Twenty-four hours before the news that soccer superstar Cristiano Ronaldo left Juventus to join Manchester United, the superstar striker became the best-selling player on the fanatical sporting goods website. He is one of the top players who have changed jobs in recent years, including tom brady in the NFL in 2020, LeBron James in the NBA in 20 18 and Bryce Harper in the MLB in 20 19.
But his sweetest victory may have surpassed that of soccer opponent Lionel Messi, who announced a few weeks ago that he would leave Barcelona for Paris Saint-Germain.
As the most popular athlete in the world-with more than 500 million fans on Facebook (65438+49 million), Instagram (3.44 million) and Twitter(9430 million)-he helped him regain the top position in this year's Forbes list of the world's highest-paid football players.
C Ronaldo's pre-tax income in the 20021-22 season will reach $65,438+$25 million, of which $70 million will come from his salary and bonus after his return to Manchester United. From 2003 to 2009, he won the Premier League and the Champions League for three consecutive years. The rest comes from personal endorsement and cooperation with Nike, Herbalife, Clear and other brands, as well as his expanding CR7 brand portfolio, including perfume, underwear, glasses, hotels, gyms and so on. Only three other active athletes have higher commercial income: roger federer ($90 million), lebron james ($65 million) and Tiger Woods ($60 million). And Ronaldo shows no signs of slowing down. The 36-year-old player is still better than many of his rivals in Europe, most of whom are younger than him 10 years old: Cristiano Ronaldo marked his return to Manchester United's old Trafford network by hitting the defender twice. He has now scored four goals in three games in the world's best league this season.
The first place was his long-time competitor Lionel Messi, 34. After working in Barcelona for 265,438+0 years-and leaving the drama soap opera One Year-he moved to Paris Saint-Germain, where he will be paid 75 million dollars. This season, he ranked second on the list with the value of 65438+ 1 10,000 dollars. After La Liga restricted Barcelona's salary, Messi was forced to quit, forcing the club to terminate the negotiations with a record six-time World Player of the Year. He started playing for Barcelona at the age of 13. He will pass Adidas, Pepsi, watch manufacturer Jacobs &; About $35 million endorsements from companies such as Co and Budweiser paid his PSG salary, and he just got these endorsements under a three-year contract last year.
Overall, the pre-tax income of the top ten football players this season is expected to be $585 million, up from $570 million last year. Wages and bonuses accounted for most of the total-US$ 465,438+05 million-with a slight increase of 2.6% compared with last year, because most clubs continued to be cautious in the face of the uncertainty of the new coronavirus pneumonia-19 pressure. In May this year, UEFA, the governing body of European football, issued a report saying that its top clubs were facing up to $8.5 billion in revenue losses related to the epidemic, which hindered the flow of major players.
Nevertheless, the high price jump at the top of the list shows the rich income ability of the world's top football players. Their income in MLS in North America is 10 times that of their peers.
Paris Saint-Germain now has three of the five highest-paid players in the world, including 29-year-old Neymar, who ranked third again with $95 million, and 22-year-old Quillian Mbappé, who ranked fourth with $95 million. 43 million dollars. 29-year-old mohamed salah ranked in the top five with $41million. This year, 37-year-old Andres Iniesta returned as the only player from a non-European team. After renewing his contract with Victory Ship in Kobe, Japan for two years, he ranked seventh with $35 million, which is 20 18 Barcelona after he left the club.
In order to compile our list, we talked with clubs, players' agents, commercial sponsors and global football experts. All figures are converted into US dollars using the current exchange rate, including salaries (before tax), bonuses and endorsements for the 20021-22 season. Does not include the transfer fee.
After Cristiano Ronaldo became the top scorer in Serie A and won the Champions League Player Award at the end of last season, Manchester United announced that he would return to Old Trafford, where he played from 2003 to 2009 and scored 1 18 goals. Scored in 292 games for Manchester United. During his 18 career, he won 32 important trophies, including five Champions League titles, the European Champions League for his motherland Portugal and seven league titles in England, Spain and Italy, which made him the first player to win the Champions League. Three countries. In early September, at the age of 36, he scored 1 10 for the first time in the national team's World Cup qualifier against Ireland, setting a record for the greatest shooter in international football history. C Ronaldo's pre-tax professional income exceeded 1 billion dollars, becoming the first team athlete in the world to reach this milestone.
