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Fan Zhendong s salary to play in Germany was exposed! His basic annual salary was about 9.8 million, and the winning prize was calculated separately

6:05pm, 3 June 2025Football

The most sensational news in the world table tennis world recently is undoubtedly that Olympic champion Fan Zhendong will go to Germany to participate in the First Division. This news has also quickly become a hot search. At the Paris Olympics, Fan Zhendong withstood the pressure and won the men's singles championship when Wang Chuqin was out of the first round. In this way, Fan Zhendong also achieved his grand slam. After the Paris Olympics, Fan Zhendong started the vacation mode and stayed away from the field. As a fan, I really hope that Fan Zhendong can return to the arena. Unexpectedly, at the end of last year, Fan Zhendong officially announced through social media that he would withdraw from the world rankings. The reason is that Fan Zhendong is dissatisfied with the new rules of fines if WTT does not participate. Since then, Fan Zhendong has not participated in the WTT events and the World Cup and World Championships held by the ITTF. Due to Fan Zhendong's absence, the Chinese men's table tennis team lost the championship in the Macau World Cup. Under such circumstances, Fan Zhendong's call for returning to the national team is very high.

fans have been waiting for the news that Fan Zhendong returns to the national team! Unexpectedly, the first thing that came was the news that Fan Zhendong would play in the Bundesliga. The first time to reveal the news that Fan Zhendong played in the Bundesliga was Bundesliga club Salbrücken. It is reported that Fan Zhendong himself contacted Saarbrücken Club in person, hoping to represent the team in the Bundesliga and the Champions League in the 2025-2026 seasons. Saarbrücken Club revealed that after Fan Zhendong took the initiative to contact him, the club was very happy. We also warmly welcome Fan Zhendong's joining! Fan Zhendong then said that he was really looking forward to the new challenges in Saarbrücken and the Bundesliga, experiencing a new environment - and winning more victories with the team.

With the official announcement of Fan Zhendong's joining by Salbrücken Club, Fan Zhendong's salary in the Bundesliga has also been exposed! According to the German Table Tennis Association's regulations on the annual salary of foreign players, the annual salary of top foreign players is between 800,000 and 1.2 million euros. As an Olympic champion and Grand Slam, Fan Zhendong's annual salary is definitely the top! In other words, Fan Zhendong's annual salary is 1.2 million euros, equivalent to about 9.8 million yuan. This is just the basic annual salary! In addition, Fan Zhendong also has winning bonuses and winning bonuses, which are all calculated separately. There are also portraits and advertising costs. In this way, Fan Zhendong's annual income at Saarbrücken Club easily exceeded 10 million yuan.

To be honest, the most embarrassing thing in this situation is WTT. In the last year, Sun Yingsha won 13 championship titles in the WTT event, with a total prize of only US$234,000, which is equivalent to RMB 1.85 million. Fan Zhendong has now exceeded 10 million in one season in the Bundesliga. The gap in this is not a little bit. The WTT aspect should really reflect on it! Do you agree?

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