As of right now, Daniel Bachmann appears to have solidified his position as Watford’s top pick for the foreseeable future.
Bachmann, who had originally signed with the Hornets from Stoke City in the summer of 2017, had to wait until the 2020–21 campaign to make his league debut for the team. In the interim, he even spent a year on loan in the Scottish Premiership with Kilmarnock.
Bachmann nevertheless found himself vying with Ben Foster for the starting goalkeeper position at Vicarage Road over the following two seasons, even after getting his break in the team in 2020.
However, Bachmann played in each of Watford’s 46 Championship games last season after Foster left the team in the summer of 2022, helping them to an 11th-place finish in the second-tier rankings.
The Austrian international has remained in that role this season, participating fully in Valerien Ismael’s team’s Championship campaign thus far.
In fact, his status as a crucial player in this group was further solidified in the summer when it was revealed that in addition to receiving the club leadership, he had also signed a new five-year contract that would keep him at Vicarage Road through the end of the 2027–28 campaign.
So just how much is the goalkeeper earning at Vicarage Road each year, in the wake of that new deal he signed with the club recently?
Here we’ve taken a look at the details of Bachmann’s contract with Watford – according to Capology – in order to get an estimate of just how much the 29-year-old is earning with the club.
What is Daniel Bachmann’s annual Watford salary?
As per the numbers provided by Capology, Bachmann is currently being paid £170,000 a year by Watford, as a result of the contract he signed with the club back in the summer.
That means the goalkeeper is thought to be being paid a total of £3,269 per week as part of the deal he is currently on at Vicarage Road.
Given he is only in the very early stages of that news five-year agreement with the club, that means that Watford are seemingly still set to pay the goalkeeper around £870,000 before that deal expires, based on these numbers provided.
How does Bachmann’s salary compare with the rest of the Watford squad?
Going off the numbers supplied by Capology for Bachmann and the rest of the Watford senior squad, the goalkeeper is considered to be the 13th highest-paid player in the club’s current first-team setup.
Those who are thought to be receiving a higher salary from the club than Bachmann, are Jamal Lewis, Imran Louza, Wesley Hoedt, Ken Sema, Ismael Kone, Edo Kayembe, Samuel Kalu, Vakoun Bayo, Matheus Martins, Francisco Sierralta, Tom Dele-Bashiru and Ryan Porteous.
It could be argued however, that given he has just signed a new long-term deal with the club, and the fact that he is a key player and captain of a Watford team who were a Premier League club just a few seasons ago, that it is somewhat surprising that Bachmann’s salary is not higher, when compared with some of his current teammates at Vicarage Road.
