A top ten of the wealthiest footballers plying their trade in the English top tier. 10. Sergio Aguero (Manchester City) £24m Argentine cost Man City £38m back in July 2011 and the former Atletico Madrid man will have been banking a massive salary ever since and no doubt supplementing those earnings with a hugely profitable goal-scoring bonus. 26 year old has a lucrative long running deal with sports brand Puma which will be drawing a healthy sum. 9. Yaya Toure (Manchester City) £25m Ivorian has been on a hefty £250k a week deal with Man City for the past four seasons but rumours that he earned another million for every successful pass completed against West Ham during the clubs 6-0 thrashing of the Hammers are thankfully for the Etihad Stadium side, baseless. Toure also enjoys a big money brand deal with Puma. 8. Fernando Torres (Chelsea) £26m Spaniard would have earned a big signing on fee off the back of his £50m British record transfer from Liverpool to Chelsea though if hes not careful Roman Abramovich may well demand his money back before marching him back to Anfield and demanding a refund for his faulty purchase. 7. Ryan Giggs (Manchester United) £27m Those gagging orders dont come cheap but clearly the veteran Welshman has accrued some serious amount of cash over the twenty years plus he has spent in the Old Trafford first team. The 40 year old enjoys a big sponsorship deal with Reebok and remains on a £75k a week deal with Man United despite being something of a bit-part player. 6. Steven Gerrard (Liverpool) £29m The one club mans bank balance is perhaps all the more impressive given the lack of transfer fee percentages he would have earned from leaving Anfield. Gerrard has a big deal in place with Lucozade as well as a book deal (insert joke here). 5. John Terry (Chelsea) £29m Veteran centre-back can afford the best lawyers money can buy, but seriously the Blues star has been one of the Premier League highest earners for a decade plus and its no surprise that he has a very healthy bank balance as a result. Terrys earnings are greatly complemented by a growing housing portfolio, you probably think this statement is a nice intro to some sort of joke relating to the Chelsea mans extra-marital behaviour, youd be wrong..unfortunately. 4. Frank Lampard (Chelsea) £31m Wow, £31m, that can buy a lot of pies. 3. Rio Ferdinand (Manchester United) £37m Years at the top of his game have clearly generated big funds but these have been nicely accompanied by earnings generated from his #5 brand. 2. Samuel Etoo (Chelsea) £39m Well traveled Cameroon international earned an astonishing £16.5m at Anzhi Makhachkala and clearly made a fair bit of money during spells at European giants Barcelona and Inter Milan. His Chelsea goal bonus hasnt perhaps been generating as much as he would have hoped though. 1. Wayne Rooney (Manchester United) £45m So the England international is the Premier Leagues richest player though the question is, does he still pay for things by cheque?
Posted on: Wed, 26 Feb 2014 12:47:59 +0000