The Fans Football Blog3

Portuguese football finances website Futebol Finance has drawn up a list of the 50 best paid football players in the world.

The site claims that Barcelona player Lionel Messi is the third best player in the world with a year salary of 8,4 million euro.

Thierry Henry and Samuel Eto'o also make the top-ten with 7,5 million euro. Three other Barcelona players are metnioned in the list: Carles Puyol, Andrés Iniesta and Xavi are ranked 29th with a presumed salary of 5 million euro a year.


This is the top-10 of the list:

1. Zlatan Ibrahimovic (Inter) 9.000.000 €
2. Ricardo Kaka (AC Milan) 9.000.000 €
3. Lionel Messi (Barcelona) 8.400.000 €
4. John Terry (Chelsea) 7.574.179 €
5. Frank Lampard (Chelsea) 7.574.179 €
6. Thierry Henry (Barcelona) 7.500.000 €
7. Samuel Eto´o (Barcelona) 7.500.000 €
8. Cristiano Ronaldo (Manchester United) 6.762.660 €
9. Ronadinho Gaucho (AC Milan) 6.500.000 €
10. Andrei Shevchenko (AC Milan) 6.500.000 €


See the full list here