Cristiano Ronaldo in Second Place, Lionel Messi Maintains World’s Richest Player Title

DBasia.news – Cristiano Ronaldo again had to recognize Lionel Messi’s superiority after Forbes named the Barcelona captain as the highest-paid soccer player, making him the world’s richest player. La Pulga is recorded to have earned up to USD 126 million.

CR7 is currently in second place with an income of 117 million USD which comes from a contract with Juventus and other income such as product advertisements.

The competition between the two soccer stars seems not only about performance and achievements on the green field. They also compete in terms of income since last year.

Apart from the two players, Forbes also released a list of the ten highest paid players. The duo of Paris Saint-Germain attacking, Neymar and Kylian Mbappe and Liverpool player Mohamed Salah are listed in the top five.

Mbappe is not the only representative of France, there are two players who also come from the Les Bleus national team, namely Paul Pogba (Manchester United) in sixth position followed by Antoine Griezman (Barcelona).

Forbes 10 most expensive football players:

1. Lionel Messi – 126 million USD

2. Cristiano Ronaldo – 117 million USD

3. Neymar – 96 million USD

4. Kylian Mbappe – 42 million USD

5. Mohamed Salah – 37 million USD

6. Paul Pogba – 34 million USD

7. Antoine Griezmann – 33 million USD

8. Gareth Bale – 29 million USD

9. Robert Lewandowski – 28 million USD

10. David De Gea – 27 million USD