The World's Best Paid Soccer Players

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How much money does Beckham make?
Published 5/1/2008 by admin at DavidBeckhamNet
... - news - people ), Pepsi (nyse: PEP - news - people ) and Coty. The superstar further fueled his hype by signing a three-year Armani underwear contract last November, worth upwards of $20 million. The deal launched with a series of ads showing Beck proactively posed in only the designer's drawers. Soccer moms have no excuse for not noticing him now.source forbes.com

Cash, Cars and Calcio
Published 5/1/2008 by SF at The Offside Rules
... Forbes has put together a list of the world's richest footballers, the 20 most valuable clubs and a photo slide show of what they are driving. Most of the usual suspects are there on the rich-list but the real surprise is ...

FORBES: Beckham and all the other highest-paid players
Published 5/1/2008 by Ric at The World's Beautiful Game
... well. Of the $49 million he made in 2007 to make him the highest-paid soccer player in the world, $12 million was salary from the Galaxy and Real Madrid, and $37 million was from image rights, including a portion of the proceeds from 300,000 Beckham Galaxy jerseys sold, and endorsements from the likes of Adidas (other-otc: ADDDY.PK - news - people ), Pepsi (nyse: PEP - news - people ) and Coty.” Read the full article “The World’s Best Paid Soccer Players” ...

Breaking the bank LINKS
Published 5/2/2008 by The Beautiful Game at The Beautiful Game
Uhhh, soccer players are super rich. Birthday David Beckham is the richest of 'em all. Cool. Should Ferguson quit after double? [Reuters blog] Is Ben Olsen done? [Goff] PSG banned from French Cup. [Goal.com] A look at U.S. youth development. [Pitch Invasion] Hirshey begrudgingly lauds Uncle Avram. [Deadspin] D.C.'s gotta new main sponsor: VW. [DCenters] Someone's not smitten ...