Who has the biggest salary in world football?
The Portugese website futebolfinance.com has published their latest financial analysis of footballer’s wages and salaries in Europe for 2007/08.
Not surprisingly players from English clubs make 7 of the top 10, and when you factor in advertising/endorsement deals, then it’s 6 out of the top 10.
According to the report, the top 10 earners in European football earn a total of more than £50m per season between them - not bad is it?
Top 10 players with the highest wages (in Euros):
- Kaka (AC Milan): 9m
- Ronaldinho (Barcelona): 8.25m
- John Terry (Chelsea): 8.04m
- Frank Lampard (Chelsea): 8.04m
- Thierry Henry (Barcelona): 7.8m
- Cristiano Ronaldo (Man Utd): 7.68m
- Michael Ballack (Chelsea): 7.44m
- Andriy Shevchenko (Chelsea): 7.44m
- Steven Gerrard (Liverpool): 6.78m
- Wayne Rooney (Man Utd): 6.78m
Top 10 earners (wages & endorsements):
- David Beckham (LA Galaxy): 21.75m
- Ronaldinho (Barcelona): 20.25m
- Wayne Rooney (Man Utd): 16.09m
- Cristiano Ronaldo (Man Utd): 13.18m
- Thierry Henry (Barcelona): 11.74m
- Alessandro Del Piero (Juventus): 10.66m
- John Terry (Chelsea): 10.26m
- Frank Lampard (Chelsea): 9.8m
- Steven Gerrard (Liverpool): 9.38m
- Francesco Totti (Roma): 8.89m
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