1. Wayne Rooney
Reported Weekly Wage: £300,000
Age: 28
Club: Manchester
Country: England
Major Sponsors: Harper Collins, Nike, EA Sports,
Coca-Cola
Earning 50p a second, Rooney’s new, terrifyingly
profitable contract assures he takes first place above his fellow superstars.
Striker for a Manchester United side that underperformed last season, he still
managed to become the club’s third top scorer of all time, overtaking George
Best and Ryan Giggs, and as a result, now has an enormous net worth estimated
to be in excess of £60million.
Endorsements earn him a fair wedge, with lucrative deals
including Nike and Electronic Arts, the computer gaming company which features
Rooney on the front of its best-selling FIFA football games.
He also had his third book, ‘My Decade In The Premier
League,’ published in 2012 as part of his deal with Harper Collins.
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2. Lionel Messi
Reported Weekly Wage: £292,000
Age: 26
Club: Barcelona
Country: Argentina
Major sponsors: Adidas, Turkish Airlines, PepsiCo,
Herbalife, EA Sports, Dolce & Gabanna, Adidas, Gillette
Okay, we kind of cheated by putting Rooney first, because
the £300,000 a week figure is before tax.
Messi’s contract, signed last year, sees him earn a
reported £292,000 AFTER tax in Spain
He is often regarded as the best footballer in the world
- although he lost the Ballon d’Or crown to Cristiano Ronaldo this season - so
it is apt he is paid accordingly. His accolades, just like his salary, are
certainly not in short supply.
He broke the 39-year record for most goals in a European
club season in 2012 when he finished the season with 73 goals and has won the
Ballon d’Or a whopping three times. He is also a three-time winner of FIFA
Player of the Year and became the first player to score five goals in a
Champions League match.
In addition to his gargantuan salary, Messi makes
millions more every year from endorsements, the biggest of which is Adidas, who
launched his 'icon signature' line in 2013.
3. Cristiano
Ronaldo
Reported Weekly Wage: £288,000
Age: 29
Club: Real Madrid
Country: Portugal
Major sponsors: Nike, Coca-Cola, Castrol, Konami,
Motorola, Herbalife, KFC, Tag Heuer, Fly Emirates, Emporio Armani
Ronaldo is reported to earn £288,000 after tax, in a deal
similar to his La Liga rival Messi. He is currently reported to be in contract
extension talks with Real Madrid, so he could see himself rocketed to the
highest paid footballer once again soon. Importantly, he also owns a 50-50
share of his image rights.
His popularity on social media sites like Facebook and
Twitter have translated into big bucks from sponsors like Nike, Castrol and
Konami, all of which he promotes through his own social media accounts.
Not content with monopolising the advertising world,
Ronaldo also launched himself into the fashion industry as the ‘spokesmodel’
for Emporio Armani Underwear and Armani Jeans in 2009.
In March, a 'Rich List' compiled by Goal.com was topped
by Ronaldo, with an estimated net worth of around £122million.
4. Robin Van Persie
Reported Weekly Wage: £250,000
Age: 30
Club: Manchester
Country: Holland
Major Sponsors: Nike, Adidas, BT Sport, Pepsi
With many an achievement to his name, including PFA
Player of the Year and the Football Writers’ Footballer of the Year, it’s no
wonder Van Persie left Arsenal to chase for club honours.
Born in Rotterdam , Van
Persie is currently the all-time top scorer for Holland
5. Yaya Touré
Reported Weekly Wage: £230,000
Age: 31
Club: Manchester
City
Country: Ivory
Coast
Major Sponsors: Puma, Ford
With a four-year contract that pays him over £10million a
year, there is no surprise that Touré is among the top earners on the pitch.
The Ivorian midfielder has had a distinguished international career with 82
caps for the Ivory Coast
In addition to his rewarding salary, he also signed an
endorsement deal with Puma that includes distributing the brand’s gear to
underprivileged African children.
He is one of the only non-strikers on the list - but
despite this, was third top scorer in the Premiership last season chipping in
with 20 goals for Manchester
City
6. Sergio Aguero
Reported Weekly Wage: £220,000
Age: 26
Club: Manchester
City
Country: Argentina
Major sponsors: Puma, Pepsi
Multiple leg injuries have resulted in a bit of a
stop-start career at Manchester
City
However, this has not hindered his relationship with the
club who, in May 2013, agreed to give him a contract extension and salary
increase that not only keeps him with the club until 2017 but also makes him
one of the highest paid football players in the world.
7. Luis Suarez
Reported Weekly Wage: £220,000
Age: 27
Club: Liverpool
Country: Uruguay
Major Sponsors: Adidas
Despite Suarez’s turbulent tenure with Liverpool ,
involving multiple suspensions and an attempted escape to Arsenal, he enhanced
his reputation as a world-class footballer last season forming a deadly
partnership with Englishman Daniel Sturridge and in turn, earns one of the
highest salaries of the Premier League.
As Uruguay ’s
all-time leading goal scorer with 39 for the national team, Suarez commands the
top wage at Liverpool after he was rewarded
with a new contract in December.
He was seen as a national hero when he helped lead his
country to a fourth place finish in the 2010 World Cup after blocking a goal
bound header from Ghana in the quarter-final with his hands. He was sent off,
but Ghana missed the penalty
and Uruguay
8. David Silva
Reported Weekly Wage: £200,000
Age: 28
Club: Manchester
City
Country: Spain
Major sponsors: Adidas
Nicknamed ‘Merlin’ for his wizard-like passing abilities,
Silva signed a five-year contract to make up a reported £200,000 a week playing
for Manchester City
He is famously described by his sponsor Adidas as a ‘new
brand of player’ with surgical precision and a brain for strategy. Could he
fire Spain
9.
Reported Weekly Wage: £185,000
Age: 23
Club: Chelsea
Country: Belgium
Major sponsors: Nike
Currently regarded as one of the best midfielders of his
generation, even compared to the likes of Zidane, it's not hard for Chelsea
Although approached by Adidas, Hazard has remained loyal
to his long-term sponsors Nike, with a renewed endorsement contract that is
said to make him one of their leading football faces along with Ronaldo,
Rooney, Neymar and Zlatan Ibrahimovic.
10. Fernando Torres
Reported Weekly Wage: £175,000
Age: 30
Club: Chelsea
Country: Spain
Sponsorship: Adidas, Pepsi, Aviva,
Despite his outrageously large salary, all that glitters
is not gold - throughout his time at the club, Torres has been a disappointment
for Chelsea
It's a far cry from the prolific period he spent at
Liverpool, where he became the fastest player in the club's history to score 50
league goals, but something hasn't clicked since his £50million move to the West London club in 2011.
In spite of this, he has been capped over 100 times for
his country and is Spain
He also has a couple of high profile endorsement deals
with Adidas and Pepsi, as well as a few domestic Spanish brands, boosting his
income.
Reference: dailymail
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