Barcelona announced that Messi would not stay at the club due to financial difficulties in La Liga. Modern Times is over. In the 265,438+0 years he played for the only team he knew, Messi scored 672 goals, sent 268 assists, won 35 championships and 78 awards (including a record 6 Golden Globe Best Player Trophies). He also received $875 million in salary and bonus, and another $350 million in endorsement income, and his career totaled more than $654.38+0 billion. His new salary in Paris Saint-Germain is lower than that he could have stayed in Barcelona, but let him stay on the court with Neymar and reunite in Paris after becoming a teammate in Catalonia. The funds range from 20 13 to 20 17.
Neymar 20 17 traded Messi's shadow to Paris Saint-Germain in Barcelona for a record fee of 263 million US dollars, and helped the club reach the Champions League final for the first time last year. In May this year, the 29-year-old player signed a four-year contract extension, and will stay in the French capital until 2025, and continue to be one of the highest paid players in the team. Then he helped Messi at the club stadium and contributed to their final reunion. Neymar and Puma signed a shoe agreement to celebrate his gorgeous style, after Neymar withdrew from Nike's contract early because of sexual assault charges against Swoosh employees. In March of this year, he launched the "Creative Series", and the color matching of shoes and clothing attracted people's attention. Last June, 165438+ 10, social media was a sensation-he was the third most popular athlete on Facebook, Instagram and Twitter.
Last spring, the 22-year-old Frenchman refused to renew his contract with Paris Saint-Germain, which would make his salary equal to that of Neymar and keep him at the club until 2024. The 202 1-22 season is the last season in his current contract. Paris Saint-Germain hopes that Messi's signing will inspire the three-time Golden Boot winner to stay through negotiations, but it may be time for him to surpass and claim that he should inherit the bright spot. Mbappé scored more goals in his career than Ronaldo or Messi did at his age. He also earns more than his peers, partly because business sponsors recognized his potential early. Last year EA Sports gave him a personal cover of FIFA 2 1, making him one of the youngest people ever. This year, it announced that he would return as the image spokesperson of FIFA 22, which made him the first person to win the cover continuously since Cristiano Ronaldo.
The 29-year-old has two years left on his current contract and Salah and Liverpool are negotiating to keep the star striker at Anfield. He proved his legend on and off the court. He has been one of the top scorers in Liverpool and the Premier League since he joined from Rome, Italy on 20 17. Last June, 5438+ 10, he scored his first 100 goal for the club, becoming the fastest player in the history of the club. No other Premier League player scored higher at the same time. He also became the spokesman of Muslim athletes in the competition and was an important figure among them. A recent academic study found that after Salah joined Liverpool, hate crimes in the city decreased by 16%, and the rate of anti-Muslim tweets published by Liverpool fans was reduced by half compared with other top clubs.
The 33-year-old's contract will expire in 2023, and his continuous performance as Germany's player of the year has triggered rumors of suitors. The last time he failed to score for Bayern was in February. He has scored 19 games, and this month he became the first Bundesliga player to score 13 games at home in a row. He is fighting for the title of the best player in the world not only on the court, but also off the court: he launched his own RL9 clothing brand, which increased his endorsement income in Nike, Huawei and Head & Shoulders.
After spending 22 years in Barcelona, Iniesta signed a two-year contract with Kobe Victory Ship on 20 18 and moved to Japan. The midfielder later helped the club win the Emperor's Cup in 20 19, qualified for the AFC Champions League for the first time and won the Japanese Super Cup in February 2020. In April this year, on the occasion of his 37th birthday, he renewed his contract with the club until 2023.
10 months ago, Bogba's future at Manchester United was uncertain. However, since Cristiano Ronaldo signed with his French international teammate Rafael? It is reported that he is inclined to renew his contract. The 28-year-old player signed a 10-year footwear contract with Adidas, worth about $45 million.
Bell was loaned to Tottenham Hotspur last season after a clash with his manager Zidane in Real Madrid. After the club failed to win a trophy, Zidane resigned at the end of the 2020-2 1 season, which paved the way for the 32-year-old player to return to the Bernabeu under his current contract last season. I proudly displayed a banner that said "Wales". Golf. Madrid. In this order. Bell was linked with his retired football career after his country qualified for Euro 2020. Since 2020, he has been supporting Taylor May, and even participated in all-day fitting with golf club manufacturers on YouTube.
In 20 19, Real Madrid paid Chelsea $65,438+180,000 and signed a five-year contract with Azar, which made his annual salary in Gareth Bell reach $26 million. But the Belgian international has been struggling. He missed 59 games in his first two seasons at the club. Real Madrid coach Carlo Ancelotti recently questioned his ability to play two games in a row. There are more and more rumors in the media that the club is trying to fire him in January. Off the court, Azar is the spokesman of McDonald's in his hometown of Belgium, and has reached agreements with Nike and Nissan.