The Top 10 Highest Paid Footballers In The World 2022

People always ask who the highest paid footballers in the world are and if you must know, this least changes as footballers always sign new contract after their previous contract expires and so new players can emerge the list of highest paid footballers in the world when they sign new contract to collect new salaries.

Some of the footballers collect thousands to millions of euros per week and so in this write-up, we are going to talk about the top 10 highest paid footballer in the world 2022.

Some clubs do well to pay their players huge salaries but in as much as small players end huge amount of money, some others do not.

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So without much ado, let’s proceed to talking about these highest paid footballers in the world and the clubs they play for.

We will be going from the lowest to the highest and you should know that there are some other footballers that are paid well that didn’t make our list.

Top 10 Highest Paid Footballers In The World 2022

Robert Lewandowski (Bayern Munich)

He earns about £350,000 per week and he is a key player for Bayern Munich. He was the FIFA Men’s Player of the year in 2021 and the 32-year old striker is not showing any signs of slowing down as he has also been seen as the Bundesliga’s all-time leading foreign goal scorer.

David De Gea (Man United)

He earns about £375,000 per week and he is the goal keeper for Manchester United. He is the highest paid goalkeeper in the world and also a key player for Manchester United and Spain national team.

Kelvin De Bruyne (Man City)

The new deal he signed with Manchester City increased his earnings to £385,000 per week and he’s occupying our number 8 spot. He’s also the highest paid footballer in Manchester City and a key player for the team.

Kylian Mbappe (Paris Saint German)

He earns £410,000 per week and a new deal with PSG could see him earn more than that although there are speculations that he will be leaving as a free agent to Real Madrid in the summer.

The 22-year old footballer moved from Monaco to PSG in 2018 and he remains the second most expensive footballer in history and has went on to become a key footballer for PSG leading them to numerous titles.

Gareth Bale (Real Madrid)

He earns £500,000 per week and he has been a key footballer for the club pairing with Cristiano Ronaldo and Karim Benzema.

Gareth Bale was once the most expensive player in history.

Antoine Griezmann (Barcelona)

He earns £575,000 per week after he was transferred from Athletico Madrid to Barcelona in 2019 and his transfer was recorded as the fifth-most expensive transfer in history. Although he’s on loan back to Athletico Madrid from Barcelona.

Luis Suarez (Athletico Madrid)

He earns £560,000 per week and he was known as one of the best striker in the world especially when he played for Barcelona pairing with Lionel Messi and Neymar Jr. to form one of the deadliest attacking trio in football.

He moved to Athletico Madrid in 2020 and was offered a huge salary per week which earned him the number 4 spot on our list.

Neymar (Paris Saint German)

He earns £606,000 per week and he was one of the paired in the Barcelona best attacking trio of all time (MSN). He moved to PSG in 2017 for a world record fee of £200m and earns more than £30million per year making him sit at our number 3 spot.

Lionel Messi (PSG)

He earns £960,000 per week and he is considered by many as the greatest player that have ever lived. Lionel Messi transfer news came in early August 2021 when he moved from Barcelona his boyhood club to PSG.

He was ready to sign a deal worth about £1.1m per week with Barcelona before tax but after the Spanish side was unable to complete the deal due to La Liga Financial rules, he was forced to leave his boyhood club.

Cristiano Ronaldo (Manchester United)

He earns £980,000 per week and it is no surprise as he is one of the most influential figures in the world of sport. He has the highest followers on Instagram.

He is became the top goal scorer in football history with a goal for Juventus against Napoli in the 2021 Italian Super Cup to take his goal tally to 760 for club and country and he is still scoring more.

He left Juventus and returned back to Manchester United where he is currently the highest paid footballer in the world 2022.

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