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I think these earnings are out of this world. What is lol to me is that Ronaldo makes less in endorsements then Messi. Although I agree Messi should make more I can't but laugh at mr popularity not getting more endorsements.





Football - Ligue 1
Beckham ‘to earn more than Messi’ this season
David Beckham will be the best-paid footballer in the world for the 2012-13 season, according to a list published by France Football magazine.

Former England star Beckham, who joined French giants Paris Saint-Germain from Los Angeles Galaxy on a five-month deal in February, will have earned around 1.7 million euros in salary for the season, plus a similar amount in bonuses.

Beckham famously waived his salary to join PSG, with the club instead donating the money to a local charity.

But including money earned at LA Galaxy, he will make a whopping 36m euros overall, as endorsements and other forms of external revenue dwarf his playing wages.

Four-times FIFA World Player of the Year Messi, meanwhile, takes home a 13m euro annual salary but makes a lot less than Beckham in endorsements, with his overall package totalling around 35m euros.

Real Madrid rival Cristiano Ronaldo is third on the list, with a total of 30m; he earns slightly more than Messi in wages, but has a smaller endorsements package, probably on account of his Portugal national team having a lower profile than Argentina, and Real Madrid's tendency to take a greater share of image rights revenue.

While none of the top five high earners play in the Premier League, six of the top 20 turn out for English clubs - the highest of any league, with Spain's Liga second (five players).

The world’s best paid coach is Real Madrid’s Jose Mourinho (14m euros), who comes in ahead of PSG’s Carlo Ancelotti (12m) and Marcello Lippi, who earned 11m euros when coaching China’s Guangzhou Evergrande in 2012.

Most surprisingly is the appearance of Kenny Dalglish in fifth, with an estimated salary of 10m euros. Dalglish was sacked by Liverpool after a poor league finish, but he did win the League Cup.

France Football magazine has published an annual rich list for the past 15 years, although many of their figures are based on estimates.

France Football 2012-13 rich-lists (Euros)

PLAYERS

1. David Beckham - LA Galaxy, PSG: 36million euros per year (33m in endorsements etc)

2. Lionel Messi - Barcelona: 35m (22m endorsements)

3. Cristiano Ronaldo - Real Madrid: 30m (16.5m endorsements)

4. Samuel Eto’o - Anzhi: 24m (20m endorsements)

5. Neymar - Santos: 20m (7m endorsements)

6. Sergio Aguero - Manchester City: 19m

7. Wayne Rooney - Manchester United: 18m

8. Zlatan Ibrahimovic - PSG: 17.5m

9. Yaya Toure - Manchester City: 16.6m

10. Fernando Torres - Chelsea: 16.3m

11. Carlos Tevez - Manchester City: 16.2m

11. David Silva - Manchester City: 16.2m

13. Kaka - Real Madrid: 14.5m

14, Bastian Schweinsteiger - Bayern Munich: 14m

15. Philipp Lahm - Bayern Munich: 13.m

16. Iker Casillas - Real Madrid: 12.7m

17. Didier Drogba - Shanghai Shenhua/Galatasaray: 12.6m

18. Gianluigi Buffon - Juventus: 12.4m

19. Conca - Guangzhou Evergrande: 12.1m

20. Karim Benzema - Real Madrid: 12m

COACHES

1. José Mourinho: 14m

2. Carlo Ancelotti: 12m

3. Marcelo Lippi: 11m

4. Guus Hiddink: 10.8m

5. Kenny Dalglish: 10m

Eurosport - Reda Maher - on Twitter @Reda_Eurosport - 3/19/13 1:06 PM

Beckham is not a player he is a Brand

Cristiano is awesome for letting us have a large share of his image rights.

Ya I'm pretty sure he doesn't like that idea that's why he wa ls whining earlier this season

Zealous wrote:Cristiano is awesome for letting us have a large share of his image rights.

yeah didn't he throw a fuss over his image rights?

Fernando torres

Dario conca and Marcelo Lippi getting paid that much

Beckam we need more guys like that .... Victoria Beckam is a genius

Not saying the King doesn't deserve it, but Dalglish up there seems to me a bit weird when you consider it's 2013 already...

I never realized how much money Neymar is making in Brazil. He never has to leave there. Let Oscar,Hernanes,Lucas,Hulk, and a Striker do all the heavy lifting and learning in Europe to take you over the WC hump. Then he can ride their wave to glory the way Pele did with Garrincha,Vava,and Jairzinho.

Donuts wrote:

Zealous wrote:Cristiano is awesome for letting us have a large share of his image rights.

yeah didn't he throw a fuss over his image rights?

He complained but he never said why. Even then when he first signed with us him giving up a lot of his image rights was a pretty awesome for the club.

There is no way in hell that Neymar is making 13 million Euros in salary.

Who made this list? Eto'o makes 12M a year on salary, but according to the article 20 of his 24M comes from endorsements?

Given Dalglish is not currently employed as a manager that seems an odd inclusion.

France football magazine wrote this so I don't know of its true or not. I just put it up for discussion. Personally I don't trust any article form that country but that's just me.

BarrileteCosmico wrote:Who made this list? Eto'o makes 12M a year on salary, but according to the article 20 of his 24M comes from endorsements?

Not unheard of that third parties pay for wages. I imagine that's the case with Eto'o and Neymar.

Betty La Fea wrote:I never realized how much money Neymar is making in Brazil. He never has to leave there. Let Oscar,Hernanes,Lucas,Hulk, and a Striker do all the heavy lifting and learning in Europe to take you over the WC hump. Then he can ride their wave to glory the way Pele did with Garrincha,Vava,and Jairzinho.

white_star wrote:France football magazine wrote this so I don't know of its true or not. I just put it up for discussion. Personally I don't trust any article form that country but that's just me.

You don't trust any article from "that country" so you decided to start a thread about an article from "that country" on here?

Conca, Torres, kaka, nerman

Beckham

Eto'o doesn't make 20 milion in endorsements and 4 in wages, I know that for sure.
Which questions the whole information.

CBarca wrote:

white_star wrote:France football magazine wrote this so I don't know of its true or not. I just put it up for discussion. Personally I don't trust any article form that country but that's just me.

You don't trust any article from "that country" so you decided to start a thread about an article from "that country" on here?

Don't try to understand white star's logic. The only thing you will accomplish is earning a migrane.

As for the list it looks about right apart from Eto'o and Neymar. Those numbers seem off to me.

KK up there? Looks like his severance package is being considered.

Beckham ffs

Buffon earns around 5,5mill euros yearly if I recall well, maybe even less this year

Beckham

I wonder why clubs/players/whoever disclose player's salaries.

Yohan Modric wrote:I wonder why clubs/players/whoever disclose player's salaries.

taxes make you disclose more than you are willing to, for starters