{"id":396143,"date":"2021-09-22T10:00:52","date_gmt":"2021-09-22T09:00:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/arewa.ng\/?p=396143"},"modified":"2021-09-22T10:01:43","modified_gmt":"2021-09-22T09:01:43","slug":"ronaldo-overtakes-messi-as-highest-earner-in-world-football-see-top-10","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/arewa.ng\/?p=396143","title":{"rendered":"Ronaldo overtakes Messi as highest earner in world football [See top 10]"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"mvp-content-main\">Manchester United superstar, Cristiano Ronaldo, has overtaken Paris Saint-Germain\u2019s Lionel Messi as the highest earner in world football, according to Forbes.<\/p>\n<p>Ronaldo\u2019s transfer to Man United has made him the highest-paid footballer in the world, overtaking rival Messi.<\/p>\n<p>The Portugal captain will earn almost \u20ac107 million gross, including a salary of close to \u20ac60 million and more than \u20ac40 million in earnings from sponsorships and partnerships with brands including Nike, Herbalife and the CR7 brand, which includes perfumes, clothing ranges, hotels and gyms this season.<\/p>\n<p>Only three athletes, Tennis legend Roger Federer (approximately \u20ac77 million), basketball star LeBron James (\u20ac55.5 million) and golfer Tiger Woods (\u20ac51 million) have more commercial earnings than Ronaldo.<\/p>\n<p>Ronaldo\u2019s latest earnings have seen him overtake Messi, whose move to PSG from Barcelona, will see him earn around \u20ac94 million gross, with a salary of \u20ac64 million, but with lower commercial earnings.<\/p>\n<p>Messi is sponsored by brands including Adidas, Pepsi and Budweiser.<\/p>\n<p>Meanwhile, Paris Saint-Germain\u2019s Neymar is third-highest earner behind Ronaldo and Messi.<\/p>\n<p>The Brazilian earns \u20ac81 million, despite having the same salary as his team-mate Messi.<\/p>\n<p>Below is Forbes\u2019 top ten highest earners in football in 2021-22;<br \/>\n1. Cristiano Ronaldo \u2013 \u00a391.5m ($125m)<\/p>\n<p>2. Lionel Messi \u2013 \u00a380.5m ($110m)<\/p>\n<p>3. Neymar \u2013 \u00a369.5m ($95m)<\/p>\n<p>4. Kylian Mbappe \u2013 \u00a331.5m ($43m)<\/p>\n<p>5. Mohamed Salah \u2013 \u00a330m ($41m)<\/p>\n<p>6. Robert Lewandowski \u2013 \u00a326m ($35m)<\/p>\n<p>7. Andres Iniesta \u2013 \u00a326m ($35m)<\/p>\n<p>8. Paul Pogba \u2013 \u00a325m ($34m)<\/p>\n<p>9. Gareth Bale \u2013 \u00a323.5m ($32m)<\/p>\n<p>10. Eden Hazard \u2013 \u00a321m ($29m)<\/p><\/div>\n<p><strong><em>(DailyPost)<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Manchester United superstar, Cristiano Ronaldo, has overtaken Paris Saint-Germain\u2019s Lionel Messi as the highest earner in world football, according to Forbes. Ronaldo\u2019s transfer to Man United has made him the highest-paid footballer in the world, overtaking rival Messi. The Portugal captain will earn almost \u20ac107 million gross, including a salary of close to \u20ac60 million [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":396144,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[3],"tags":[2398,4460,4665],"class_list":["post-396143","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news","tag-messi","tag-neymar","tag-ronaldo"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/arewa.ng\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/396143","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/arewa.ng\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/arewa.ng\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/arewa.ng\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/arewa.ng\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=396143"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/arewa.ng\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/396143\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/arewa.ng\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/396144"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/arewa.ng\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=396143"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/arewa.ng\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=396143"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/arewa.ng\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=396143"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}