TOP 50 RICHEST FOOTBALL PLAYER IN THE WORLD in 2013:

50. Alessandro Nesta (Montreal Impact) - £16m
49. Yaya Toure (Manchester City) - £16.5m
48. Michael Essien (Real Madrid - loan) - £16.5m
47. Shunsuke Nakamura (Yokohama F Marinos) -
£17m
46. Ashley Cole (Chelsea) -£17m
45. Gianluigi Buffon (Juventus) - £17m
44. Xavi (Barcelona) - £17.5m
43. David Trezeguet (River Plate) - £17.5m
42. Clarence Seedorf (Botafogo) - £18m
41. Daniele De Rossi (Roma) - £18m
40. Park Ji-Sung (QPR) - £18m
39. Damien Duff (Fulham)- £18.5m
38. Paul Scholes (Manchester United) - £19m
37. Andrea Pirlo (Juventus) - £19.5m
36. Joe Cole (West Ham United) - £19.5m
35. Bastian Schweinsteiger (Bayern Munich) -
£20m
34. Arjen Robben (Bayern Munich)- £20m
33. Neymar (Santos) - £20m
32. Petr Cech (Chelsea) - £20m
31. Francesco Totti (Roma) - £20.5m
30. Philipp Lahm (Bayern Munich) - £20.5m
29. Miroslav Klose (Lazio) - £20.5m
28. Alessandro Del Piero (Sydney FC) - £21m
27. Nicolas Anelka (Juventus - loan) - £21.5m
26. Wesley Sneijder (Galatasaray) - £22m
25. Fernando Torres (Chelsea) - £25m
24. Didier Drogba (Galatasaray) - £25m
23. John Terry (Chelsea) - £27.5m
22. Franck Ribery (BayernMunich) - £29m
21. Iker Casillas (Real Madrid) - £30m
20. Robinho (AC Milan) - £31m
19. Steven Gerrard (Liverpool) - £32m
18. Robbie Fowler (Unattached) - £32.5m
17. Frank Lampard (Chelsea) - £33m
16. Ryan Giggs (Manchester United) - £34.5m
15. Robbie Keane (LA Galaxy) - £35.5m
14. David Villa (Barcelona) - £37m
13. Raul (Al Sadd) - £38m
12. Michael Owen (Stoke City) - £40.5m
11. Thierry Henry (New York Red Bulls) - £41m
10. Rio Ferdinand (Manchester United) - £42m
9. Rivaldo (Sao Caetano) -£45.5m
8. Zlatan Ibrahimovic (PSG) - £47m
7. Wayne Rooney (Manchester United) - £50m
6. Samuel Eto’o (Anzhi Makhachkala) - £52m
5. Ronaldinho (Atletico Mineiro) - £63m
4. Kaka (Real Madrid) - £66.5m
3. Cristiano Ronaldo (RealMadrid) -£112m
2. Lionel Messi (Barcelona) - £115.5m
1. David Beckham (PSG) - £175m

-Ashu