Barcelona were reportedly willing to pay Paris Saint-Germain midfielder Angel Di Maria a staggering annual salary of €10 million (£9 million) to bring him to the Camp Nou.
That's according to Luis Rojo of Marca, who noted that manager Ernesto Valverde "viewed the former Real Madrid winger as the ideal player to compensate for Neymar's exit." However, a deal did not come off late in the window, meaning Di Maria remains at the Parc des Princes for the foreseeable future.
If he'd arrived at the Catalan club and picked up the salary aforementioned, then only Lionel Messi and Luis Suarez would have been on a higher wage.