Chancel Mbemba is set to be presented as a new Newcastle United player soon and the details of his lucrative contract which the English club have begun to leak out.
The 20-year-old, whose first contract at Anderlecht saw him earn €72,000 gross per year, the minimum contract allowed for a non-EU player in Belgium, is poised to net a huge sum by the time he completes his contract at St. James' Park.
According to Belgian daily Nieuwsblad, Mbemba is set to quadruple his current €500,000 per year salary at Anderlecht when he moves to England.
The defender will earn just over €2m per year at Newcastle. While the sum is €400,000 less than the amount his former Anderlecht team-mate Aleksandar Mitrovic is earning at the same club, it is still a large pay rise for Mbemba.
Should he remain at Newcastle until the end of his contract in 2020, he will have netted over €10m in wages from the Magpies.
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For Mbemba the move marks a turnaround as when he arrived in Belgium with his family in 2011, arriving from Congo, he barely had enough money to buy food.
The 20-year-old has taken rapid strides forward since he joined Anderlecht and helped the club win the Belgian Pro League in the 2013/14 campaign.
A Congo international, now Mbemba is embarking upon the next stage in his career in England, where riches await.
