fairyfeet said:Black Solied said:Patrick Viera is currently in the list of 50 highest paid footballers in the world. He earns over 5million euros a year. This is true. And his contract expires after this season and he will not be offered a new one. So it's a very good thing for our wage bill :P
Here are the world highest paid footballers. (in Euros)
1- Cristiano Ronaldo (Real Madrid/POR): 12
2- Wayne Rooney (Manchester United/ING): 11,5
3- Lionel Messi (FC Barcelona/ARG): 11
4- Yaya Touré (Manchester City/CMA): 10,8
5- Samuel Eto'o (Inter Milán/ITA): 10,5
6- Bastian Schweinsteiger(Bayern Múnich/ALE): 9,7
7- Zlatan Ibrahimovic (Milan AC/SUE): 9
8- Kaká (Real Madrid/BRA): 9
9- John Terry (Chelsea/ING): 9
10- Emmanuel Adebayor (Manchester City/TOG): 8,4
11- Franck Ribéry (Bayern Múnich/FRA): 8
12- Fernando Torres (Liverpool/ESP): 7,8
13- Steven Gerrard (Liverpool/ING): 7,6
14- Carlos Tevez (Manchester City/ARG): 7,6
15- Frank Lampard (Chelsea/ING): 7,57
16- Xavi (FC Barcelona/ESP): 7,5
17- Andrés Iniesta (FC Barcelona/ESP): 7
18- Didier Drogba (Chelsea/CMA): 6,5
19- Rio Ferdinand (Manchester United/ING): 6,5
20- Andréa Pirlo (Milan AC/ITA): 6
21- David Villa (FC Barcelona/ESP): 6
22- Iker Casillas (Real Madrid/ESP): 6
23- Frédéric Kanouté (FC Sevilla/MAL): 6
24- Karim Benzema (Real Madrid/FRA): 6
25- Gigi Buffon (Juventus/ITA): 6
26- Patrick Vieira (Manchester City/FRA): 5,72
27- Wesley Sneijder (Inter Milán/HOL): 5,5
28- Garreth Barry (Manchester City/ING): 5,5
29- Arjen Robben (Bayern Múnich/HOL): 5,5
30- Asley Cole (Chelsea/ING): 5,41
31- Joe Cole (Liverpool/ING): 5,2
32- Diego Milito (Inter Milán/ARG): 5
33- David Silva (Manchester City/ESP): 5
34- Carles Puyol (FC Barcelona/ESP): 5
35- Kolo Touré (Manchester City/CMA): 5
36- Sergio Agüero (Atlético Madrid/ARG): 5
37- Francesco Totti (Roma/ITA): 4,9
38- Dimitar Berbatov (Manchester United/BUL): 4,87
39- Andrei Arshavin (Arsenal/RUS): 4,87
40- Nicolas Anelka (Chelsea/FRA): 4,8
41- Yoann Gourcuff (Lyon/FRA): 4,8
42- Paul Scholes (Manchester United/ING): 4,8
43- Daniele de Rossi (Roma/ITA): 4,6
44- Xabi Alonso (Real Madrid/ESP): 4,6
45- Jamie Carragher (Liverpool/ING): 4,6
46- Ryan Giggs (Manchester United/GAL): 4,6
47- Julio Cesar (Inter Milan/BRA): 4,5
48- Diego Forlan (Atlético Madrid/URU): 4,5
49- Alessandro Nesta (Milan/ITA): 4,5
50- Gabriel Heinze (Marseilla/ARG): 4,5
Doesn't include their own sponsor incomes. How many City players can you spot there? ;D
I'd be amazed if yaya or ade are earning more than the club captain ....
^^^ This! When Carlos was being an arse, it was on the OS that he was our highest paid player. The media spouts so much shite!