“Poor soccer players are certainly overpaid,” the legendary former Juventus president Gianni Agnelli once mused. “The good ones never earn enough.”
Lionel Messi and Cristiano Ronaldo are undoubtedly the two best players of their generation—if not any other—and have been financially rewarded for their sporting prowess over the years. Even at this advanced stage of their glittering careers, they remain the top two earners in the sport.
