The latest issue of the magazine France Football has revealed Barcelona star Lionel Messi as the top earning footballer in the world, reports https://www.livesoccertv.com.
The 31-year-old Argentine beats his arch-nemesis Cristiano Ronaldo to the top spot with a valuation of 130 million euros, whereas the latter ranked second with 17 million euros short of his earnings.
To calculate the income of the footballers, the publication took into consideration factors such as salary, bonuses and commercial revenue.
With the top world stars occupying the topmost positions, Paris Saint-Germain star Neymar Jr. came in third with 91.5 million euros while Antoine Griezmann of Atletico Madrid and Gareth Bale of Real Madrid completed the top-four with 44 million and 40.2 million euros respectively.
Manchester United's Alexis Sanchez is the only player from the English Premier League whose name is among the top 10. The Chilean winger ranked in seventh position with total earnings of 30.7 million euros.
Relatively, a similar list was made for football managers. Here Atletico Madrid's Diego Simeone secured top spot with a total earning of 41 million euros. The Argentine manager recently signed a new deal that will keep him at Los Rojiblancos until 2021.
