On the eve of the 2018 FIFA World Cup, Spanish journalists decided to calculate how much their professional merits and the love of millions of fans.
However, the level of salaries of athletes does not always correlate with their popularity. Thus, the five-time holder of the "Golden Ball" Portuguese footballer, who plays for the Spanish club "Real Madrid", Cristiano Ronaldo took the sixth place in the top ten.
Topping the list with the largest contracts - Argentine footballer, Barcelona club striker Lionel Messi. His salary reaches 43 million. Euro.
In second place with an amount of 36 million. euro - Brazilian football player, striker of the French club Paris Saint-Germain Neymar.
Closes the top three - Chilean football player, Manchester United striker Alexis Sanchez, who earns 26 million. Euro.
Next on the list: Brazilian footballer, midfielder of the Chinese club "Shanghai SIPG" Oscar (24 million. ), Argentine football player, striker of the Chinese club "Hebei China Kean Fortune" Ezekiel Lavessi (23 million. ), Cristiano Ronaldo (21 million. ), the Brazilian football player, the striker of the Chinese club "Shanghai SIPG" Hulk (20 million. ), the French footballer of Cameroonian origin, the striker of the Paris Saint-Germain club Kilian Mbappe (18 million. ), A French football player of Guinean origin, central midfielder of the English club "Manchester United" Paul Pogba (17.5 million. ), Italian footballer, striker of the Chinese club "Shandong Luneng" Graziano Pellet (17 million.
Many of these players will participate in the prestigious championship FIFA-2018.
Overboard this year are five football stars: Pellet, Hulk, Lavessi, Oscar and Sanchez.
Note that one of the main events of the year - FIFA 2018 World Cup - will be held from June 14 to July 15. Within the mundialya on the field will come 32 national teams to determine and prove their primacy. Ukrainian fans will watch the most prestigious football tournament live on the air - all matches of the 2018 World Cup will be exclusively shown on the Inter and NTN TV channels.