who is the richest male footballer in the world and what club does he play for?
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David Beckham - Real Madrid
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Man Utd was never the richest club in the world.\nOn paper they might have appeared so, but the reality was/is, that they could never raid the transfer market and buy players at will.\n\nThey could perhaps buy 1 (at best 2) big name players each season, but could never compete with Real Madrid, Barcelona, Inter Milan, AC Milan, Juventus or even, Chelsea, in terms of buying and paying top wages.\n\nThe simple fact is that these clubs have very, very rich owners, who don't mind writing cheques for millions and do not mind their clubs declaring losses. \nBecause of this buying, selling (for lower) and paying high wages, they finish below United in the rich list.\n\nBut in terms of spending power, United still have much catching up to do.
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Michael Owen - 13million\nFrank Lampard - 12.5million\nThierry Herry - 10million\nJohn Terry - 10million\nWayne Rooney - 10million
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I read somewhere that it was Man Utd, but that may have been the richest club, rather than the biggest one.\n\nBut it might be them anyway!\n\nSure as heck isnt Tranmere Rovers, and thats a fact!
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I think in salary Michael Ballack is the highest paid footballer around.\n\nIn terms of other stuff like endorsements etc it is still Beckham.
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Frank Lampard is the highest paid player with a £5m-a-year deal
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It's hard information to find out as clubs don't wish to disclose the individual player wages. In 2005 player wages at Chelsea totalled over £115m which was £30m over that of second highest payers Manchester United. Considering the players that Chelsea have bought since then it is highly likely this has risen even higher and will continue to do so with the likes of Michael Ballack to sign shortly on a ridiculous amount of money.\n\nAs for the highest earner it is almost certainly Frank Lampard who is rumoured to be on over £100,000 a week though Chelsea have called a press conference for Monday where they are expected to unveil Michael Ballack. Ballack is apparently set to become the highest paid player at the club. \n\nThe lowest paid player will be the younger players in the squad.
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ronaldinho m8 then beckham.ballack is goin 2 earn $300,000au per week\nhope that helps
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Cristiano Ronaldo of Portugal!
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Too many of them that's for sure...  \n\nThis article claims it is Rio Ferdinand:\n\nManchester United enter their first season under the Glazer clan, following American tycoon Malcolm Glazer's hugely unpopular takeover of the richest club in the world of football. So, this campaign could be crucial for Sir Alex Ferguson and his future at the Old Trafford, but the manager has not invested much during the off-season. Sir Alex had been looking for a first-choice goalkeeper and he hopes the signing of Edwin van der Sar ends the hunt. Korean forward Ji-Sung Park, who arrived from Dutch champions PSV Eindhoven, also looks a promising addition, but Ferguson has failed to strengthen the rest of the squad. However, Manchester United start the new season boosted by the news that Rio Ferdinand is staying at Old Trafford. The 26-year-old defender ended speculation about his future by penning an improved new four-year contract. English media reports said Ferdinand wanted more than €170,000 a week, almost certainly making him England's highest-paid player, but the terms of the new deal were not disclosed. However, Manchester United need to avoid yet another bad start in order to finish higher than last season.\n~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~\n\nAlthough he is captain of the national English team, David Beckham lives in Spain and plays for Real Madrid.
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Ronaldinho enjoyed an annual revenue of 23 million euros ($28.47 million), said France Football, which added up the salaries, bonuses, sponsorship deals and other sources of income for each player.\n\nBeckham follows with a total of 18 million, down from 25 million the previous year. Brazil and Real Madrid forward Ronaldo is in third place, having pocketed 17.4 million euros while England and Manchester United striker Wayne Rooney is fourth in the list with an income of 16.1 million euros.
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Jose Mourinho of Chelsea with earnings of about £5 million a year.
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Haha. Trick question. he plays for PSV Eindhoven in the Dutch Erindivese.
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Total earnings:\n\nDavid Beckham           Real Madrid       25 € mln \nRonaldo                 Real Madrid       19,6 € mln \nZinedine Zidane         Real Madrid       13 € mln \nFrancesco Totti         Roma              10,9 € mln \nAlessandro Del Piero    Juventus           9,5 € mln \nFrank Lampard           Chelsea            9,4 € mln \nRaul                    Real Madrid        9,3 € mln \nThierry Henry           Arsenal            9,2 € mln \nJohn Terry              Chelsea            8,6 € mln \nRuud Van Nistelrooy     Manchester Utd     8,46 € mln \nRonaldinho              Barcellona         8,2 € mln \nOliver Kahn             Bayern Monaco      8,09 € mln \nSol Campbell            Arsenal            7,3 € mln \nMichael Ballack         Bayern             6,83 € mln \nSol Campbell            Arsenal            7,3 € mln \nRio Ferdinand           Manchester         6,42 € mln
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national team or a football club?..\n\ninternationally brazil rightly claimed their name of kings of football because they've won the world cup five times and currently going to defend the title on the upcoming world cup in germany..\n\nbut in different parts of the world there are clubs which play in leagues in different countries the most famous is in england's the fa premier league which has clubs like arsenal, liverpool, chelsea and manchester united to name a few. and we have next is the spanish la liga in which the richest and i think is the best club in the world, the real madrid football club which had won the la liga title for 29 times and won the european cup nine times more than any other european club who played in the said competition. and next we have italy's serie a, which include clubs like juventus, ac milan and inter milan to name a few. we have even more clubs in different parts of the world.
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Yup...its is Sachin Tendulkar from India...The richest cricketer in the world...\n\nApparently...he makes 20 million US Dollars a year......He is also in the top5 richest Indians list...
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I say Italy. Look at playes like Chovchenk, one of the richest playing in AC Milan. Italian Players are also the most expensive. Brazil sucks