Highest earning footballers: 4-time World Footballer of the Year Lionel Messi is the highest-paid footballer in the world. He took home nearly $1.4million-a-week last year in wages and sponsorship deals. The Argentina and Barcelona star earned a staggering $72million in 2011.
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He made about $38million as his club salary and the rest were from lucrative endorsements with the likes of adidas, FIFA 15 and Turkish Airlines.
This makes him richer than his arch-rival, Cristiano Ronaldo who brought in about $60million in 2014. This is according to the latest France Football magazine rich list.
The money is in Euros…
Top 20 highest earning footballer
20. Mario Götze (Bayern Munich) : 16,9
19. Karim Benzema (Real Madrid) : 17
18. David Luiz (Paris-SG) : 17,2
16. David Silva (Manchester City) et Cesc Fabregas (Chelsea) : 17,3
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