Top 50 earners

Pinturicchio

Sorry if this has already been posted. I don't think it has.

Monthly wages

1. Cristiano Ronaldo (Real Madrid) 1.083.000
2. Zlatan Ibrahimovic (Barcellona) 1,000.000
3. Lionel Messi (Barcellona) 875.000
4. Samuel Eto´o (Inter) 875.000
5. Kaká (Real Madrid) 833.000
6. Emmanuel Adebayor (Manchester City) 708.000
7. Karim Benzema (Real Madrid) 708.000
8. Carlos Tevez (Manchester City) 666.000
9. John Terry (Chelsea) 625.000
10. Frank Lampard (Chelsea) 625.000
11. Thierry Henry (Barcellona) 625.000
12. Xavi (Barcellona) 625.000
13. Ronaldinho Gaúcho (Milan) 625.000
14. Steven Gerrard (Liverpool) 625.000
15. Daniel Alves (Barcelona) 583.000
16. Michael Ballack (Chelsea) 541.000
17. Raúl Gonzalez (Real Madrid) 541.000
18. Rio Ferdinand (Manchester United) 541.000
19. Kolo Touré (Manchester City) 541.000
20. Wayne Rooney(Manchester United) 500.000
21. Robinho (Manchester City / Santos) 500.000
22. Iker Casillas (Real Madrid) 500.000
23. Victor Valdéz (Barcellona) 500.000
24. Frederic Kanouté (Siviglia) 500.000
25. Deco (Chelsea) 500.000
26. Didier Drogba (Chelsea) 458.000
27. Gianluigi Buffon (Juventus) 458.000
28. Francesco Totti (Roma) 458.000
29. Luca Toni (Bayern Monaco / Roma) 458.000
30. David Villa (Valencia) 458.000
31. Arjen Robben (Bayern Monaco) 458.000
32. Bastian Schweinsteiger 458.000
33. Ashley Cole (Chelsea) 458.000
34. Fernando Torres (Liverpool) 458.000
35. Gareth Barry (Manchester City) 458.000
36. Patrick Vieira (Manchester City) 458.000
37. Carles Puyol (Barcellona) 416.000
38. Andres Iniesta (Barcellona) 416.000
39. Sergio Agüero (Atletico Madrid) 416.000
40. Andrea Pirlo (Milan) 416.000
41. Willy Sagnol (Bayern Monaco) 416.000
42. Frank Ribery (Bayern Monaco) 416.000
43. David Bechkam (Los Angeles Galaxy / Milan) 416.000
44. Wayne Bridge (Manchester City) 416.000
45. Lassana Diarra (Real Madrid) 416.000
46. Dimitar Berbatov (Manchester United) 416.000
47. Andrei Arshavin (Arsenal) 400.000
48. Nicolas Anelka (Chelsea) 400.000
49. Ryan Giggs (Manchester United) 400.000
50. Alessandro Del Piero (Juventus) 400.000

http://sport.virgilio.it/notizie/sport/calcio/2010/02_febbraio/16/i_50_giocatori_piu_pagati_del_mondo,23010909.html

stovelid

Yes, but are they happy?

Pinturicchio

stovelid wrote: »

Yes, but are they happy?

#9 might be but #44 isn't.

Otis Driftwood

Emmmm,just a guess but yes.Im sure they are.

syngindub

who is Bastian Schweinsteiger playing for then?

Headshot

syngindub wrote: »

who is Bastian Schweinsteiger playing for then?

Bayern Munich

top player too

bUILDERtHEbOB

Sagnol is retired for over a year now... and who the hell are Bayern Monaco?

syngindub

All € also yes? nice bread.

syngindub

bUILDERtHEbOB wrote: »

Sagnol is retired for over a year now... and who the hell are Bayern Monaco?

Never mind them, who are Siviglia?

bUILDERtHEbOB

syngindub wrote: »

Never mind them, who are Siviglia?

It's Italian.

Pinturicchio

bUILDERtHEbOB wrote: »

Sagnol is retired for over a year now... and who the hell are Bayern Monaco?

Yeah, I'm not sure what the story with Sagnol being there is. Maybe they're still paying him?
The club names are all in Italian.

syngindub wrote: »

All € also yes? nice bread.

Yes.

syngindub wrote: »

Never mind them, who are Siviglia?

The club names are all in Italian.

Smegball

syngindub wrote: »

Never mind them, who are Siviglia?

Sevilla.

DanR

34. Fernando Torres (Liverpool) 458.000


Surprised to see him so far down the list. Model for a move?:(

Johner

Ballack and Deco.

