Moroccan Striker Achraf Bencharki Tops Ligue 2 Salary Charts at €1.2 Million

Indeed, the French media dedicated to football news has released its assessment of the highest salaries in the round ball, at the level of the French Ligue 1 and 2 as well as internationally. It is clear that Achraf Bencharki who plays for RC Lens is the only millionaire in Ligue 2, with an annual salary estimated at 1.2 million euros.

A income that makes the 24-year-old Moroccan striker, on loan from the Qatari club Al-Hilal to RC Lens, the highest paid player in the second French football league.

According to the confidences of Eric Roy, sports director of RC Lens, Achraf Bencharki has "technical qualities well above average". Moreover, the young prodigy of Moroccan football on loan to FC Lens with a purchase option, would also be able to "play on both sides, in support of the striker but also as a true number 9 without being a pure center forward" added Mr. Roy on the Lens club’s website.

Bencharki’s debut, whose counter shows 8 caps with the Moroccan national team, dates back to Maghreb AS and then to Wydad de Casablanca in 2016, including the victory in the CAF Champions League with this mythical club of the Moroccan capital in 2017. So many results that, unfortunately, did not allow him to be selected by Hervé Renard to play the World Cup in Russia.