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Barcelona star Messi bigger earner than Real Madrid ace Ronaldo

Submitted by tribalfootball.com on Sun, 06/19/2011 - 02:03

Barcelona star Lionel Messi is the best paid player in the game ahead of Real Madrid ace Cristiano Ronaldo.

Sports Illustrated have released their 'Fortunate 50' list.

For football, Messi with €30.5m came out above Cristiano Ronaldo and Manchester United striker Wayne Rooney in the list, who earned €27.1m and €23m respectively.

Top 8:

1) Lionel Messi ($43,800,000)
2) Cristiano Ronaldo ($38,800,000)
3) Wayne Rooney ($29,200,000)
4) Kaka ($27,300,000)
5) David Beckham ($26,800,000)
6) Ronaldinho ($25,800,000)
7) Carlos Tevez ($21,700,000)
8) Frank Lampard ($20,100,000)

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Comments (13)

Submitted by Nomishan Tersoo (not verified) on Tue, 06/28/2011 - 12:28.

comparism makes d game interestin, we need views, dats y we hav fan base. Speak out ppl!!!

Submitted by blessed bonney (not verified) on Fri, 06/24/2011 - 15:16.

i think both players, messi and ronaldo are great stars but in my opinion, messi make football easier. he can do anything with the ball. we are jet to find a replica of messi. he is simply great.

Submitted by sean (not verified) on Mon, 06/20/2011 - 02:35.

and so what is messi the first person to be there ? Cristiano Ronaldo, David Beckham, all are there be4 so why messi own comes up

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