Ronaldo tops list of highest paid players in the world

Portuguese Cristiano Ronaldo, captain of Saudi Al-Nasr, imposed his dominance outside the green rectangle as well as inside it, topping the list of the highest-paid players in the world weekly, according to a report issued by the English website "Talk Sport". Ronaldo, 39, topped the list with a weekly salary of 3.4 million pounds, confirming his financial superiority over the most prominent football stars, including Argentine Lionel Messi, star of the American Inter Miami, and Norwegian Erling Haaland, striker of Manchester City. Brazilian Neymar da Silva, star of Saudi Al-Hilal, came in second place with a weekly salary of 2.65 million pounds, followed by French Karim Benzema, captain of Saudi Al-Ittihad, who receives 1.6 million pounds per week. As for Lionel Messi, he dropped to fourth place with a weekly salary of 865 thousand pounds, outperforming Senegalese Sadio Mane, star of Saudi Al-Nasr (650 thousand pounds), and Algerian Riyad Mahrez, star of Saudi Al-Ahly (580 thousand pounds). Norwegian Erling Haaland, who recently signed a new contract with Manchester City, came in seventh place with a weekly salary of 500 thousand pounds, confirming the difficulty of competing with the stars of the Saudi League on a financial level.