9 Highest Paid Footballers in the World

1. Lionel Messi (FC Barcelona, 28)

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Annual Salary: €36m (£28.7m; $40.6m)

Performance Bonus: €3m (£2.4m; $3.4m)

2) Chritiano Ronaldo (Real Madrid, 31)

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 Annual Salary: €32m (£25.5m; $36m)

Performance Bonus: €400,000(£319,000; $451,000)

Other Income: €35m (£27.9m; $39m)

3) JR Neymar (FC Barcelona, 24)

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 Annual Salary: €20m (£16m; $23m)

Performance Bonus: €2.5m (£2m; $2.8m)

Other Income: €21m (£16.8m; $24m)

4) Zlatan Ibrahimovic (Paris Saint-Germain, 34)

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Annual Salary: €20m (£16m; $22.5m)

Performance Bonus: €2.5m (£2m; $2.8m)

Other Income: €6m (£4.8m; $7m)

5) Thiago Silva (Paris Saint-Germain, 31)

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Annual Salary: €23m (£18.3m; $26m)

Performance Bonus: €1m (£800,000; $1.1m)

Other Income: €2.5m (£2m; $2.8m)

6) Angel Di Maria (Paris Saint-Germain, 28)

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Annual Salary: €24m (£19.1m; $27m)

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Bonus: €800,000(£640,000; $900,000)

Other Income: €1.2m (£960,000; $1.35m)

7) Gareth Bale (Real Madrid, 26)

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Annual Salary: €14m (£11.2m; $16m)

Performance Bonus: €500,000(£399,000; $565,000)

Other Income: €10m (£8m; $11.3m)        

8)Thomas Muller (Bayern Munich, 26)

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Annual Salary: €16m (£12.8m; $18m)

Performance Bonus: €600,000(£478,600; $677,000)

Other Income: €7m (£5.6m; $8m)

9) Andrés Iniesta (FC Barcelona, ​​31)

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Annual Salary: €15m (£12m; $17m)

Performance Bonus: €2m (£1.6m; $2.3m)

Other Income: €4.5m (£3.6m; $5m)