The French striker, world champion in 2018 with the “Blues”, should earn $128 million this season, counting his salary with his club and income from advertising contracts, before taxes and agent fees. A record for this sport, according to specialized media.
For the first time since 2014, it is neither Messi, Mbappé’s partner at PSG and second on this list with 120 million dollars, nor the Portuguese Cristiano Ronaldo (Manchester United), third with 100 million dollars, which is enthroned among the richest footballers.
The two superstars were already in their 30s when they crossed the 100 million annual income mark for the first time in 2018.
Instead, Mbappé more than achieves it, with only 23 years. Only the first three represent more than half of the total record $652 million in revenue, comprising the ten highest salaries in world football. Last year the Top 10 amassed $585 million. The increase is 11%.
Mbappé, who decided in May to extend with PSG until 2025 (the last season is optional), after having considered leaving for Real Madrid, will receive during the current 2022/2023 financial year approximately 110 million dollars between his salary and part of his bonus. signing, estimates Forbes, citing industry experts.
This amount is added to the 18 million dollars of income off the field, with its different sponsors (Nike, Dior, Hublot, Oakley, Panini, the FIFA video game).
He also created a production company, Zebra Valley, and invested in the “NFT” field that associates a digital object with an unfalsifiable certificate of authenticity, guaranteeing its sole owner official ownership.
By way of comparison, the Frenchman is, for these additional reasons of sponsorship, still far from the income of Ronaldo (60 million dollars) and Messi (55).
But his already immense popularity should allow him to close that gap. And his influence is such that he made the French Federation bend to renegotiate the terms of the agreement that governs the exploitation of the image rights of the players of the French team.
Another phenomenon of world football, the talented Norwegian of Manchester City, Erling Haaland, 22, got into 6th place in the ranking, with a salary, bonuses included, of 35 million dollars, plus 4 million endorsement contracts.
With Mbappé, they are the only players under the age of 30 to appear on the current list, which heralds their inevitable rejuvenation in the coming years.
Source: Ambito
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