Lionel Messi Tops Football Rich List; Beats Ronaldo With A $1.4Million Weekly Earnings

Barcelona FC and Argentine midfielder, Lionel Messi has been named as the highest-paid footballer in the world. The footballer reportedly took home nearly $1.4million-a-week last year in wages and sponsorship deals.

Messi earned a staggering $72million in 201. He made about $38million as his club salary and the rest were from lucrative endorsements with the likes of adidas, FIFA 15 and Turkish Airlines.

This makes him richer than his arch-rival, Cristiano Ronaldo who brought in about $60million in 2014. This is according to the latest France Football magazine rich list.
Checkout the list below, all in Euros.

Top 20 highest earning footballer
1. Lionel Messi (Barcelone) : 65 millions d'euros
2. Cristiano Ronaldo (Real Madrid) 54
3. Neymar JR (Barcelone) 36,5
4. Thiago Silva (Paris-SG) 27,5
5. Robin Van Persie (Manchester United) 25,6
6. Gareth Bale (Real Madrid) 23,8
7. Wayne Rooney (Manchester United) : 22,5
8. Zlatan Ibrahimovic (Paris-SG) : 21,5
9. Sergie Agüero (Manchester City) : 21,2
10.Robert Lewandowski (Bayern Munich) : 20,2
11. Eden Hazard (Chelsea) et Yaya Touré (Manchester City) : 20
13. Angel Di Maria (Manchester United) et Radamel Falcao (Manchester United) : 18,5
15. Iker Casillas (Real Madrid) : 17,8
16. David Silva (Manchester City) et Cesc Fabregas (Chelsea) : 17,3
18. David Luiz (Paris-SG) : 17,2
19. Karim Benzema (Real Madrid) : 17
20. Mario Götze (Bayern Munich) : 16,9
The top 20 richest football coaches.
1. José Mourinho (Chelsea) : 18 millions d'euros
2. Carlo Ancelotti (Real Madrid) 15,5
3. Pep Guardiola (Bayern Munich) : 15,2
4. Arsène Wenger (Arsenal) : 11,3
5. Louis Van Gaal (Manchester United) : 10
6. Fabio Capello (Russie) : 9
7. André Villas-Boas (Zenith Saint-Pétersbourg) : 8,5
8. Sven-Göran Eriksson (Shanghai SIPG) : 8
9. Jürgen Klopp (Borussia Dortmund) : 7,2
10. Laurent Blanc (Paris-SG) et David Moyes (Real Sociedad) : 7
12. Rafael Benitez (Naples) : 6,9
13. Walter Mazzarri (ex-Inter Milan) : 6,8
14. Roberto Di Matteo (Schalke 04) : 6
15. Luciano Spalletti (ex-Zenith Saint-Pétersbourg) et Luis Enrique (Barcelone) : 5,5
17. Antonio Conte (Italie) : 5,3
18. Manuel Pellegrini (Manchester City) : 5,2
19. Brendan Rodgers (Liverpool) : 4,9
20. Roberto Mancini (Inter Milan) : 4,8