15 Highest Paid Footballers In The World: See The Richest

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The world of football is regarded as one of the highest paid profession in the world as well as one of the most lucrative. Imagine being paid for what you enjoy doing or just think of being paid for your hobby, magnificent right? That’s the world of football for you, that is the life of the average footballer.
Clubs brags about being the highest paying club, this is because they house the best footballers, which automatically makes them (footballers with the highest earnings)
Being the highest paid or the richest footballer is based on various factors which are
  1. The Player’s annual salary before and after tax
  2. The player’s bonuses
  3. Premiums
  4. Sponsorships
  5. Endorsements
  6. Ads campaign and the likes
Barcelona and Real Madrid boastfully brag about having the current best players in the world, and employers of the richest footballers in the world, Ronaldo, Messi and Neymar. Their annual salaries are enough to buy an island put together.
Currently, FC Barcelona is the club with the highest payouts, from the list of the top 10 highest paid footballers in the world, four out of these players are from FC Barcelona, they are Lionel Messi, Neymar, Luiz Suarez, and Sergio Busquets.Other clubs with the highest payouts includes Manchester City FC, Real Madrid FC, PSG and Manchester United.
Though this post is not focused on FC Barcelona and Real Madrid, you cannot do without naming these two clubs when discussing about football in general as they have been able to produce the best footballers in the history of soccer.
Currently, Christiano Ronaldo is the highest paid footballer in the world with an annual salary after tax to be 15million Euro, 500,000 euro above Lionel Messi who is currently on 14.5million euro, according to FC Barcelona President, lionel messi will be the highest paid footballer in the coming season 2016/17 season with a new contract already in the pipeline awaiting Lionel Messi’s signature. The tussle has always been between Messi and Christiano Ronaldo, with Wayne Rooney just behind, another football genius on the list of top 15 highest paid footballers in the world looking to overthrow these football heavyweights in the nearest future is Neymar.
Now we bring to you, some of the list of top 15 highest paid footballers in the world from the highest to the least highest.
NO# NAME OF PLAYER WEEKLY EARNINGS ANNUAL EARNINGS
1 Cristiano Ronaldo (Real Madrid) £288,000 after tax £15 million after tax
2 Lionel Messi (FC Barcelona) £275,000 after tax £14.5 million after tax
3 Wayne Rooney (Manchester United) £250,000 £13 million
4 Zlatan Ibrahimovic (Manchester United) £250,000 £13 million
5 Yaya Toure (Man City) £230,000 £11.9 million
6 Sergio Aguero (Man City) £230,000 £11.9 million
7 Asamoah Gyan (Shanghai SIPG) £227,000 £11.8 million
8 Neymar (Barcelona) £220,000 £11.4 million  
9 David Silva (Man City) £210,000 £10.9 million
10 Luis Suarez (Barcelona) £205,000 £10.66 million
11 Gareth Bale (Real Madrid) £200,000 £10 million
12 David De Gea (Manchester United) £200,000 £10 million
13 Bastian Schweinsteiger (Man Utd) £200,000 £10 million
14 Thiago Silva (PSG) £185,000 £9.6 million
15 Eden Hazard (Chelsea) £185,000 £9.6 million     

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