The list of highest paid soccer players in the world: Messi, ahead of Cristiano

The Argentine of Barcelona Lionel messi repeats as the highest paid soccer player in the world ahead of the Portuguese Juventus of Turin Cristiano Ronaldo, according to the salary classification published this Friday by L'Équipe.

According to the French newspaper, Messi has a salary of 8.3 million euros gross per month, compared to the 4.5 Ronaldo receives from the Turin club, which he arrived two seasons ago. Both surpass the Brazilian of Paris Saint-Germain Neymar, the best paid in France with just over 3 million per month, well ahead of his teammate, the French Kylian Mbappé, which does not reach 2 million.

Behind are two Barça players: the Frenchman Antoine Griezmann and the Uruguayan Luis Suarez, both with something less

of the 3 million. Two Real Madrid, the Welshman Gareth Bale and the Belgian Eden Hazard, followed with 2.5 million euros gross per month.

The list highlights that the Spanish goalkeeper of Manchester United David De Gea He is England's highest paid player, with 1.76 million a month, ahead of Arsenal's German Mesut Ozil and from the Belgian of Manchester City Kevin de Bruyne, both with 1.64 million.

In Germany, Bayern Munich's Polish Robert Lewandowski and his Brazilian partner Coutinho, ceded by Barcelona, ​​the highest salaries are pocketed, 1.66 million per month each.

The Argentines of Juve Gonzalo Higuain Y Paolo Dybala, with 1.09 and 1.06 million euros per month, they follow Ronaldo as the highest paid players in Italy.

Among the coaches, the Argentinian from Atlético de Madrid, Diego Simeone, also repeated as the highest paid, with 3.6 million euros gross per month, ahead of the Spaniard of Manchester City, Pep Guardiola, with 1.94 million. They are followed by two Premier technicians, the Portuguese from Tottenham, Jose Mourinho, and Liverpool's German, Jurgen Klopp, both with 1.46 million.

The French of Real Madrid, Zinedine Zidane, with 1.4 million, it slightly exceeds the Italian of Inter Milan, Antonio Conte, with 1.38 million, while Quique Setién, newcomer to Barcelona, ​​charges 500,000 euros gross per month, according to L'Équipe.