Aces on £350k a week in - The Sun

SOCCER stars' wages were last night tipped to hit £350,000 a week after a monster £3billion Premier League TV deal.

Sky and BT bagged the rights to live games for three seasons from 2013/14 in a record-breaking agreement.

That is almost DOUBLE what the Premier League is getting for the current three-year deal.

Experts say it will mean a big payday for top stars such as Yaya Toure, Carlos Tevez and Wayne Rooney.

Professor Chris Brady of Cass Business School said: "Toure's already on an estimated £200,000 a week and I think you'll be looking at £350,000 for the top players by 2015."

He added: "The global economy may be falling off a cliff but football is the product that everyone wants."

Sky will screen 116 matches a season. But the biggest shock was BT pushing out ESPN for two remaining "packages".

They are paying £738million to screen 38 matches each season — including the Saturday 12.45pm kick-offs.