These football players are among the top five highest-paid footballers in the game. Really, they are earning large sums of money from their respective teams.
We have seen how the list changes, and with Ronaldo’s new singing.
Ronaldo is the best-paid earner in football, with Lionel Messi coming in third.
And there are many fresh faces as the highest earners in football in 2022.
5. Mohamed Salah – 35M/ year
Salah is the fifth most-paid footballer, earning $35 million a year, as a Liverpool player.
Salah has won everything at Liverpool and also renewed his contract in the summer for a large salary increase.
He also makes a lot from brand endorsements and is one of Adidas’ top athletes, earning 18 million from marketing the company.
4. Neymar – 37M/ year
He was anticipated to earn large sums after joining PSG in 2017 at a world record cost of $263 million.
The Brazilian has done well for the club, and with 37 million euros annually in PSG jerseys, he is the fourth greatest earning in football.
While the 30-year-old often promotes numerous famous products, he earns another 32 million off the field. One of the most wealthy football players.
3. Lionel Messi – 41M/ year
Messi joined PSG on a free transfer after his surprise exit from Barcelona and became one of the club’s biggest earners alongside Mbappe and Neymar.
Messi’s yearly compensation is 41 million euros, however, this is not yet the case.
The 35-year-old earns $48 million by endorsing major products such as watches, Fizzy, pop, telecommunications, sportswear, sports drink, beer, video games, an oil state, and crisps.
2. Kylian Mbappe – 63M/ year
It required PSG additional effort to convince the 23-year-old to continue at PSG.
This resulted in a new lucrative deal worth one million euros per week for the French midfielder.
Before Ronaldo’s departure to Al-Nassr, the youngster had surpassed Lionel Messi and Cristiano Ronaldo as the most-paid football player.
The 2018 World Cup champion earns 62 million euros per year as a PSG player and 20 million euros from endorsements.
1. Cristiano Ronaldo – 214M/ per year
Ronaldo has become the country’s wealthiest football player with his transfer to Saudi club Al-Nassr, with a lucrative contract that will enable him to earn 177 million each year as an AL-Nassr player, and this is just his club’s compensation.
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Ronaldo has his own apparel and perfume business called CR7, as well as collaborations that pay him $60 million, making him the wealthiest football player and sportsman in the world.
