Lionel Messi’s contract drama ended with the Barcelona star sealing the deal as soccer’s second $1 billion earner, but a 21-year-old Frenchman is poised to steal the show.
When it comes to measuring the greatest players in the world’s most beautiful game, the focus inevitably turns to a pair of rivals with household names and exclusive claim to being the only team-sport athletes to earn $1 billion during their careers. It may be time to make room for a third.ranking of the highest-paid soccer players once again, after Messi resolved a weeks-long contract drama to land the top spot with $126 million, nudging out Juventus’s Ronaldo who comes in at No.
Mbappe is the rising hot shot of both the Paris club and the French national team, amassing 103 goals in all competitions since turning professional five years ago. At age 19, he became the youngest player to score a World Cup goal after legend Pele, who did it in 1958 at age 17, helping the French team win its second title in history.
He’s also making a heck of a lot more than they were at his age too. The kid from Bondy, a poor Parisian suburb, became the sport’s most expensive teenager when the Paris club shelled out $215 million to his former club Monaco for his rights in 2017 and signed him to a contract that will pay him $28 million this season.
The 21-year-old is topped on the list once again this year by teammate Neymar , but the dynamic is poised to shift as Mbappe is expected to get a bumper new contract in 2022 when his current contracts ends.. In all, the top 10 players in the world are expected to pull in $570 million in salary, bonus and endorsements this upcoming season, barring no further pandemic pauses that led to 30-70% pay cuts last Spring across European leagues. The combined haul is up 11% from the 2019-20 season.
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