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| Highest paid players in football 2023 |
These are the top 10 highest-paid football players in 2023, and this list includes a group of young and veteran players who are currently the highest-paid players in football 2023. Let's take a look at the ranking of the highest-paid players in the world in 2023.
10. Antoine Griezmann - $27.5 million/year
The Frenchman has started the 2022-2023 campaign somewhat poor in Limbo, struggling for minutes at Atletico Madrid due to strange contract clauses in his loan contract from his parent club. It has since all been settled, with a deal to rejoin Atletico on a permanent deal, and Griezmann has since confirmed why he is one of the highest-paid footballers in world football with a salary of $22 million. In addition, he earns $5.5 million annually from sponsorship and promotion.
Griezmann was impressive for France as they finished runners-up in Qatar and has maintained that form with his club, who have put their poor start behind them and now look set to finish comfortably in the top four in La Liga once again. There is an argument that he is Spain's best player in 2022-2023.
9. Kevin De Bruyne - $29 million/year
Manchester City midfielder De Bruyne has almost certainly been the best player in the world's highest-paid league for the past five seasons and plays for a club owned by the Abu Dhabi royal family on a salary of $25.5 million, so it would be strange if he wasn't in the top ten.
Although his earnings are not solely from Manchester City, the player earns $3.5 million from his promotions for a number of major companies, including “Nike, Wow Hydrate, Credit Karma, and Therabody.”
8. Raheem Sterling - $29.4 million/year
While Sterling does not earn as much as De Bruyne at Man City and is still not at his new club Chelsea on a $21.4 million salary, his marketing and sponsorship ability puts him above the Belgian here. He has big deals with New Balance for his shoes and with Apple for all his technology needs, and so many products that his profits from sponsorship reach $8 million.
7. Andres Iniesta - $30 million/year
Don't be shocked here, Iniesta, 38 years old, is the oldest player on the list, one of the best midfielders. He left Barcelona in 2018 to play for the Japanese team Vissel Gobi and signed a new contract in 2021 that will keep him at the club until 2023. Given The offered salary was $23 million, it's no surprise he decided to stay.
Iniesta also has sponsorship deals with big-name Japanese brands such as Nissan, Asics, and Konami as well as GeneLife, and the footballer has also created his own clothing company Capitten. His profits from promotion and sponsorship reach $7 million.
Anyway, at the time of writing, Vissel Kobe is one point away from the relegation zone with five games played.
6. Eden Hazard - $31.1 million/year
In fact, Hazard was a utility player in need of a £103m move from Chelsea to Real Madrid, and Barcelona was in disappointing form for Belgium. He scored only seven goals in three seasons. Watching last season's Champions League final from the bench was particularly annoying in general, especially since it averaged $28.6 million.
It is also tempting to sign an off-field player during the sponsorship, $2.5 million because he is a player who is also on the cover of FIFA 20.
5. Mohamed Salah - $39.5 million/year
Salah's status as one of the best strikers in world football finally translated into huge money when he signed a new three-year contract with Liverpool worth £350,000 in August 2022. With a monthly salary of $24.5 million.
Due to his great profile in Egypt and the MENA region in general, Salah also attracts very large sponsorship deals with the likes of Adidas, Pepsi, Vodafone, and Uber. His profits reached $15 million.
After his level dropped slightly at the end of last season, his coach Jurgen Klopp expected that the Egyptian king would return strongly soon. This did not quite happen. But with 23 goals and 10 assists in all competitions, the in-form Salah is still a very impressive player.
4. Neymar - $91 million/year
Neymar was expected to earn big after joining Paris Saint-Germain in 2017 for a world record cost of $263 million.
Neymar, 30, is the first to earn the third-highest salary in world football - which also happens to be the third-highest at his club Paris Saint-Germain ($56 million).
Like many footballers and sponsors of many companies, the Brazilian first dived into the incomprehensible vortex of NFTs and cryptocurrencies, launching a “digital collection” with “NFTSTAR”. His profits reached ($35 million). He is one of the richest football players.
3. Lionel Messi $110 million/year
35-year-old Lionel Messi has joined Paris Saint-Germain on a free transfer following his shock exit from Barcelona.
Lionel Messi has topped the list of highest-paid players most of the time, but Messi has now dropped to third place with a salary of $62 million.
However, with endorsement deals for watches, soda pop, communications, sports apparel, sports drinks, beer, video games, case oil, and potato chips — and with his recently acquired status as world champion and $48 million in earnings from sponsorships — we shouldn't think he's He will fall down the list of highest-paid players in football soon.
2. Kylian Mbappe - $125 million/year
23-year-old Mbappe recently revealed to the New York Times that French President Emmanuel Macron personally persuaded him not to leave Paris Saint-Germain for Real Madrid this summer.
Mbappé said: “He told me: ‘I don’t want you to leave now. You are very important to the country. Of course, when the president says that to you, it is important.’”
It is no surprise that Paris Saint-Germain signed a contract worth $105 million per year with the young player Mbappe. Which makes him the highest-paid player in the world in 2023. Mbappe also earns $20 million from promotion and sponsorship.
1- Cristiano Ronaldo - $208.6 million/year
Cristiano Ronaldo became the richest football player in the country by moving to the Saudi club Al-Nasr, with a lucrative contract every year as a player in Al-Nasr, and this is just compensation for his club. ($74.6 million salary, $133.84 million bonus). Yes, this is ridiculous. However, both Ronaldo and Al Nasr seem happy enough with this arrangement.
Ronaldo has his own clothing and perfume company called CR7, as well as collaborations that pay him $60 million, making him the richest footballer and athlete in the world.