Cristiano Ronaldo Cooff Lionel Messi as the best paid footballer in the world!

Sport Business |Unsurprisingly, Cristiano Ronaldo and Lionel Messi set at the top of the ranking of best paid footballers in the world in 2021.However this year, the two best players in the world have interned their place in the standings and they changed clubs.However, their income remains similar, since they have won $ 235 million this season.

Less than 24 hours after the announcement of his departure from Juventus to join Manchester United, Cristiano Ronaldo became the player recording the most sales on the site of Fanatic Sports Articles.The Superstar striker has thus exceeded other major players who have changed teams in recent years, notably Tom Brady (NFL)) in 2020, LeBron James (NBA)) in 2018 and Bryce Harper (MLB)) in 2019.

However, the most beautiful victory for Ronaldo was to surpass his rival Lionel Messi who, a few weeks ago, announced his departure from FC Barcelona to join PSG.

Cristiano Ronaldo is the most popular sportsman in the world.In total, it has more than half a billion subscribers on networks: 149 million subscribers on Facebook, 344 million subscribers on Instagram and 94.3 million subscribers on Twitter.His popularity helped him take first place in the Forbes classification of the best paid footballers in the world in 2021.

During the 2021-2022 season, Cristiano Ronaldo should pocket $ 125 million (before taxes)), including 70 million in sporting income (salary and bonuses)) with his return to Manchester United, where he won three consecutive first League and oneChampions League between 2003 and 2009.The rest of its income comes from sponsorship contracts and partnerships with brands such as Nike, Herbalife, Clear and its own CR7 brand, which continues to spread and includes a wide range of products (perfumes, underwear,glasses, hotels, sports halls, etc..)). Seuls trois autres sportifs en activité ont des revenus commerciaux plus importants : Roger Federer (90 millions de dollars)), LeBron James (65 millions de dollars)) et Tiger Woods (60 millions de dollars)).Cristiano Ronaldo shows no signs of slowdown.At 36, he still surpasses many of his opponents in Europe, most of whom are his cadets of ten years.Upon his return to Old Trafford, he found the way to the net by scoring two goals.He now has four goals in three games this season in the world's most raised championship.

Son rival de longue date, Lionel Messi (34 ans)), a été évincé de la première place.After 21 years in Barcelona, and a starting year worthy of a Soap-Optéra, he joined PSG where he will receive $ 75 million this season, which places him in the second in the best-paid footballers in the worldIn 2021 with $ 110 million in income.The Pulga had to leave FC Barcelona after the Liga put a brake on the paid spending of the Blaugranas.The club was forced to put an end to negotiations with its sextle Golden Ball, which has been playing in the Barça jersey since the age of 13. Son salaire au PSG est complété par des revenus extrasportifs (35 millions de dollars)) provenant des marques Adidas, Pepsi, Jacobs & Co.and Budweiser, with whom he signed a three -year contract last year.

Au total, les dix footballeurs les mieux payés au monde devraient toucher (avant impôts)) 585 millions de dollars cette saison, contre 570 millions de dollars l’année dernière. Les salaires et les primes représentent la majeure partie de ces gains (415 millions de dollars)) et n’ont augmenté que de 2,6 % par rapport à l’an dernier.Indeed, most clubs continue to be cautious in the face of uncertainty surrounding the new variants of the COVVI-19.Last May, UEFA, the leading body of European football, published a report indicating that the first division clubs faced a loss of income of $ 8.5 billion due to the pandemic, whichput a brake on the movements of the main players during the transfer window this summer.

Nevertheless, this ranking testifies, once again, the great lucrative power of the best football players in the world.The latter earn ten times more than their MLS counterparts.

Parmi les cinq footballeurs les mieux payés au monde, trois évoluent au PSG : Messi, qui est arrivé fraîchement cet été lors du mercato, Neymar (29 ans)), qui atterrit une nouvelle fois à la troisième place, et Kylian Mbappé (22 ans)), qui arrive en quatrième position avec 43 millions de dollars de revenus. L’attaquant de Liverpool, Mohamed Salah (29 ans)), complète le top 5 avec 41 millions de dollars de revenus.

Cette année, Andres Iniesta (37 ans)) revient dans le classement à la septième place avec 35 millions de dollars de revenus.He is the only player not to evolve in Europe.Indeed, since his departure from FC Barcelona in 2018, he has played for Vissel Kobe, Japanese club with which he signed a two -year contract extension.

To carry out this ranking of the best paid footballers in the world in 2021, Forbes spoke with clubs, players' agents, sponsors and world football experts.All figures have been converted into US dollars using the current exchange rate. Les revenus comprennent les salaires (avant impôts)) pour la saison 2021-2022, les primes et les contrats de sponsoring.Transfer costs are not counted.

RANKING

*Income is expressed in millions of dollars (M $)).

Article translated from US forbes - author: Christina Settimi

<<< À lire également : Combien sont valorisés les clubs de la future Super League ? Le FC Barcelone en tête, le PSG dans le top 10 ! >>>