Manchester
United striker Wayne Rooney is now English
football's biggest earner.
But Rooney, according to France Football, still lags
behind Barcelona
star Lionel Messi
in the earning stakes.
The game's top ten earners were released this week:
1) Lionel
Messi (Barcelona) - €31 million
2) Cristiano
Ronaldo (Real
Madrid) - €27.5 million
3) Wayne Rooney
(Manchester
United) - €20.7 million
4) Kaká (Real
Madrid) - €19.3 million
5) David Beckham
(Los Angeles
Galaxy) - €19 million
6) Ronaldinho
(Flamengo) -
€18.3 million
7) Carlos Tevez
(Manchester City)
- €15.4 million
8) Frank Lampard
(Chelsea) - €14.2
million
9) Fernando
Torres (Chelsea) - €14 million
10) Yaya Touré (Manchester
City) - €13.8 million
