The 2018 top thirteen richest
footballers in the world have been revealed.
Net worth data from the Sunday
Times rich list, Forbes, Goal.com and financial services site
Gobankingrates.com. shows that only three out of the thirteen footballers are
worth over £100 million ($128.6 million).
However, Paris Saint-Germain
start, Neymar, who is the world most expensive footballer in the world is not
yet the richest.
See 2018 thirteen richest
footballers in the world:
1: Cristiano Ronaldo, Real Madrid
— net worth £250 million ($321.5 million).
Ronaldo is paid £19 million
($24.4 million) a year. Though Ronaldo gets paid £5 million less than Messi, he
has far more sponsors. Ronaldo is “a human billboard for a global portfolio of
sponsors” like Nike, Tag Heuer, and Armani. He also has his own CR7 brand which
sells aftershave and clothes.
2: Lionel Messi, FC Barcelona —
net worth £230 million ($295 million).
Messi earns half a million every
week (£26 million a year / $33.4 million) from his latest contract renewal with
Barcelona. The Argentine forward also makes £21 million ($27 million) a year
from sponsorship agreements with Adidas, Pepsi, Gillette, and Turkish Airlines.
3: Zlatan Ibrahimović, free agent
— net worth £110 million ($141 million).
Zlatan ‘s one-year contract at
Manchester United expired in the summer. However, he still trains at the club’s
Carrington headquarters and is expected to re-sign with United when he returns
from injury. Regardless, he has a lucrative Nike contract and even patented his
own name in Sweden.
4: Wayne Rooney, Everton — net
worth £93 million ($120 million).
Rooney left Manchester United as
the club’s leading goal scorer of all time. He took a 50% pay cut to join
Everton, which reportedly pays him £7.8 million per year.
5: Eden Hazard, Chelsea FC — net
worth £77 million ($100 million).
Hazard earns £12.4 million ($16
million) per year at Chelsea. The Belgian attacking midfielder is sponsored by
Nike but also endorses trading card company Topps and Biscoff biscuit
manufacturers Lotus Bakeries.
6: Gareth Bale, Real Madrid — net
worth £56 million ($72 million).
Real Madrid pays Gareth Bale
£18.2 million ($23.4 million) a year. The Welsh wizard is contractually-tied to
the La Liga giants until 2022. His sponsorship agreements with Adidas, Electronic
Arts, Sony, and Footlocker are worth £9 million ($11.5 million) a year.
7: Neymar, Paris Saint-Germain —
net worth £49 million ($63 million).
Neymar secured the biggest
football transfer of all time when he left FC Barcelona for Paris Saint-Germain
this month.
The deal netted him a £26 million
per year contract but the Brazilian also receives a salary from his sponsors
Nike, Panasonic, Gilette, Claro, and Red Bull. He’s a partner in business
management company NN Consultoria and even has his own emojis available for
download.
8: Yaya Touré, Manchester City —
net worth £43 million ($55 million).
Yaya Touré defied media
speculation linking him with a transfer to AC Milan and Inter Milan by signing
a one-year contract extension at Manchester City. He was previously earning
£10.4 million ($13.3 million) a year but might have had to accept a 50% pay-cut
just to stay at the Etihad Stadium.
9: Sergio Agüero, Manchester City
— net worth £40 million ($51 million).
Agüero is paid £10.4 million
($13.3 million) a year by Manchester City but earns even more — £14 million
($18 million) — from his sponsors, Puma and Pepsi.
10: John Terry, Aston Villa — net
worth £39 million ($50 million).
Veteran defender, John Terry left
Chelsea this year as the club’s most successful player of all time. However,
his football career is far from over as he joined Aston Villa in July on a £4
million ($5 million) per year deal.
11: David Silva, Manchester City
— net worth £36 million ($46 million).
Manchester City pays Silva £10.4
million ($13.3 million) per year but the Spaniard tops up his income with an
Adidas boot deal worth £5 million ($6.4 million).
12: Cesc Fàbregas, Chelsea — net
worth £35 million ($45 million).
Fàbregas £8.1 million ($10.4
million) a year, but he is also benefits from a Puma football boot deal.
13: Luis Suárez, FC Barcelona —
net worth £31 million ($40 million).
Suárez makes £13.4 million ($17.3
million) at Barcelona, while sponsorship deals with Adidas and Pepsi also
bolster his firepower.
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