{
  "id": 14493955,
  "title": "Website reveals Brasileirão wage bill rankings; Flamengo lead",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/14/website-reveals-brasileirao-wage-bill-rankings-flamengo-lead",
  "topic": "culture",
  "section": "Culture",
  "published": "2026-10-14T17:02:00.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Yahoo Sports",
    "slug": "yahoo-sports",
    "url": "https://sports.yahoo.com/articles/website-reveals-brasileir-o-wage-170200389.html"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": "The Argentine website ge has published a study revealing the wage bill rankings in Brazil's top soccer league, the Brasileirão. According to the research, Flamengo has the highest payroll, spending approximately R$ 50 million. Palmeiras, Corinthians, and Cruzeiro follow with payrolls of around R$ 30 million each. Atlético-MG, Santos, Bahia, Internacional, Fluminense, Grêmio, São Paulo, Vasco, and Botafogo have payrolls ranging between R$ 18 million and R$ 16 million. Atlético-MG's payroll is the third highest at R$ 27 million. Santos, specifically their star player Neymar, has become the highest-paid player in the league, earning around R$ 4.14 million per month, surpassing Memphis Depay, who was earning around R$ 6 million at Corinthians. The study also reveals that the lowest payroll in the Brasileirão belongs to Chapecoense, with an estimated R$ 3.8 million per month. The figures are approximate as there is no standard way of reporting these costs.",
  "summary": "Which clubs have the highest and lowest payrolls in the Brasileirão?A study by ge found that Flamengo spends the most, while Chapecoense has the lowest payroll.The report stresses, however, that the ...",
  "key_points": [
    "Flamengo has the highest payroll at R$ 50 million in Brasileirão",
    "Palmeiras, Corinthians, and Cruzeiro follow with R$ 30 million each",
    "Chapecoense has the lowest payroll at R$ 3.8 million monthly"
  ],
  "editors_take": null,
  "illustration": null,
  "coverage": {
    "outlets": 1,
    "also_reported_by": []
  },
  "ai_generated": true,
  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}