2. Cristiano Ronaldo – €230m
When it comes to financial lists, Cristiano Ronaldo hardly likes to be left out. The Portuguese ace is one of the two highest earners in the world and also the second-highest footballer to have accumulated transfer fees throughout his career.
Ronaldo has played for four clubs in his trophy-laden career, winning an endless list of personal and professional accolades. He has fetched €230m for three of those clubs. However, that sum seems really puny for the heights of achievements he has scaled till date.
A superhuman and a role model for billions around the globe, Ronaldo is now trying to immortalize himself with a bid to win the sixth Champions League title and a third with a different club.
1. Neymar – €310m
Neymar is a long way off all the players on this list. With a tag of €310m attached to his name, he is out of reach for every player on this list.
The Brazilian sealed a world-record €222m move to Paris Saint Germain in 2017. That amount itself is the reason why he is right on top of everybody else. Earlier Barcelona also spent in the region of €88m to sign him from Santos in 2013.
Had Neymar completed a return to Barcelona this summer, the sum of his transfers would have crossed €500m. That would have made practically impossible for any other player to surpass him on this list.
With great price tag comes greater responsibility, and that is what Neymar is trying to fulfil as he gets ready to take a shot at winning the Champions League for the third time with PSG.
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