Take a look at the top 10 football players with highest salaries in 2021 and know who are the top paid footballers in the world
Being a professional footballer at the highest level is rewarding in many ways. Not only one gets to be on the biggest stages with unmatched popularity, footballers are also some of the highest earning athletes around the world. Endorsements and sponsorship deals often take a player’s earning to a different ball park competing with the elite of the elite in professional sports. However, in this articles we will take a look at the top 10 football players with highest salaries in 2021.
Top 10 Paid Football Players With Highest Salaries 2021 In The World
Lionel Messi who shockingly had to leave FC Barcelona this season has captured the number one spot on the list. Messi is tied with his teammate Neymar in terms of salary. Cristiano Ronaldo was also on the move this year when left the old lady of Turin to join Manchester United.
Messi and Ronaldo are not just the highest paid footballers in the world in terms of salary, both are also the second and third highest paid athletes in the world overall respectively. Six of the 10 players listed in the list below are either from Paris Saint Germain, Manchester United or Real Madrid. The clubs are certainly not shy of spending enormous amounts of money for their biggest stars.
The youngest player on this list is Kylian Mbappe and rightfully so. The 22 year old is widely considered to be the fitting successor of Messi and Ronaldo when their time gets over. The second youngest player on the list is Mbappe’s national teammate Paul Pogba who is 28 as of now. With that being said let’s have a look at the list of top 10 football players with highest salaries in 2021.
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Lionel Messi
- Team: Paris Saint Germain
- Salary: $75 million
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Neymar Jr
- Team: Paris Saint Germain
- Salary: $75 million
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Cristiano Ronaldo
- Team: Manchester United
- Salary: $70 million
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Andres Iniesta
- Team: Vissel Kobe
- Salary: $31 million
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Kylian Mbappe
- Team: Paris Saint Germain
- Salary: $28 million
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Robert Lewandowski
- Team: Bayern Munich
- Salary: $27 million
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Paul Pogba
- Team: Manchester United
- Salary: $27 million
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Gareth Bale
- Team: Real Madrid
- Salary: $26 million
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Eden Hazard
- Team: Real Madrid
- Salary: $27 million
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Mohammed Salah
- Team: Liverpool F.C
- Salary: $25 million
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