Lionel Messi has beaten his arch rival Cristiano Ronaldo to become world’s richest player after making...
Lionel Messi has beaten his arch rival Cristiano Ronaldo to become world’s richest player after making a whooping £120m (₦60 billion) in a year.
According to the list compiled by France Football for the Top 10 highest-paid players for the year under review (2019), the Barcelona playmaker who earns a weekly £500k allowance made a whooping £120million last year, £11m more than his rival, Cristiano Ronaldo.
However, C.Ronaldo who is on a £688k weekly pay at Juventus, made £109million last year.
Meanwhile, Messi and Ronaldo are the only players to surpass the £100m mark on the list which was made up from their wages, bonuses, endorsements, commercial revenue, and other streams.
Nonetheless, PSG player, Neymar earned £87m last year while Real Madrid winger Gareth Bale received £35.45m to come no.3 amd no.4 respectively on the Top 10 highest-paid players for the year under review.
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