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The 50 highest paid players in Football

 
Futebol Finance, a portuguese website specialised in football economy, has publisdhed the list of the highest paid players in Europe.  Golden boot Kaka is number one on the list then comes Ronaldinho, and Frank Lampard. The EPL is the most represented League with 20 players, and one surprising thing, some of these 20s are not all from the 4 big dogs. Michael Owen from Newcastle Utd ranks 14 th, Portsmouth's defender Sol Campbell P is 15th and Darren Bent from Tottenham comes in 19th place.  Real Madrid and Barcelona both have 6 players in the rank, confirming their financial power. Italy is also well represented, Inter and Juventus have 3 players in the rank Roma with Totti and Cassano for Sampdoria are also there. French League only has 4 players in the rank, O.M's Cissé being the highest paid player in France. Without  any surprise, David Beckham is the only non European based player but he only comes in  44th position. this is because the list doesnt add the ... (link)

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