Top 50 Earners In Football +1

[Scram]

POS NOME CLUBE Per Week Annual

1 Ricardo Kaka AC Milan £143,438 £7,458,750
2 Ronaldinho Gaucho FC Barcelona £135,788 £7,060,950
3 Frank Lampard Chelsea FC £130,050 £6,762,600
4 John Terry Chelsea FC £130,050 £6,762,600
5 Fernando Torres Liverpool FC £126,225 £6,563,700
6 Andriy Shevchenko Chelsea FC £124,313 £6,464,250
7 Michael Ballack Chelsea FC £124,313 £6,464,250
8 Cristiano Ronaldo Manchester Utd £122,400 £6,364,800

9 Thierry Henry FC Barcelona £122,400 £6,364,800
10 Steven Gerrard Liverpool FC £122,400 £6,364,800
11 Didier Drogba Chelsea FC £117,619 £6,116,175

12 Wayne Rooney Manchester Utd £116,663 £6,066,450
13 Iker Casillas CF Real Madrid £114,750 £5,967,000
14 Michael Owen Newcastle Utd £107,100 £5,569,200
15 Sol Campbell Portsmouth £105,188 £5,469,750
16 Raul Gonzalez CF Real Madrid £102,319 £5,320,575
17 Ruud Van Nistelrooy CF Real Madrid £102,319 £5,320,575
18 Rio Ferdinand Manchester Utd £96,581 £5,022,225

19 Darren Bent Tottenham Hotspur £94,669 £4,922,775
20 Carlos Tevez Manchester Utd £93,713 £4,873,050
21 Fabio Cannavaro CF Real Madrid £93,713 £4,873,050
22 Luca Toni Bayern Munique £87,975 £4,574,700
23 Robinho CF Real Madrid £87,975 £4,574,700
24 Francesco Totti AS Roma £87,019 £4,524,975
25 Arjen Robben CF Real Madrid £85,106 £4,425,525
26 Ryan Giggs Manchester Utd £83,194 £4,326,075
27 Michael Essien Chelsea FC £80,325 £4,176,900
28 Adriano Lima Internazionale £79,751 £4,147,065

29 Zlatan Ibrahimovic Internazionale £79,751 £4,147,065
30 Patrick Vieira Internazionale £79,751 £4,147,065
31 Gianluigi Buffon Juventus FC £79,751 £4,147,065

32 Samuel Eto´o FC Barcelona £79,751 £4,147,065
33 Charles Puyol FC Barcelona £79,751 £4,147,065
34 Sergio Aguero Atletico Madrid £79,751 £4,147,065
35 Oliver Kahn Bayern Munique £78,795 £4,097,340
36 Edwin Vandersar Manchester Utd £77,456 £4,027,725
37 Fernando Morientes Valência £77,456 £4,027,725
38 Alessandro Del Piero Juventus FC £76,500 £3,978,000

39 Harry Kewell Liverpool FC £76,500 £3,978,000
40 Djibril Cisse O,Marselha £76,500 £3,978,000
41 Joe Cole Chelsea FC £74,588 £3,878,550

42 Pedro Pauleta Paris SG £73,440 £3,818,880
43 Juninho Pernanbucano O,Lyon £72,675 £3,779,100
44 David Beckham LA Galaxy £71,719 £3,729,375

45 David Trezeguet Juventus FC £71,719 £3,729,375
46 Sidney Govou O,Lyon £71,719 £3,729,375
47 Deco FC Barcelona £71,719 £3,729,375
48 Gianluca Zambrotta FC Barcelona £71,719 £3,729,375
49 Petr Cech Chelsea FC £68,850 £3,580,200
50 Antonio Cassano Sampdoria £66,938 £3,480,750

51 Barry Ferguson FC Rangers 3 Bottles of Buckfast and a packet of Bikers

[bellavistaman]

thought beckham was on unbelievable money, or is this outside of sponsorship and all that

[OwlsFan]

Interesting, no Arsenal player on that list.

A few way overpaid like Michael Owen for what they contribute.

[superfrank]

Where'd you get this from?

[ifk101]

Harry Kewell?!!!

Who's his agent? :D:D:D

[rambler14]

19 Darren Bent Tottenham Hotspur £94,669 £4,922,775


Definetly proving that this list is a joke. There is people working in Burger King more talented than him.:D

Sure Beckham is 44th, he's on way more money than it says there!

[Roadend]

Harry Kewell?!!!

Who's his agent? :D:D:D

Bernie Mandic, duhhhh, but seriously, it is truly sickening.

[oldyouth]

Harry Kewell?!!!

Who's his agent? :D
Yep, the same Mandic who got £3m out of the £5m transfer fee that Liverpool paid Leeds. Don't get me started on that Aussie leech:mad:

[centre mid]

Sol Campbell £100k+????

[NeilMcD]

Darren Bent ha ah

[Sligo Hornet]

It's crazy that the likes of Bent and Kewell are earning...sorry I meant "receiving" those huge sums of money, but the biggest fools are the Clubs for paying them!

[Armando]

I was surprised there's no Real Madrid player in the top 10.

Ronaldos next contract at Utd will push him up to the £140,000 mark.
Despite all Madrids bleating I can't see them offering more than that after looking at what their current players are on.

