Top 10 Highest Paid Footballers In The World
In todays blogpost I will be looking at the highest paid ballers in the world. WARNING! This may shock you!!!
10. Radamel Falcao £13.5M-£15M
The Colombian International Falcao has not been at his best form over the past year and a half after he left Atletico Madrid in summer 2014. Falcao is making his money by playing footy with Chelsea and doing PUMA shoe Commercials with Aguero.
9. Sergio Aguero £15M-£15.5M
The Argentinian and Manchester City Forward has been on fire with his performances at goal this season who is definitely one of the best strikers in the world has been earning a lot recently. Alongside his performances he has ben doing lots of shoe commercials with PUMA recently.
8. Luiz Suarez £15.5M-£16.5M
The Barcelona and Uruguay striker Luiz Suarez has made a lot even after his biting incidents that resulted in him being banned for a while. He has been paid for all his Adidas shoe advertising and his goalscoring at Barcelona.
7. Wayne Rooney £16.8M-£17.5M
The England and Manchester United Forward Rooney has had a few problems in his past career being accused and charged of things he did and got involved with. Now the England Captain and forward has sorted himself and got himself a big contract with Nike and he is close to sealing a book contract with Harper Collins.
6. Gareth Bale £19.5M-£20.5M
The Wales and Real Madrid Winger Gareth Bale has had a massive uplift in his career since 2007 when he was with Southampton. He is one of the main men Adidas and Bt football which therefore gives him a very nice income.
5. James Rodriguez £20.5M-£21M
The Colombian and Real Madrid Winger James Rodriguez big boy salary started when he won the Golden Boot in the 2014 World Cup in Brazil. He was then paid 63 million by Monaco before departing to Real Madrid. James is also got a contract with Adidas and has his own line of underwear with Gatorade.
4. Neymar JR £21M-£22M
The Brazilian and Barca striker is a world renowned striker that produces magnificent goals. He has performed on the international and Club scale at his best. Surprisingly Neymar earns more money from his advertising and contracts then he does from his footballing salary!
3. Zlatan Ibrahimovic £25M
The PSG and Swedish Zlatan Ibrahimovic is one of the best strikers in the world and will also go down in history being one of the best players in the world. He has two major sponsors with Nike and Volvo which he appears in regulary.
2. Lionel Messi £49M
The Argentinian and Barcelona striker Lionel Messi (Well known as the best player in the world) is known throughout the galaxies. Messi earns around £33M from Barca and the rest from his contacts and contracts with EA,Samsung,Pepsi and Adidas.
1. Cristiano Ronaldo £51M
The Portuguese and Real Madrid Winger Ronaldo is second best player in the world but he is the worlds most expensive player and is the worlds best paid baller. He is also the most popular athlete in the world and you can see that on Instagram and Facebook having over 55 million followers on each account. Ronaldo has a lifetime partnership with NIKE and even has his boots and clothing with his name in it. His NIKE brand CR7 sells over £2,500 pounds worth of produce a day! He also has deals with Castrol and many other big brand companies.
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Hari
