Kylian Mbappe going to convert the highest paid footballer in the world. The French striker has signed a stratospheric contract with Paris Saint Germain that It will bring him a salary of 50 million per year, to which must be added a signing bonus for staying of 180 million and also control of 100% of their image rights. Each contract signed by the 23-year-old player will pay out of pocket in full, aspiring next year to be in the top 5 highest-paid athletes in the world.
Until not long ago, Leo Messi was the footballer best paid In Bartomeu’s last season, the Argentine managed to pocket the not inconsiderable figure of 75 million per year, while at PSG he has had to accept a substantial reduction to 30 million this past season, which from now on will rise to 40 for the remaining two years. The striker has amassed a fortune of more than 1,000 million throughout his career.
Cristiano Ronaldo He has not obtained contracts as substantial as Messi in part because of the cost containment promoted by Real Madrid and which led to his departure from the club in 2018. During his time at Juventus It was when he received the most with 40 million thanks to favorable Italian taxation. This summer, after signing for the United for two seasons, his salary was lowered to 30 million a year, being the best paid of the ‘Red Devils’.
For its part, Karim Benzema He is one of the footballers that economists like the most. The French striker has a salary of 13.2 million not becoming the highest paid player in Real Madrid, though it deserves it. That privilege belongs to both Eden Hazard and Gareth Bale, but good old Karim has never asked for a salary increase since he arrived at the Santiago Bernabéu in 2009.
There is another section to measure these phenomena and it is due to the economic impact of sports brands. Cristiano is the highest paid footballer in Nike with 18 million a year, while Messi does the same at Adidas and Neymar at Puma. Mbappé stands at 14 million with the North American brand, a relationship that he signed in 2019 and that will last 10 seasons. The Frenchman secured a series of bonuses for objectives that could lead him to collect 20 million annually from Nike. As soon as he wins the Champions League and he will take a pinch of three million in that contract. He sounds like very little compared to what he is going to receive from PSG.