Barcelona
forward Lionel
Messi is the highest paid footballer in the world while Real Madrid
coach Jose
Mourinho earns more than any other manager in the game, according
to a survey by France Football magazine.
The Argentina
international, who is widely recognised as the world's best footballer
and has won the Ballon d'Or for the past two years, earns €31 million
per annum. This amount that he garnered in 2011 came from his salary and
publicity deals and is €3.5m more than what Real Madrid star Cristiano
Ronaldo earns.
Manchester United forward Wayne Rooney,
a former team-mate of Ronaldo at Old Trafford, is third in the list
with an annual income of €20.7m. US-based footballers, David Beckham of
LA Galaxy and Thierry Henry of New York Red Bulls, are fifth and 11th in
the list with earnings of €19m and €13.6m respectively.
In
the manager's category, Mourinho heads the top-paid list as he earns
€13.5m a year. The Portuguese coach, who won the Champions League as
well as Serie A and the Coppa Italia with Italian giants Inter last
season, was appointed as tactician at Madrid in the summer.
Barcelona's Pep Guardiola is second behind 'The Special One' with an
annual income of €10.5m while Rafael Benitez, who is
without a club at the moment after parting ways with the Nerazzurri in
December 2010, earned €10.2m. England head coach Fabio Capello is fourth
with a salary of €8.5m.
Last month Deloitte’s
annual report on European football revenues was released in which
it was revealed that Spanish giants Real Madrid and Barcelona are the
top earning clubs in the world with Premier League powerhouse Manchester
United following them in third.
tbh I was expecting it to be Ronaldo. Great if you know all of this already.
and sorry about the messiness. here's the original article http://www.goal.com/en/news/12/spain/2011/03/21/2405496/barcelonas-lionel-messi-is-highest-paid-footballer-real
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