Pepe LeFrits

1 Gooner!

IvySlayer

Ibrahimovic gets paid more than Messi :eek:

mayordenis

DanR wrote: »

34. Fernando Torres (Liverpool) 458.000


Surprised to see him so far down the list. Model for a move?:(

He makes half a million a month and took a pay cut to come to the club and has recently enough signed a new contract.

Smegball

Gareth Barry getting paid the same as Torres :pac: And no Fabregas on the list ! I'm sure he will be high next year when hes sporting the Barca shirt

Eire-Dearg

Smegball wrote: »

Gareth Barry getting paid the same as Torres :pac: And no Fabregas on the list ! I'm sure he will be high next year when hes sporting the Barca shirt

I can't believe Wayne Bridge is there. What the fúck City?

DazMarz

stovelid wrote: »

Yes, but are they happy?

Fúcking orgasmic I'd say...

Johner wrote: »

Ballack and Deco.

Sick... fúcking sick... That's the only words to describe it!:eek:

EI111

Adebayor's wages are a joke I can't stand him as a player.

staker

Vieira must be laughing himself silly.
Where do I sign up to be an agent??

stovelid

Does anybody know the crack with players wages btw? When a player is offered a contract of, say, 100k a week, is that gross or net? Or does it vary from club to club?

If it's the latter, I feel even sicker.

Headshot

Eire-Dearg wrote: »

I can't believe Wayne Bridge is there. What the fúck City?

the only way they get good players to their club

everdead.ie

stovelid wrote: »

Does anybody know the crack with players wages btw? When a player is offered a contract of, say, 100k a week, is that gross or net? Or does it vary from club to club?

If it's the latter, I feel even sicker.

On the contenent they agree deals based on net pay so if tax goes u there wages stay the same in England it's based on gross pay

~Rebel~

Headshot wrote: »

the only way they get good players to their club

i can understand that for Robinho or Adebayor, or Tevez, but Wayne Bridge? Its not like a host of top european clubs would have been clammering to take him in. Good player no doubt, but he'd have been on half the wages, if even, at any other club. Madness for a guy who hadn't played regular first team football in years.

premierstone

Pepe LeFrits wrote: »

1 Gooner!

And the wrong one at that Pepe, its when you see a list like that you appreciate the genius that is Wenger for what he has continually achieved at Arsenal.

Headshot

~Rebel~ wrote: »

i can understand that for Robinho or Adebayor, or Tevez, but Wayne Bridge? Its not like a host of top european clubs would have been clammering to take him in. Good player no doubt, but he'd have been on half the wages, if even, at any other club. Madness for a guy who hadn't played regular first team football in years.

it's a strange one alright maybe it was the only way to get him to leave chelsea?

it would fascinating to know how much he was on at Chelsea thou

SantryRed

Kolo Touré :pac:

magma69

Man City truly are shmucks! Kind of sickening how much money is in football. Bunch of overpaid tossers. Most of them give nothing back to the community which is what sport is supposed to be about.

Man City probably pay their ball boys more than Burnley's senior players!

K4t

premierstone wrote: »

And the wrong one at that Pepe, its when you see a list like that you appreciate the genius that is Wenger for what he has continually achieved at Arsenal.

True but they've won nothing of interest in three years and the majority of Arsenal supporters will agree that you have to splash the cash to an extent in order to compete for the top trophies ala Utd and Chelsea.

greendom

K4t wrote: »

True but they've won nothing of interest in three years and the majority of Arsenal supporters will agree that you have to splash the cash to an extent in order to compete for the top trophies ala Utd and Chelsea.

And Portsmouth and Leeds obviously :rolleyes:

Xavi6

magma69 wrote: »

Man City truly are shmucks! Kind of sickening how much money is in football. Bunch of overpaid tossers. Most of them give nothing back to the community which is what sport is supposed to be about.

Man City probably pay their ball boys more than Burnley's senior players!

Please clarify. Do you mean the football community or the local community, because if it's the latter then you haven't a breeze.

Kev_ps3

Torres on the same money as Gareth Barry lol

Glico Man

Xavi6 wrote: »

Please clarify. Do you mean the football community or the local community, because if it's the latter then you haven't a breeze.

Very true. Lots of players give up a fair bit of their time to do charity work and visit local hospitals and such.

magma69

Xavi6 wrote: »

Please clarify. Do you mean the football community or the local community, because if it's the latter then you haven't a breeze.

I am talking about the community in general. I'm not saying there are no football players who are charitable but most of them give **** all back. I'm not talking about turning up at the odd charity event. I'm talking financially.

How many of those top 50 earners donated 100,000 plus (pittance to those) to the Haiti appeal or a similar charity organization?

There are some who give plenty back, Craig Bellamy set up an academy in Africa and financed it himself. Shay Given, Niall Quinn and Zidane have done lots of great work.

