger’s transfer amount began to rise sharply. By the 20/21 season, when the team was promoted to the first division, Emmanuel Gyasi’s value increased more than 11 times, reaching its peak and maintaining that mark until the Ghanaian footballer left the club. 

Unable to immediately become a key player at Empoli FC, the Ghanaian lost €500,000 in value: now Transfermarkt.com estimates his value at €2 million. Nevertheless, Gyasi ranks tenth on the list of the most expensive players of the Italian team and shares it with New Zealander Liberato Cacace and Albanian Stiven Shpendi.

National Team

Emmanuel Gyasi made his debut for the main Ghana national team in 2021. However, to date, the winger has played only in three matches, has not been notable for productive actions, and has not been called up to the national team for almost three years.

Football and Financial Prospects

In the first part of the 2023/2024 season, Emmanuel Gyasi often came on as a substitute, and four matches were even spent on the bench. However, starting in January, the winger began to play all 90 minutes and missed only one game due to an accumulation of yellow cards. Nonetheless, all the productive actions in this season were formed precisely in the first part of the championship. If Empoli FC manages to retain its place in Serie A, there is a possibility that the club will extend the agreement with the Ghanaian footballer on more favorable terms.