Richest Football Players In The World
Top 10 Richest Soccer Players In The World
Who are the Richest Football Players In The World? It is amazing to see the kind of lifestyles footballers live, especially the Richest Footballers in the world. The expensive mansions, expensive cars, the endorsements alone can make them one of Richest Football Players In The World. It was just the other day that I saw a documentary on the great George Best, he had it all, the skills, the money, woman and booze, but was it his downfall? George regrets nothing, so who are we to judge?
Most Richest Football Players Of All Time
Inspired by this topic this list will show you what a modern day footballer earns, now take in mind before you look at this list George Best as mentioned above was earning £1,000 (2014: £12,000 +) a week. Let’s compare that to these Richest Football Players In The World. A lot of people also wounder who is the richest footballer in the world today. Lets try to answer that with a compilation of a top ten richest footballer in the world list and see which football player that is the most richest footballer in the world.
10. Thierry Henry: £47m
The Arsenal legend is the one of two players on this rundown who play outside Europe and makes the top ten due to his lucrative move to New York Red Bulls in 2010. The Frenchman is 36 years old and up until his recent retirement he still however remained a standard scorer for the MLS outfit.
9. Gianluigi Buffon: £52m
The Italy and Juventus chief is the most noteworthy paid goalkeeper in world football, thanks to his newest contract with the Old Lady. It appears the 36-year-old has been around for ever, yet he presumably still has a decent few years left at the top.
8. Zlatan Ibrahimovic: £57m
An arrangement of moves between an few enormous name clubs including AC Milan, Inter, Barcelona, Juventus and PSG has seen Zlatan store up a colossal of riches. The inconsistent Swede is a standout amongst the most magnetic figures ,Zlatan also has one of the biggest sponsorship deals with Nike.
7. Ronaldinho: £64m
The 33-year-old may have left Europe four years back , However, he stays a standout amongst the most richest footballers on the planet and according to his exhibitions for Atletico Mineiro, he’s still got a lot of ability left in him still.
6. Neymar: £66m
The pretty boy of Brazilian football at long last got his tremendous move to Europe the previous summer which has seen him shoot up the list of richest football players in the world. While some may dispute his worth, one thing you cannot dispute is, Neymar is one very wealthy Footballer.
5. Kaka: £67.5m
The Brazilian was dreadful at Real Madrid but now is back to his best form at AC Milan and will be remembered by fans as one of the club favourites. A series of massive endorsements in Brazil bump Kaka’s worth to £67.5m.
4. Wayne Rooney: £69m
The Red Devil‘s striker has just signed a massive historical contract in British football history, which he will earn £85m over the next five years , a whopping £300,000 a week!. The crazy new deal, plus his endorsements, easily makes Wayne Rooney the highest paid in English football.
3. Samuel Eto’o: £70m
The Cameroonian was forced to take a £13m pay-cut when he signed onto Chelsea from Anzhi, his wages dropped from £350,000 to £100,000 per week. Eto’o was the best paid footballer in the world during his run in Russia and is still worth a nice £70m.
2. Lionel Messi: £120.5m
Lionel Messi isn’t used to the runner-up prize, However, this time poor Messi falls just short of the top spot, just like in the 2013 Ballon d’Or. With Barca falling behind Real Madrid in the La Liga, it may well be be hat-trick of disappointments for the big man this season.
1. Cristiano Ronaldo: £122m
Ronaldo was named the best player in the world in 2013 and has taken another title from his biggest rival Lionel Messi after being named the world’s richest footballer just ahead of Messi by only a couple of million. Lets see if he can remain the richest player in the world during 2015.
