The top 10 best pay days in Football

A website in portugal Football Finance have listed the highest paid players in world football – here is a break down on the golden boys with a few surprises in the mix.

We published a list last month of the top earners when it comes to goal bonus,  for example was Rooney’s overhead goal against Manchester City really worth £217,000 ($352,000)? see more here

list is ordered by /monthly salary/annual salary

1. Cristiano Ronaldo – Real Madrid – €1.000.000 – €12.000.000

2. Lionel Messi – FC Barcelona – €875.000 – €10.500.000

3. Fernando Torres – Chelsea – €833.000 – €10.000.000

4. Yaya Toure – Manchester City – €833.000- €10.000.000

5. Wayne Rooney – Manchester United – €791.000 – €9.500.000

6. Ricardo Kaka – Real Madrid – €833.000 – €9.000.000

7. Zlatan Ibrahimovic – AC Milan – €833.000 – €9.000.000

8. Emmanuel Adebayor – Real Madrid – €708.000 – €8.500.000

9. Carlos Tevez – Manchester City – €666.000 – €8.000.000

10. Samuel Eto’o – Internazionale – €666.000 – €8.000.000

To see the full top 100 have a look here and its very interesting that players such as Wesley Sneijder sit very high on the list, also helps us find out who will hand in there transfer requests this summer.

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