French footballer and Paris Saint Germain forward Kylian Mbappe has been named Forbes World’s highest-paid soccer player after knocking off Lionel Messi from the top.
The Paris Saint Germain forward and French player is revered globally after the youngster led France to victory in the 2018 Fifa World cup in Russia. The player’s outstanding performance saw France clinching another victory in a thrilling final match against Croatia where France won 4 goals to 2 with Mbappe scoring the last.
Many regard Mbappe as the combination of Cristiano Ronaldo and Lionel Messi on the pitch. Mbappe’s excellent performance on the ball and sprint speed with the ball is incomparable and the youngster keeps showing signs of improvement and dominance.
Forbes projects that the Paris Saint-Germain and French footballer will earn a whooping USD 128 million for the 2022/2023 football season before agents’ fees being a record in Forbes annual rankings.
The list has Messi his teammate in second position at USD 120 million, Manchester United Cristiano Ronaldo on the third position at USD 100 million and his team mate and Brazilian forward Neymar at USD 87 million, Liverpool and Egyptian player Mohammed Salah at the fifth place with USD 53 million.
Erling Haaland another promising striker who recently joined Manchester City Football Club featured on the top 10 list and very apparent he can see his way to the top with the sort of performance he is currently displaying on the pitch.
An estimated number of 10 players are to earn record amounts of about USD 652 million this football season which represents an 11% increment in last year’s earnings of USD 585 million.
Take a sneak peak into the 10 players on the list:
Forbes’ Highest-Paid Footballers Of 2022
- Kylian Mbappe
- Lionel Messi
- Cristiano Ronaldo
- Neymar
- Mohamed Salah
- Erling Haaland
- Robert Lewandowski
- Eden Hazard
- Andres Iniesta
- Kevin De Bruyne
