Top ten highest paid football players in the world: soccer’s biggest earners in 2013

1. Cristiano Ronaldo (Real Madrid)
£14.28 million

Whatever FC Barcelona do, Real Madrid attempt to do bigger.

Cristiano Ronaldo was Real Madrid’s answer to Lionel Messi, and the two have been in competition in the goalscoring charts ever since.

Florentino Perez has turned breaking transfer records into an art form, and paying the highest wages in the world also appears to be a matter of pride for the Spanish capital club’s president.

That worked out pretty well for Cristiano Ronaldo.