The 10 highest paid footballers in the world right now – #3 will shock you! (With Pictures)

2. Lionel Messi – Barcelona: N6.4bn (£17m) a-year:

This had to be the second name on this list. The man generally regarded as the greatest ever has won everything bar a senior national team title.

That wouldn’t matter much especially when you earn (£330,000) a-week.