The 50 Best Paid Footballers in the World

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jay-2-the-z jay-2-the-z posted 2/28/2008 from www.theoffside.com [flag]
Inara over at Lyon Offside spotted this list from a Portuguese website. She also worked out how many players each club has in Top 50. The original report in the Portuguese language is also on Ballhype soccer. [link]

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The 50 Highest Paid Footballers in the World
Published 2/28/2008 by Daryl at World Cup Soccer - South Africa 2010
Over on The Offside, we recently posted a list of the 50 highest paid footballers in the world as published by a Portuguese financial site. The figures (below) are based purely on salary, so don’t include endorsements and the like. Some of the names on there will make you laugh (cough, Darren Bent) and some of the absentees will make you wonder (no Leo Messi for example.) No surprise that the Premier League and La Liga are the big spenders, with Chelsea, Real Madrid, Barcelona and Manchester United paying the wages of over half of these 50 ...

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