BRIDGING THE GAP ON DIFFERENT FRONTS
Football over the years has morphed from an entertainment spectrum to that of business. Club owners are now much more concerned with the amount of money they can make off player sales, merchandise and endorsements. Even on the field of play, the quality has dropped a long way below what was attainable 10-15 years ago.
The biggest change though has been in the amount of money being thrown around by clubs both in players acquisition and salary packages. These has shifted the corridor of power from the occupants of the dugout to those on the field of play.
Players are now paid astronomical sums of money in salaries, a chunk of which has been enjoyed by the duo of Lionel Messi and Cristiano Ronaldo. In the last 8 years, no player has earned more than the two goal machines, who have made it a point of duty to share the top two positions in everything regarding football.
But with every other thing that has a beginning, there must be an end. With both players beginning to show signs of slowing down due to nature, and the likes of Neymar and Hazard failing to capitalize, it seems a new star has emerged. On the footballing aspect, both Kylian Mbappe and Erling Haaland are expected to take the goal scoring baton from both Ronaldo and Messi.
But on the financial side of things, it seems that Kylian has edged his counterpart by usurping him and the legendary duo to the top as highest earning football player. According to Forbes Magazine, Kylian has emerged as the world's highest paid football player. These best his counterpart could do was debut in the top 10 after signing from Borussia Dortmund and enjoying a blistering year so far.
Forbes estimates states that the French superstar is on track to pocket $128m before taxes and agent fees. That's a whole lot of money for a player who's only 23 years of age. The first time both Messi and Ronaldo pocketed up to $100m dollars was in 2018 and they were both in their 30s. That means Mbappe has bettered his more illustrious colleagues with 7 years to spare.
If we want to do a quick math and multiply that sum with the number of years before he turns 30, which is 7 (128*7), that would = $896m in earnings for Kylian. Considering that he'll definitely play beyond his 30th birthday, then we might be seeing him surpass Ronaldo as an active player billionaire in record time from earnings. Ronaldo achieved his at age 35.
He might still have a long way to go on order to close the gap on the two idols in terms of achievement, goals, titles, awards and records, but he's definitely closing the gap on them financially.
Erling Haaland on his own makes his debut on number 6. Not a bad position as he earns more than his club mate Kevin De Bruyne, Eden Hazard, Robert Lewandowski and Barça legend, Andres Iniesta. Mbappe and Haaland are the only players on the list below the age of 30.
This is obviously a clear shift in the footballing power to the newer generation. The two youngsters are currently arguably the two best players in the world. Erling Haaland has been the focal point of a rampant City attack, more like the last piece of the puzzle and looks completely unstoppable. He's completely owned the year 2022 and if City were to complete a league and UCL double, I don't see why he wouldn't be a serious Balon D'or contender.
Over in France, Mbappe has remained the focal point and arguably the most influential figure in the PSG attack despite the arrival of Messi and his friend Neymar. The French superstar has maintained an unbelievable standard, tormenting defenders with his speed and trickery.
Perhaps the Mbappe vs Haaland era is approaching faster than we thought.
Forbes' list of highest-paid footballers 2022
- Kylian Mbappe ($128m)
- Lionel Messi ($120m)
- Cristiano Ronaldo ($100m)
- Neymar ($87m)
- Mohamed Salah ($53m)
- Erling Haaland ($39m)
- Robert Lewandowski ($35m)
- Eden Hazard ($31m)
- Andres Iniesta ($30m)
- Kevin De Bruyne ($29m)
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Wow! Mbappe is earning a lot at such a tender age. I wonder why PSG are allowed to spend as they wish and also pay that huge amount of money to players. They have 3 players in the Top 5. There should be a way to control this.
It goes to show the level of politicking going on in UEFA. Some clubs are bigger than the law and only get a wrist slap whenever they are caught defaulting
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I think people are over judging mbappe for staying at psg. They are all saying he stayed there to earn huge wages instead of chasing his dream at Real Madrid. First of all we just realise that only few of us can actually refuse this kind of deal. After two years he can try his luck somewhere else after making loads of money. I think it will be very difficult for a club like United, city, Real Madrid or Barca to offer mbappe a wage amount of 1m per week. If he is to change clubs I think that amount will have to decrease a bit.
In the case of Halaand and De Bruyne am surprised. I thought he earned same as De Bruyne and this is rather surprising.
PSG is just ridiculous, giving Mbappe that huge amount of money and power when he has not even won a single Champions League trophy for the club anyway it's oil money nothing to serious for the owner to take care of the bills.
I believe that if Haaland continues at his current rate, then he would top the Forbes list in no time as he is of a greater quality than he currently earns at the moment.