Lionel Messi salary

Lionel Messi and Cristiano Ronaldo are the two best soccer players in the world but surprisingly not the highest paid.
In a list containing the ten players who earn more income a year in their clubs, the stars of Barcelona and Real Madrid are in the queue.

Samuel Eto'o leads the ranking with its spectacular salary of 20 million euros in Russian Anzhi. In addition, the winner of the best player in Europe, Andres Iniesta, is not among the 10 top earners.


The 10 highest paid soccer plyers: (in euros)
Samuel Eto'o (Anzhi) twenty million
Zlatan Ibrahimovic (PSG) 14.5 million
Wayne Rooney (Manchester United) 13.8 million
Yaya Touré (Manchester City) 13 million
Sergio Agüero (Manchester City) 12.5 million
Didier Drogba (Shanghai Shensua) 12 million
Fernando Torres (Chelsea) 10.8 million
Darío Conca (Guangzhou Evergrande) 10.6 million
Lionel Messi (Barcelona) 10.5 million
Cristiano Ronaldo (Real Madrid) 10 million