Football game is among the top paying athletes in the world. Footballers’ salaries at the top end of the game have risen exponentially in recent years.
Here, we are at the top five highest-paid footballers on the planet in 2022. We are going to arrange them from the lowest to the highest but don’t forget this figures can change at any time.
5. Mohamed Salah
Mohamed Salah Hamed Mahrous Ghaly is an Egyptian professional footballer who plays as a forward for Premier League club Liverpool and captains in the Egypt national team.
Salah’s status as one of the most clinical forwards on the planet finally translated itself into cold, hard cash when he sighed a new, three-year 350,000 USD a week Liverpool contract in August 2022. His salary is 18.2 million GBP.
4. Neymar
Neymar Da Silva Santos Junior, known as Neymar, is a Brazilian professional footballer who plays as a forward for Ligue 1 club Paris Saint-Germain and the Brazil national team.
Neymar is the first up and is on the third-highest salary receiver in world football, which happens to be the third-highest salary at his club PSG. His salary is 40.8 million GBP (2022).
3. Cristiano Ronaldo
Cristiano Ronaldo dos Santos Aveiro GOIG ComM is a Portuguese professional footballer who plays as a forward for Premier League club Manchester United and captains the Portugal national team.
Cristiano Ronaldo has more followers than any other footballer alive. Aside football, Ronald has other sources of income which is more than what some of the players are receiving. His monthly salary is 26.52 million GBP (2022).
2. Messi
Lionel Andres Messi, known as Leo Messi, is an Argentina professional footballer who plays as a forward for Ligue 1 club Paris Saint-Germain and captains the Argentina national team.
He has topped the list of highest-paid footballers for many years but has dropped down for some reasons. But still, with endorsement deals for watches, fizzy pop, telecoms, sportswear, sport drinks, bear, video games and others. He is still working his way out to be at the top. His salary is 41 million USD.
- Kylian Mbappe
Kylian Mbappe Lottin is a French professional footballer who plays as a forward for Ligue 1 club Paris Saint-Germain an the France national team.
Considered one of the best players in the world, and reportedly the highest-paid. Mbappe is renowned for his dribbling abilities, exceptional speed, and finishing. His salary is 90.91 million EUR(2022).
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