In the ranking of the highest paid players, published by France Football, the defender of Barcelona Gerard Piquet rose to fifth place, and this list is headed by his team-mate Lionel Messi.

Messi earns in the year 126 million euros, which is 32 million more than his eternal rival from Real Madrid Cristiano Ronaldo - 94 million euros. Next in the top five are Neimar (PSG) - 81.5 million, Bale (Real) - 44 million and Pique - 29 million.

When making the rating, we took into account the salary, bonuses and advertising revenues.

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