Messi, the winner also gains more

Messi is a phenomenon in and out of playgrounds. The player golden ball in the last two years, was consecrated in 2010 as the player who has collected.

France Football magazine has published the ranking of the highest paid players in 2010 and Lionel Messi has been on top. The Argentine was above Cristiano Ronaldo with income of 31 million euros: 10 for his salary, 1 for raw and other benefit by advertising and other operations.

Cristiano Ronaldo is the second of which more than earned. Despite having a higher salary (13 million euros) has raised 27.5 million in 2010: 500,000 of premiums and 14 commercial contracts.

The list is completed by Wayne Rooney (third with 20.7 million), Kaka (fourth with 19.3 million), David Beckham (fifth with 19 million), Ronaldinho (sixth with 18.3 million), Carlos Tevez (seventh with 15 , 4 million) and Frank Lampard (eighth with 14.2 million).

Among the coaches, the most money won in 2010 was Jose Mourinho who had a turnover of 13.5 million euros. Guardiola was left with second place with 10.5 million and Rafa Benito third with 10.2 million.

Source: Brand