Highest Paid Footballers in 2012


Bangalore: Football is one of the most argumentative sports; where the frantic fans will go all the way to defend their favourite players and teams, even if they don’t belong to the country or know how to play the game. So the adrenaline rush is not just high in the game but also for the fans, who worship football. Football being one of the highest paid games in the world creates a covet interest among many as people want to find out who are the highest paid football stars. Here is a list of ten best of the best football champs in the world, who make big bucks by playing big and loud, on the field and otherwise, as listed by alltop10list.com

Frank Lampard:
Rank: 10
Frank Lampard is the English professional footballer, who plays for Chelsea and England national team and his salary for running and kicking  on the Chelsea field is about $11 million. He has also been signed up for a couple of endorsements which add to his current earning like a cherry on the cake. His total salary comes up to $17 million annually.

Zlatan Ibrahimovic
Rank: 9

The Swedish footballer Zlatan Ibrahimovic is the striker for Ligue 1 club Paris Saint-Germain and the Swedish national team. He is also the national team captain. He makes $17 million playing for the club alone, and is placed at the ninth place on the list.

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