Beckham No Longer Football?s Highest Earner

[Saahil]

Lionel Messi at the top

More bad news for David Beckham as he has been knocked off the top of the list of football’s highest earners, with Barcelona’s star player Lionel Messi now the best-paid player in the game.

The annual survey, conducted by France Football magazine, estimates Messi’s earnings at ?29.6 million, ?2.3m ahead of Beckham.

The Englishman – who is currently out with a long-term injury – remains in second place on the list, just ?100,000 ahead of Real Madrid winger Cristiano Ronaldo.

Messi’s salary is made up of a ?9m basic wage, ?3.6m in bonuses and a further ?17.1m in personal endorsements. The Argentine has deals with companies including Adidas, Pepsi and Gillette.

The top English-based played is Manchester City striker Carlos Tevez, who comes in seventh with ?13.8m, while Chelsea’s Frank Lampard is ninth on ?12.7m

Internazionale boss Jose Mourinho is the best paid manager in the game with ?11.7m, just ahead of Manchester City boss Roberto Mancini on ?10.8m.

Top-earning players in football:

1. Lionel Messi (Barcelona) ?29.6m

2. David Beckham (LA Galaxy) ?27.3m

3. Cristiano Ronaldo (Real Madrid) ?26.9m

4. Kaka (Real Madrid) ?16.9m

5. Thierry Henry (Barcelona) ?16.2m

6. Ronaldinho (AC Milan) ?15.4m

7. Carlos Tevez (Manchester City) ?13.8m

8. Zlatan Ibrahimovic (Barcelona) ?13m

9. Frank Lampard (Chelsea) ?12.7m

10. Samuel Eto’o (Inter Milan) ?12.4m

 

[m_vaughan]

Considering Becks is in the twilight of his career while Messi is at his peak, I'd say the former is doing just fine.

 

[Saahil]

Yeah Old is gold.
Still there can be no comparison between messi and beck

 

[m_vaughan]

Yeah Old is gold.
Still there can be no comparison between messi and beck

That was not my point.

 

[Auwais]

Tevez. :laugh

 

[Saahil]

That was not my point.

oops! but I told my view about the players in any format of the game.
For eg- Sir Donald Bradman is at his place and Sachin at another place.
Actually they can't be compared.

 

[MaD]

Yes because one is dead...

 

[pcfan123]

oops! but I told my view about the players in any format of the game.
For eg- Sir Donald Bradman is at his place and Sachin at another place.
Actually they can't be compared.

uh yea they can be compared

Bradman > Tendulkar

 

[drainpipe32]

I don't think it matters. AS someone as said he's at the end of his career, he has earnt enough to feed all the kids in China.