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Done a few back of the envelope calculations and reckon it would take me over 200 years to earn what they do in about 10 - and that's only their basic. Think I took a wrong turning in life somewhere

I could do with £676,000 a year.(Thats $ 1,183,841 USD).
This is the average Basic without bonus wage.

These are the top earners in Football (soccer) from last year

1. David Beckham, Real Madrid, €25 million (US$37.4 million)

2. Ronaldo, Real Madrid, €19.6 million (US$25.3 million)

3. Zinedine Zidane, Real Madrid, €13 million (US$16.8 million)

4. Christian Vieiri, Internazionale, €12 million (US$15.5 million)

5. Alessandro Del Piero, Juventus, €9.5 million (US$12.3 million)

6. Frank Lampard, Chelsea, €9.4 million (US$12.1 million)

7. Raul, Real Madrid, €9.3 million (US$12 million)

8. Thierry Henry, Arsenal, €9.2 million (US$11.9 million)

9. John Terry, Chelsea, €8.6 million (US$11.1 million)

10. Luis Figo, Real Madrid, €8.5 million (US$11 million)

11. Ruud van Nistelrooy, Manchester United, €8.46 million (US$10.9 million)

12. Ronaldinho, Barcelona, €8.2 million (US$10.6 million)

13. Oliver Kahn, Bayern Munich, €8.09 million (US$10.4 million)

14. Roy Keane, Manchester United, €7.92 million (US$10.2 million)

15. Patrick Vieira, Arsenal, €7.8 million (US$10.1 million)

16. Michael Owen, Real Madrid, €7.5 million (US$9.7 million)

17. Francesco Totti, Roma, €7.4 million (US$9.6 million)

18. Sol Campbell, Arsenal, €7.3 million (US$9.4 million)

19. Michael Ballack, Bayern Munich, €6.83 million (US$8.8 million)

20. Rio Ferdinand, Manchester United, €6.42 million(US$8.3 million)


I wonder why ticket prices have gone up!

Two good reasons . . .







. . . though the latter does at least have some understanding of Association Football.


Cheer up Bob, you could always go and watch FC United.