From the results of a study done, a Belgian sports magazine, Sports Foot, released a list of 20 players who have salaries of professional football with the highest value on earth. The result, not much different from what was released Futebol Finance-renowned marketing agency in Portugal, in February 2010 and then that puts Real Madrid star, Cristiano Ronaldo, the footballer with the largest salary (Read: Ronaldo Highest Salary on Earth).
By getting an income of 12 million euros per year, CR7 set aside a former colleague at Manchester United, Wayne Rooney. After signing his new contract at Old Trafford, Rooney revenues ballooned to 11.5 million euros per season or greater than 500 thousand euros received by Barcelona star who recently was awarded the Ballon Dor, Lionel Messi. Rada surprising that, from a list of 20 players with the highest salary, not on behalf of Inter Milan playmaker Wesley Sneijder.
Here's 20 highest-paid footballer (per year) Foot Sport version.
1. Cristiano Ronaldo, Real Madrid, 12 million euros.
2. Wayne Rooney, Manchester United, 11.5 million euros
3. Lionel Messi, Barcelona, 11 million euros
4. Youre Yaya, Manchester City, 10.8 million euros
5. Samuel Etoo, Inter Milan, 10.5 million euros
6. Bastian Schweinsteiger, Bayern Munich, 9.7 million euros
7. Zlatan Ibrahimovic, AC Milan, 9 million euros
8. Kaka, Real Madrid, 9 million euros
9. John Terry, Chelsea, 9 million euros
10. Emmanuel Adebayor, Manchester City, 8.4 million euros
11. Franck Ribery, Bayern Munich, 8 million euros
12. Fernando Torres, Liverpool, 7.8 million euros
13. Steven Gerrard, Liverpool, 7.8 million euros
14. Carlos Tevez, Manchester City, 7.6 million euros
15. Frank Lampard, Chelsea, 7.5 million euros
16. Xavi Hernandez, Barcelona, 7.5 million euros
17. Andres Iniesta, Barcelona, 7 million euros
18. Didier Drogba, Chelsea, 6.5 million euros
19. Rio Ferdinand, Manchester United, 6.5 million euros
20. Andrea Pirlo, AC Milan, 6 million euros.
