Kylian Mbappe will receive the most – Sport – Kommersant

The Forbes edition has published the next rating of the highest paid football players in the world. For the first time in his career, PSG striker Kylian Mbappé has taken charge. He is expected to earn $128 million this year. Last year’s leaders Lionel Messi and Cristiano Ronaldo are in second and third places.

Friday edition Forbes published the traditional ranking of the highest paid football players in the world. Note that since 2014, only two players have risen to its top – Lionel Messi (PSG) and Cristiano Ronaldo (Manchester United). However, this season, according to Forbes calculations, another PSG striker, Kylian Mbappe, will earn the most.

The income of the French striker should be $ 128 million – a record for the entire time the rating was compiled. Of these, $110 million is the player’s salary, and another $18 million comes from sponsorship deals with Nike, Dior, Hublot, Oakley and Panini.

As for Lionel Messi and Cristiano Ronaldo, they are in second and third places respectively. The Argentinean will receive $110 million, of which $55 million will be brought to him by advertising contracts, and the Portuguese will receive $100 million ($60 million will be provided to him by advertising agreements). It is noteworthy that both Messi and Ronaldo signed lucrative deals with cryptocurrency companies: the Argentinean receives $20 million a year from Socios.com, and Ronaldo cooperates with Binance (the contract amount is unknown).

Forbes notes that Cristiano Ronaldo and Messi first broke the $100 million mark when they were in their 30s, while Mbappe reached it at just 23.

The top 5 highest paid football players also included the Brazilian Neymar from PSG ($87 million) and the Egyptian Mohammed Salah from Liverpool ($53 million). As you can see, there are three representatives of the Parisian superclub in the top 5 of the ranking.

In sixth place is the most discussed football player in the world right now, the Norwegian forward of Manchester City Erling Haaland. His earnings are estimated at $39 million, but are likely to be much higher. Friday edition Daily Mail reported that Haaland earns significantly more than specified in the contract. The fact is that Haaland, who has already scored 19 goals in 12 matches for the Manchester United, easily overfulfills all the conditions for receiving the bonuses provided for in the contract. So at the moment, Manchester City are paying him about $1 million a week, which is the best figure in the Premier League. Obviously, Haaland’s growing popularity will get him the attention of big advertisers, so he can dislodge Salah from fifth place in the rankings.

In addition to the above players, the top 10 also included: Robert Lewandowski (Poland, Barcelona) – $35 million, Eden Hazard (Belgium, Real Madrid) – $31 million, Andres Iniesta (Spain, Vissel Kobe) – $30 million , Kevin de Bruyne (Belgium, Manchester City) – $ 29 million. In total, the top 10 rating participants will receive a record $ 652 million – this is 11% more than last year.

Arnold Kabanov