Lionel Messi and Jose Mourinho
are the richest men in
football according to France Football magazine
survey.
Real Madrid manager
Mourinho topped the manager's rich list with an income of €13.5
million, ahead of Barcelona's
Pep Guardiola (€10.5 million) and former Inter Milan coach
Rafael Benitez (€10.2 million). England manager Fabio Capello came fourth with the Italian receiving a salary
of €8.5 million.
The English Premier
League appears the most lucrative league of all with seven
representatives in the top 20 list of highest paid
players.
Two former Premier League
stars,
David Beckham and
Thierry Henry, now playing
in the MLS in the United States, are ranked fifth and 11 with
salaries of €19 million and €13.6 million respectively.