Top Paid Football Players: As the beautiful game of football has become a money-making magnet, let’s take a a look at the top 10 highest paid footballers in the world as of 2021.
A footballer’s salary is usually in proportion to how essential he is to the team. These days footballers make thousands of pounds on a weekly basis. On an average the most high-profiled players take home a million within a month’s time via only salaries.
Justifying the same, in this article we will take a look at the top 10 highest paid footballers in the world.
Top Paid Football Players
- Robert Lewandowski – € 15million
The Polish Striker has been in prolific world leading form since the start of the 2019-20 season wherein he evidently outshined Cristiano Ronaldo and Lionel Messi. He scored the most number of goals in Europe’s top flight in the previous and this season as well.
- Kai Havertz – € 16 Million
The United States’ wonder kid, Kai Havertz was Chelsea’s most expensive signing of 2020. After a fantastic season with Bayer Leverkusen, he has failed to impress at Chelsea. But as he is considered as one of the bets youngsters in the world, hopefully he can improve with the seasons to come.
- Raheem Sterling – € 17 Million
Raheem Sterling has been a pivotal clog in stamping Manchester City’s dominance in the modern-era of the Premier League. Season after season, the England international has been amongst the highest goal scorers. He can been the perfect fit for Sergio Aguero, with his quick pace and agility he continues to be a nightmare for all the defenders.
- Gareth Bale – € 17 Million
The Wales International, Gareth Bale has seen quite a lot of criticism over the past couple of seasons in his stint under Zinedin Zidane. Moving to his former club Tottenham Hotspur, although he might be making his pockets full, yet his skills are getting sloppier day after day.
- Kevin de Bruyne – € 18 Million
The Manchester City’s marquee midfielder has held their team togetehr at the center. He is often regarded as the best midfielder of the current generations, there will absolutely be no doubt to anyone that Kevin De Bruyne lies in this elite list.
- Paul Pogba – € 19 Million
He is currently Manchester United’s highest earning player. His stay at Juventus clearly made everyone realize his talent, but his glimpses in Manchester United do not completely highlight his talent in the center of the park. However ever since the arrival of Bruno Fernandes, the French midfielder has been exceptional.
- Antoine Griezmann – € 21 Million
It would be safe to say that the Barcelona striker has no not been at his best playing for his new club at all. With the hopes of reciprocating what Luis Suarez did, or even better, Griezmann has not been able to hit the ground running for the Catalan Team.
- Neymar – € 30 Million
The Brazilian striker playing for Paris Saint Germain, is considered to be the heir of legend Ronaldinho and is undoubtedly the ingredient to PSG’s recent success. Having said that, it remains to be seen whether he along with Kylian Mbappe are able to take PSG to their long awaited Champions League glory or not.
- Cristiano Ronaldo – € 31 Million
Arguably the G.O.A.T of football, Cristiano Ronaldo has had an amazing goal scoring record at all the clubs that he has played for. With Juventus doing worse than ever in this season, it remains to be seen how CR7 will lead Portugal into the year’s Euro 2020.
- Lionel Messi – € 76 Million
The most natural player to ever embrace the football field, Lionel Messi unsurprisingly is the highest paid footballer in the world in 2021. At 33, Messi looks unstoppable but the same cannot be said for his future after his heated altercations with FC Barcelona.
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