Tuesday, 18th January 2011
Belgian sports magazine Sport Foot has completed a study into the highest paid players in football today, finding that Cristiano Ronaldo leads the way. The Portuguese is closely followed by Manchester United striker Wayne Rooney, who saw his wages rocket after signing a new deal with the Premier League side.
Also highly paid are Manchester City’s Yaya Toure, Barcelona’s Lionel Messi and Inter’s Samuel Eto’o. Bastian Schweinsteiger’s new Bayern Munich deal is also enough to send him into the top 10. A surprise omission is Inter’s Dutch wizard Wesley Sneijder, who fails to make the top 20.
The Top 20 in full:
1) Cristiano Ronaldo – €12M per year
2) Wayne Rooney – €11.5M per year
3) Lionel Messi – €11M per year
4) Yaya Youre – €10.8M per year
5) Samuel Eto’o – €10.5M per year
6) Bastian Schweinsteiger – €9.7M per year
7) Zlatan Ibrahimovic – €9M per year
8) Kaka – €9M per year
9) John Terry – €9M per year
10) Emmanuel Adebayor – €8.4M per year
11) Franck Ribery – €8M per year
12) Fernando Torres – €7.8M per year
13) Steven Gerrard – €7.8M per year
14) Carlos Tevez – €7.6M per year
15) Frank Lampard – €7.5M per year
16) Xavi – €7.5M per year
17) Andres Iniesta – €7M per year
18) Didier Drogba – €6.5M per year
19) Rio Ferdinand – €6.5M per year
20) Andrea Pirlo – €6M per year
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