21 October 2020 at 15:15 by Emmanuel Bernard
Asked about this by France Football, Rémy Cabella answers, lucid: ” I got this proposal from Krasnodar which, it’s true, made my head spin “. The winger admits it, he did not plan at the start to leave ASSE in 2019, to go to Russia. Against the general opinion, he nevertheless chose the option of a transfer and a revalued contract, on the emoluments which were his, in Saint-Etienne, and even before at OM.
A rising salary on his emoluments at ASSE or OM
The football magazine mentioned this Tuesday a salary of nearly 3 million euros net per season, for the 30-year-old. That is nearly 325,000 euros gross monthly for him, and a three-year contract signed with Krasnodar FK, until June 30, 2022. This is more than three times his base salary estimated at AS Saint-Etienne, where the contracts are, however, conditioned by higher premiums.
Rémy Cabella happy to have joined Krasnodar FK
In Forez, Cabella approached 90,000 euros gross monthly. And about twice that, at the Olympique de Marseille before. He played there from 2015 to 2018, first on loan then as a rookie, until his departure for ASSE where the sporting experience was beneficial since it opened the doors to the Russian club, where Rémy Cabella ensures to please. ” I am really happy with my choice ”, he said in the columns of the weekly, who also played in England at Newcastle and was champion of France with Montpellier, in 2012.