Top 10: Best paid footballers of the year

Football is no longer just the world’s most popular game – it’s also the most expensive. Here are ten players of top skill and speed making the big bucks.

With his record-making PSG deal, Neymar looks set to dribble easily past Ronaldo and Messi to the #1 spot on upcoming best-paid lists.

Neymar has signed the most expensive transfer deal in history with Paris Saint-Germain to the tune of $262 million.

We thought we had seen a record for the ages when Manchester United forked out $118 million for Pogba just last year, but with this deal coming through (minus salary and bonus), 25-year-old Neymar could easily become the world’s most expensive player ahead of Ronaldo and Messi.

As the greatest deal in football history, it also beats the craziest NFL or NBA payouts sports has seen. Today, football is not only the world’s most popular game – it’s also the most expensive. The standard being set at this new all-time high opens the door for more footballers to make even more staggering transfer deals; PSG’s new #10 may not hold the record for too long.

With EPL season upon us once again, let’s take a quick look at the top 10 footballers making the best money on the field this year, according to Forbes (all earnings in USD).