(Pooja Dubey, Intern Journalist) For the second year in a row, Lionel Messi has become the highest-grossing footballer in a year. Sports magazine Forbes released a list of the highest-grossing footballers in 2020, with Argentine star footballer Messi topping the list with earnings of $ 126 million (over Rs 927 crore), though his earnings were up by Rs 7 crore over the previous year has decreased. Messi has earned 92 million (about 677 crores) from his salary, while the remaining 34 million (Rs. 250 crores) have come from other sources.
This news is going to please the fans of Messi after the contract dispute with his childhood club Barcelona. Portugal’s captain and Events star player Cristiano Ronaldo comes in second place. The most followed footballer on social media has earned more than Rs 861 crore in the year 2020. Paris Saint-German striker and Brazilian superstar Neymar is in the third position with earnings of over Rs 706 crore.
21-year-old Mbappé has seen a tremendous jump in earnings. In the Corona period, when the world economy staggered, the same player from France has earned Rs. Three hundred and fifty crores by surprise. He shocked everyone by joining the top-5. Last year, he was at number seven with earnings of Rs 300 crore. France became champions for the second time in the 2018 FIFA World Cup due to Killeen’s record-breaking goal by beating Pelé at the age of 19.
Egypt’s striker Mohammad Salah, a key member of Liverpool’s team, moved up from seventh to the fifth position with Rs 272 crore. France’s Paul Pogba was sixth, Barcelona’s Antonio Griezmann seventh, Rial Madrid’s Garath Bell eighth, Bayern Munich striker Robert Lewandowski ninth, and Manchester United’s David de Gia the tenth footballer in terms of earnings.
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