Cristiano Ronaldo, Lionel Messi and Neymar are three of the highest paid footballers in the world and that too by far with their after-tax salary contracts with Real Madrid, Barcelona and PSG respectively. We take a look at top 20 footballers with massive salaries in 2017-18 season.
Ronaldo and Lionel Messi dominated the world football as two of the highest paid footballers in the world in last 10 years but with Neymar moving to PSG and earning a staller contract himself he is now earning as much as Ronaldo, Messi if not more. All three of these players have unique contracts with their respective clubs where they are paid salaries after tax. Cristiano Ronaldo signed for Real Madrid back in 2009 for a world record fee and he became the highest paid player in the world when he signed new 5 year deal with Real Madrid back in 2016 and that will keep him at Madrid until 2021. His new 5 year contract is worth £76 million in total and he will be paid £365,000 a week after tax which means he costs Real madrid a handsome £39 million a year.
Who are the other footballers with big salaries ? Well the top 25 highest paid players list has 7 representing from Chinese Super League, 2 from Barcelona, 2 Real Madrid, 5 Manchester City and three by Manchester United.
