The authoritative French magazine France Football has published a list of football players with the highest salaries in the world.

The captain of “Barcelona” Lionel Messi topped the rating. His total annual income is 131 million euros. Juventus striker Cristiano Ronaldo in second place with 118 million euros.

Brazilian star PSG Neymar, who in 2017 moved to France from Barcelona for a record 222 million euros, ranks third in the list with a total payment of 95 million euros.

The fourth on this list is Madrid footballer Gareth Bale, whose income is 38.7 million euros.

As for the salaries of trainers, here the coach of Madrid “Atletico” Diego Simeone occupies the palm - 40.5 million euros per year. Mentor “Mattress” is ahead of Antonio Conte from Milan “Inter” (30 million euros) and Josep Guardiola from “Manchester City” (27 million euros).

Note that in these amounts not only the salary from the club was taken into account, but also bonuses, money from advertising contracts and image rights.

It was previously reported that quarantine football stars are doing while championships are suspended due to the coronavirus pandemic.