FOOTBALL AND MONEY

THE TOP-10 BEST-PAID FOOTBALLERS IN THE WORLD
Neymar has shot to second on the world's best earners list

1. Carlos Tevez (Shanghai Shenhua) £650,000 per week £34m per year
2. Neymar (Paris Saint-Germain) £500,000 per week £26m per year
3. Ezequiel Lavezzi (Hebei China Fortune) £460,000 per week £24m a year
4. Oscar (Shanghai SIPG) £432,600 per week £22.5m per year
   4=) Lionel Messi (Barcelona) £432,600 per week £22.5m per year**
5. Cristiano Ronaldo (Real Madrid) £365,000 per week £19m per year**
6. Gareth Bale (Real Madrid) £350,000 per week £18.25m per year**
7. Hulk (Shanghai SIPG) £317,000 per week £16.5m per year
8. Gervinho (Hebei China Fortune) £312,500 per week £16.25m per year
9. Axel Witsel (Tianjin Quanjian) £312,500 per week £16.25m per year