Paul Pogba and Thomas Partey have hefty pay packets, but who is the highest-paid Premier League midfielder? Weekly wages in pictures

Manchester City players make up three of the top 10

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  James McCarthy (Crystal Palace) - The Irishman is one of a host of Premier League players on £50,000 a week, according to Spotrac. EPA

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  Alireza Jahanbakhsh (Brighton) - £50,000. Reuters

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  Mohamed Elneny (Arsenal) - £50,000. Reuters

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  Pascal Gross (Brighton) - £50,000. Reuters

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  Dani Ceballos (Arsenal) - £51,923. Getty Images

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  Ruben Loftus-Cheek (Fulham - on loan from Chelsea) - £54,000. Reuters

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  Moussa Djenepo (Southampton) - £55,000. AFP

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  Nampalys Mendy (Leicester) - £55,000. Reuters

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  Luka Milivojevic (Crystal Palace) - £55,000. EPA

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  Ibrahima Diallo (Southampton) - £55,000. AFP

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  Andros Townsend (Crystal Palace) - £55,000. Reuters

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  James McArthur (Crystal Palace) - £55,000. Reuters

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  Jeffrey Schlupp (Crystal Palace) - £56,000. Reuters

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  Daniel Podence (Wolves) - £60,000. AFP

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  Nathan Redmond (Southampton) - £60,000. Reuters

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  Josh Onomah (Fulham) - £60,000. AFP

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  Mario Lemina (Fulham - on loan from Bournemouth) - £65,000. Reuters

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  Jean-Philippe Gbamin (Everton) - £65,000. Reuters

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  Cheikhou Kouyate (Crystal Palace) - £65,000. AFP

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  Andre-Frank Zambo Anguissa (Fulham) - £67,000. AFP

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  Tomas Soucek (West Ham) - £67,308. EPA

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  Pablo Fornals (West Ham) - £67,308. Reuterfs

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  Giovani Lo Celso (Tottenham Hotspur) - £70,000. Getty Images

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  Jonjo Shelvey (Newcastle) - £70,000. Reuters

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  Allan (Everton) - £70,000. Reuters

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  Manuel Lanzini (West Ham) - £70,000. Reuters

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  Eric Dier (Tottenham) -£72,215. Reuters

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  Jesse Lingard (West Ham - on loan from Manchestger United) - £75,000. EPA

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  Georginio Wijnaldum (Liverpool) - £75,000. EPA

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  Wilfred Ndidi (Leicester) - £75,000. Reuters

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  Abdoulaye Doucoure (Everton) - £75,000. Reuters

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  Moussa Sissoko (Tottenham) - £80,000. Reuters

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  Xherdan Shaqiri (Liverpool) - £80,000. EPA

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  Erik Lamela (Tottenham) - £80,000. AFP

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  Fabian Delph (Everton) - £80,000. Getty Images

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  Dennis Praet (Leicester City) - £86,538. Getty Images

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  Mason Mount (Chedlsea) - £88,462. Reuters

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  Adam Lallana (Brighton) - £90,385. AFP

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  Ross Barkley (Aston Villa - on loan from Chelsea) - £91,667. Reuters

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  Cengiz Under (Leicester - on loan from Roma) - £94,231. Reuters

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  Dele Alli (Tottenham Hotspur) £100,000. Getty

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  Fabinho (Liverpool) - £100,000. EPA

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  Gylfi Sigurdsson (Everton) - £100,000. Reuters

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  Hakim Ziyech (Chelsea) - £100,000. EPA

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  Mateo Kovacic (Chelsea) - £100,000. EPA

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  Granit Xhaka (Arsenal) - £100,000. Reuters

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  Pierre-Emile Hojbjerg (Tottenham) - £101,923. AFP

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  James Maddison, left, (Leicester) - £110,000. Reuters

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  Jorginho (Chelsea) - £110,000. Reuters

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  Andre Gomes (Everton) - £112,212. EPA

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  Donny van de Beek (Manchester United) - £120,000. AFP

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  Nemanja Matic (Manchester United) - £120,000. AFP

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  Fred (Manchester United) - £120,000. Reuters

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  Riyad Mahrez (Manchester City) - £120,000. EPA

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  Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain (Liverpool) - £120,000. Reuters

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  Naby Keita (Liverpool) - £120,000. Getty Images

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  Jack Grealish (Aston Villa) - £120,000. AFP

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  Rodri (Manchester City) - £121,154. Reuters

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  Ilkay Gundogan (Manchester City) - £140,000. AFP

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  James Milner (Liverpool) - £140,000. EPA

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  Jordan Henderson (Liverpool) - £140,000. Reuters

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  Kai Havertz (Chelsea) - £140,000. EPA

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  N'Golo Kante (Chelsea) - £144,231. Getty Images

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  Bernardo Silva (Manchester City) - £150,000. EPA

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  Fernandinho (Manchester City) - £150,000. Reuters

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  Bruno Fernandes (Manchester United) - £154,286. AFP

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  Juan Mata (Manchester United) - £160,000. Getty Images

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  Thiago Alcantara (Liverpool) - £192,308. AFP

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  Tanguy Ndombele (Tottenham) - £200,000. Reuters

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  Thomas Partey (Arsenal) - £250,000. Reuters

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  Paul Pogba (Manchester United) - £290,000. AP

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  Kevin De Bruyne (Manchester City) - the Belgian is the highest-paid midfielder in the Premier League, earning £320,833 a week, according to Spotrac, an online sports team and player contract website. AP Photo

Midfielders come in all shapes and sizes and with different assets.

Whether it be playmakers such as Bruno Fernandes, box-to-box runners like N'Golo Kante or destroyers like Wilfred Ndidi, all have a part to play in the Premier League

Above is a photo gallery of the highest-paid midfielders in the Premier League and their weekly salaries for the 2020/21 season, according to Spotrac, an online sports team and player contract website.

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