The world's Top 20 highest paid footballers

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1) Lionel Messi (Barcelona) €10.5m / €33m

2) David Beckham (LA Galaxy) €4.8m / €31.5m

3) Cristiano Ronaldo (Real Madrid) €13m / €29.2m

4) Samuel Eto'o (Anzhi Makhachkala) €20m / €23.3m

5) Wayne Rooney (Manchester Utd) €13.8m / €20.6m

6) Sergio Aguero (Manchester City) €12.5m / €18.8m

7) Yaya Toure (Manchester City) €13.8m / €17.6m

8) Fernando Torres (Chelsea) €10.8m / €16.7m

9) Kaka (Real Madrid) €10m / €15.5m

10) Philipp Lahm (Bayern Munich) €10m / €14.3m

11) Zlatan Ibrahimovic (AC Milan) €9m / €14m

12) Bastian Schweinsteiger (Bayern) €10m / €13.9m

13) Neymar (Santos) €7m / €13.8m

14) Nicolas Anelka (Shanghai Shenhua) €8.6m / €13m

15) Frank Lampard (Chelsea) €8.2m / €12.9m

16) David Silva (Manchester City) €9.4m / €12.8m

17) Didier Droga (Chelsea) €7.7m / €12.6m

18) Dario Conca (Guangzhou Evergrande) €10.6m / €12.5m

19) Gianluigi Buffon (Juventus) €5m / €11.7m

20) Franck Ribery (Bayern Munich) €10m / €11.6m





source: http://www.mirrorfootball.co.uk/news/Lionel-Messi-David-Beckham-Wayne-Rooney-and-the-world-s-top-20-highest-paid-footballers-revealed-Picture-Special-article880718.html