Most of them do **** all. In my opinion, anyone who makes that kind of money is morally obliged to give some back.

Pinturicchio

everdead.ie wrote: »

On the contenent they agree deals based on net pay so if tax goes u there wages stay the same in England it's based on gross pay

I believe the tax in Italy is the higher than in England or Spain. Serie A players pay 50% tax I think.

greendom

Pinturicchio wrote: »

I believe the tax in Italy is the higher than in England or Spain. Serie A players pay 50% tax I think.

Shame the rest don't follow - anyone on that sort of income should be paying at least that

Vurnon San Benito

All over-paid and a lot of them gone past their best form.
Ridiculous wages.

And how the hell is Lassana Diarra in that?
No wonder Pompey are the way they are.

m@cc@

Doocey wrote: »

And how the hell is Lassana Diarra in that?
No wonder Pompey are the way they are.

He's plays for Real Madrid.

Pinturicchio

m@cc@ wrote: »

He's plays for Real Madrid.

And is a good player.

Jazzy

lol @ deco

i love the way the first thing a lot of ppl hop on is torres wages. before i even read the thread i knew that would happen. what about frank ribery eh? maybe even david villa?

m@cc@

Pinturicchio wrote: »

6. Emmanuel Adebayor (Manchester City) 708.000
13. Ronaldinho Gaúcho (Milan) 625.000
15. Daniel Alves (Barcelona) 583.000
16. Michael Ballack (Chelsea) 541.000
19. Kolo Touré (Manchester City) 541.000
21. Robinho (Manchester City / Santos) 500.00
24. Frederic Kanouté (Siviglia) 500.000
25. Deco (Chelsea) 500.000
29. Luca Toni (Bayern Monaco / Roma) 458.000
31. Arjen Robben (Bayern Monaco) 458.000
32. Bastian Schweinsteiger 458.000
35. Gareth Barry (Manchester City) 458.000
36. Patrick Vieira (Manchester City) 458.000
41. Willy Sagnol (Bayern Monaco) 416.000
44. Wayne Bridge (Manchester City) 416.000
46. Dimitar Berbatov (Manchester United) 416.000

How many of them clowns would make it into your top 50 players? 2 or 3 maybe? The Bayern wages are staggering for a club that hasn't really challenged for the CL for a few years.

OPENROAD

K4t wrote: »

True but they've won nothing of interest in three years and the majority of Arsenal supporters will agree that you have to splash the cash to an extent in order to compete for the top trophies ala Utd and Chelsea.

But have played some fantastic football, that will do me.

m@cc@

K4t wrote: »

True but they've won nothing of interest in three years and the majority of Arsenal supporters will agree that you have to splash the cash to an extent in order to compete for the top trophies ala Utd and Chelsea.

Arsenal have consistently competed for the top trophies over the past three years.

Soby

Pepe LeFrits wrote: »

1 Gooner!

surprized to even see one

projectmayhem

m@cc@ wrote: »

How many of them clowns would make it into your top 50 players? 2 or 3 maybe? The Bayern wages are staggering for a club that hasn't really challenged for the CL for a few years.

In fairness Sagnol was a great player. Franck is a moany oul one these days. We'll see his worth tomorrow against Fiorentina.

Toni.. well he's off to Roma where hopefully he'll stay

m@cc@

projectmayhem wrote: »

In fairness Sagnol was a great player. Franck is a moany oul one these days. We'll see his worth tomorrow against Fiorentina.

Toni.. well he's off to Roma where hopefully he'll stay

I'm just surprised at the wages he was getting. You would think players like Van Bommel, Klose or Lahm would be getting more than him.

projectmayhem

m@cc@ wrote: »

I'm just surprised at the wages he was getting. You would think players like Van Bommel, Klose or Lahm would be getting more than him.

Van Bommel only does well when he wants to. TBH I would be looking for Bayern to replace him. Good captain, not a CL winner though. Klose is on/off too... he strikes well when he needs to but not often enough. He's not in the first-team rotation anymore. That's Gomez/Olic... and Lahm. I would pay him more, he's always consistent in his play and never exposes his corner of the pitch!

m@cc@

projectmayhem wrote: »

Lahm. I would pay him more, he's always consistent in his play and never exposes his corner of the pitch!

Seems to be professional as well, playing a right back only because Bayern don't have a right back and no one else is as adaptable.

The_Hustler

Jazzy wrote: »

lol @ deco

i love the way the first thing a lot of ppl hop on is torres wages. before i even read the thread i knew that would happen. what about frank ribery eh? maybe even david villa?

And Drogba is on those wages too, but not one mention.