11 football stars who are the highest paid today (12 photos)
Perhaps no celebrity earns more than football players. But the football players themselves increase their income more and more every year.
Yes, the stars of one of the most popular sports sign multimillion-dollar contracts every year, and their fans closely follow the seemingly endless journey of their idols from one club to another. Yes, the transfer market today is more reminiscent not of an auction, but of an oil exchange, only they trade on it not in minerals, but in famous players.
It is worth noting that football players' salaries can vary greatly depending on various factors such as advertising agreements and sponsorship contracts. These numbers can change dramatically even over a short period of time. Therefore, it is almost impossible to accurately track the earnings of sports stars. We analyzed the incomes of the most famous football players in recent times (by consulting a number of popular sports publications) and tried to understand which of them is the highest paid today.
Below you can see the top highest paid football players, for whose talent clubs are willing to pay dearly, very dearly!
Phil Foden - $11 million
Club: Manchester City
National team: Portugal
Jude Bellingham - $13 million
Club: Real Madrid
National team: England
Bukayo Saka – $18 million
Club: Arsenal
National team: England
Vinicius Junior - $20 million
Club: Real Madrid
National team: Brazil
Robert Lewandowski - $23 million
Club: Barcelona
National team: Poland
Erling Haaland - $39 million
Club: Manchester City
National team: Norway
Mohamed Salah - $53 million
Club: Liverpool
Team: Egypt
Neymar da Silva Santos Junior - $87 million
Club: Al-Hilal
National team: Brazil
Cristiano Ronaldo - $100 million
Club: Al Nasr
National team: Portugal
Lionel Messi - $120 million
Club: Inter Miami
National team: Argentina
Kylian Mbappe - $128 million
Club: Paris Saint-Germain
National team: France