Neymar: Every contact with the ball costs Al Hilal 1.1 million euro

In the summer of 2023, Neymar left Paris Saint-Germain after almost six years with the French capital club and a tenure that many described as disappointing.

The Brazilian striker chose her league of Saudi Arabia to continue his career, as did many “stars” of the European courts, among them, Cristiano Ronaldo, Karim Benzema, Riyad Mahrez and Sadio Mane.

The most important motivation for these transfers is the financial benefitas the Saudis spent billions of euros to attract top-flight footballers.

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For example, in 2024 Cristiano Ronaldo collected 263 million eurosi.e. more than double the money he earns in the USA and from Inter Miami, Lionel Messi, who received 124 million euros.

However, the one who can be characterized as the highest paid footballer (in terms of remuneration and service provided) is beyond any doubt, the Neymar.

The 34-year-old ace has a contract with Al Hilal with annual earnings 110 million euros and given that he played in just two games in 2024 (42 total minutes), he collected approx. 2.4 million euros per minute of participation or otherwise 1.122 million euros for every contact he makes with the ballsince in these 42 minutes he came into contact with the “round Goddess” 45 times!

The eight highest paid footballers of 2024

  1. Cristiano Ronaldo: 263 million euro
  2. Lionel Messi: 124 million euro
  3. Neymar: 101 million euro
  4. Karim Benzema: 96 million euro
  5. Kylian Mbappe: 83 million euro
  6. Erling Haaland: 55 million euro
  7. Vinicius Jr: 51 million euro
  8. Mohamed Salah: 49 million euro

Source: www.enikos.gr