[shakermaker1982]

No wonder Abramovic was ****ed at the weekend. I know he's loaded but when your forking out that much a week you expect something in return.

[6yardpunisha]

Definetly proving that this list is a joke. There is people working in Burger King more talented than him.:D

Sure Beckham is 44th, he's on way more money than it says there!

have to say once i read the list Darren Bent just jumped out at me aswell

[Scram]

have to say once i read the list Darren Bent just jumped out at me aswell

That's unanimous. His transfer fee was £16.5m - good business Mr. Jol :confused:


And, to those Muppets above who say this list is rubbish, "Beckham's on more than that" etc., it may just be European but please have some manners and think before slamming the post or fuci off to another thread!

[GavinZac]

That's unanimous. His transfer fee was £16.5m - good business Mr. Jol :confused:


And, to those Muppets above who say this list is rubbish, "Beckham's on more than that" etc., it may just be European but please have some manners and think before slamming the post or fuci off to another thread!

They aren't "slamming the post", I think they mean those players shouldn't be there, rather than that the list itself is inaccurate. Beckham's salary is actually fairly low, most of his earnings would be external, but a lot of that came as part of the "package" in his move.

[Steve Bruce]

Whats th source of this list?

[Scram]

Whats th source of this list?


An e-mail !!!!!!! :p

[GavinZac]

An e-mail !!!!!!! :p

In that case, its open season. "slam" away!

[endabob1]

That's unanimous. His transfer fee was £16.5m - good business Mr. Jol :confused:


And, to those Muppets above who say this list is rubbish, "Beckham's on more than that" etc., it may just be European but please have some manners and think before slamming the post or fuci off to another thread!


I seriously doubt the reliability of this list, Spurs have a strict wage structure and Ledley King (along with Keane & 1 or 2 others) is well known to be at the top of it on Circa 60k a week. There is next to zero chance that Bent is on £95k a week.

On an aside, it was Comolli who signed Bent & not Jol

[shanman2]

Scram are you crazy that list is complete sh*te. There is no-way Daren Bent earns that money. Are Torres and Gerrard on that money at Liverpool? more to the point can you prove it. Then we have Giggs on the list, Where are Paul Scholes, Gary Neville etc. Portsmouth would be bust if they were paying Sol Campbell that money. Govou, Pauleta and Juninho Pernambucano also on the list? The list is rubbish.
Also Jol publically stated he wanted a defender not an attacker. Two/three weeks before he got the sack

[Monster]

The Torres figure is wrong,he took a pay cut to sign with liverpool and is on 90 grand a week.

[gustavo]

Scram are you crazy that list is complete sh*te. There is no-way Daren Bent earns that money. Are Torres and Gerrard on that money at Liverpool? more to the point can you prove it. Then we have Giggs on the list, Where are Paul Scholes, Gary Neville etc. Portsmouth would be bust if they were paying Sol Campbell that money. Govou, Pauleta and Juninho Pernambucano also on the list? The list is rubbish.
Also Jol publically stated he wanted a defender not an attacker. Two/three weeks before he got the sack

You can't say theres no way that players arent on that kind of money unless you have personal access to their finances , it could be true though unlikely in some cases

[shanman2]

You can't say theres no way that players arent on that kind of money unless you have personal access to their finances , it could be true though unlikely in some cases


It's not true there's no hope in hell that the French League can afford those wages? It's just not credable that campbell in on that money..

[gustavo]

It's not true there's no hope in hell that the French League can afford those wages? It's just not credable that campbell in on that money..

Lyon have gotten to the latter stages of the Champions League for years now so thats bound to have had some effect on their coffers.Added to that the fees they have received for the likes of Malouda €21m , Abidal €15m , Essien €35m , Diarra €26m , Tiago €13m etc leads me to believe they are not short a bob or two. Plus with the television deal in place in the UK , such wages are not impossible even to some of the midtalble teams.

[EAFC_rdfl]

anyone know what wes brown is currently earning, and what he is being offered in the new contract? I think its crazy if he is not happy with 70K that i think he has been offered, its only really this season hes become established in the 1st team.

[tetsujin1979]

anyone know what wes brown is currently earning, and what he is being offered in the new contract? I think its crazy if he is not happy with 70K that i think he has been offered, its only really this season hes become established in the 1st team.
In football manager, he's on 25k a week.

[GavinZac]

In football manager, he's on 25k a week.

not the most reliable of sources for wages, tbh.

[Junior]

not the most reliable of sources for wages, tbh.


probably about as reliable as any other source to post on this forum!! Im sure there was more than a hint of sarcasm in that post..........

[shanman2]

http://tribalfootball.com/article.php?id=86021
Ok I'll let you all debate the credability of this site and indeed the article as it says about "a photocopied document" doing the rounds.
I hope it's wrong because it's made a right t**t out of me!

[DmanDmythDledge]

It's not true there's no hope in hell that the French League can afford those wages? It's just not credable that campbell in on that money..
Some Russian fella bought them around 18 months ago.

[Sheridan]

Right, we all know that list is codswallop but Totti's income (leaked in the recent publication by the outgoing Italian government of all citizens' tax returns) was €10m in 2005. How much of that came from his Roma salary I don't know.

http://edition.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/europe/05/01/italy.tax.ap/index.html