Top 10 highest-paid footballers as Benzema, Kante now earn more than Messi

<p>Al-Nassr forward, Cristiano Ronaldo, remains the highest-paid player in world football.</p>, <p>However, he is now joint top alongside Karim Benzema, who moved from Real Madrid to Al-Ittihad this summer.</p>, <p>Most of the biggest earners are in Saudi Arabia, with the Middle East nation willing to give out staggering contracts to lure footballers from Europe.</p>, <p>This means not one player based in England’s Premier League is among the top 10 best-paid.</p>, <p>Instead, eight are star names who have made the switch to Saudi this year with Inter Miami’s Lionel Messi and Paris Saint-Germain’s Kylian Mbappe the outliers, according to French newspaper Le Parisien.</p>, <p>TOP 10</p>, <p>1 = Cristiano Ronaldo €200m/£171.5m (Al-Nassr)</p>, <p>1 = Karim Benzema €200m/£171.5m (Al-Ittihad)</p>, <p>3 = Neymar €100m/£85.7m (Al-Hilal)</p>, <p>3 = N’Golo Kante €100m/£85.7m (Al-Ittihad)</p>, <p>5 Kylian Mbappe €70m/£60m (PSG)</p>, <p>6 Lionel Messi €45m/£38.6m (Inter Miami)</p>, <p>7 = Jordan Henderson €40m/£34.3m (Al-Ettifaq)</p>, <p>7 = Sadio Mane €40m/£34.3m (Al-Nassr)</p>, <p>9 Riyad Mahrez €35m/£30m (Al-Ahli)</p>, <p>10 Kalidou Koulibaly €30m/£25.7m (Al-Hilal)</p>