The legendary duo remain the best-paid players in football, with PSG stars taking up three of the top four spots.

Cristiano Ronaldo's big-money move to Manchester United has helped him leapfrog Lionel Messi to become Forbes' highest-earning footballer this year.

Ronaldo is set to earn $125 million (£91.5m) before taxes during the 2021-22 season, with $70m (£51.25m) of that coming from his salary and bonuses for his return to Old Trafford.

Messi, meanwhile, sits just behind him at $110m (£80.5m) with his new Paris Saint-Germain team-mates Neymar and Kylian Mbappe rounding out the top four.

With $55m (£40m) of his earnings coming from commercial deals, Ronaldo is one of the highest-paid athletes in the world when it comes to sponsorship earnings.

Only three other active athletes make more commercially than the Manchester United star: Roger Federer ($90m/£66m), LeBron James ($65m/£48m) and Tiger Woods ($60m/44m)

In total, the 10 highest-paid footballers are set to collect pretax earnings of around $585m (£428m) this season, up from last year’s total of around $570m (£471m).

Make una allow the GOAT of football to rest na... Every time una go dey use Penaldo dey disturb the guy sleep. OK we don hear.

Like for the GOAT, share for Penaldo


But this Mo Salah don put Drogba for him shadow ooo. Guy is only behind Eto in Africa.

Let's give it to this guy CR7.
At 36 he's still competitive both in the pitch and off it. I'm yet to hear of someone who has maintained and sustained this level of consistency that span almost two decades.

Even his haters know intently that something special is working for the guy. Celebrate Grace upon CR7 abeg!

Aufbauh:
Let's give it to this guy CR7.
At 36 he's still competitive both in the pitch and off it. I'm yet to hear of someone who has maintained and sustained this level of consistency that span almost two decades.

Even his haters know intently that something special is working for the guy. Celebrate Grace upon CR7 abeg!

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I wonder why some people wont admit this fact.