Salah, Messi, Ronaldo: Who are the best-paid players in world football?

Mohamed Salah and Liverpool have been involved in a contract stand-off for some time now.

As reported by The Athletic, the Egyptian wants a deal that would make him the sixth highest paid player in the world – a position currently held by Kevin De Bruyne thanks to his £400k-per-week salary.

It’s an unholy figure, but one that Salah comparatively deserves when you consider his level of performance over the past few seasons.

Liverpool, though, are reluctant to break their strict wage structure for fear of the ripple effect it would have across the rest of the squad.

Instead, it’s been reported that Liverpool have offered Salah a 15% wage rise which equates to around £230k-per-week.

So there’s still a lot of ground to cover if any deal was to materialise over the coming twelve months.

But let’s say Liverpool do make the gigantic leap to keep their star man, who would be the five players still earning more than him? And more importantly, how much are they on?

5. Andres Iniesta (Vissel Kobe) – $31 million / year

Thought Iniesta had retired? Think again. Although why on earth would he retire when he’s getting paid crazy sums like this at the ripe old age of 38!?

You can bet Iniesta has been gracefully gliding through the Japanse J1 league like a swan through water if he’s even got half the quality left in him from his glory days.

In his time with the club, he’s lifted the Emperor’s Cup and the Japanese Super Cup.

4. Cristiano Ronaldo (Manchester United) – $36 million / year

It’s honestly surprising that CR7 isn’t coming in first or second position here, but the financial mite of PSG is really about to shine through.

Ronaldo is technically the highest paid player in Premier League history, though.

Not to mention that