The list for the highest paid players in the World continues as follows:
#12 Toni Kroos
Club: Real Madrid.
Total income: €26.3 million (£22.6m/$29.5m).
#10 Luis Suarez
Club: Barcelona.
Total income: €28 million (£24m/$31.4m).
#9 Ezequiel Lavezzi
Club: Hebei China Fortune.
Total income: €28.3 million (£24.3m/$31.7m).
#8 Philippe Coutinho
Club: Barcelona.
Total income: €30 million (£25.7m/$33.6m).
#7 Alexis Sanchez
Club: Manchester United.
Total income: €30.7 million (£26.3m/$34.4m).
#7 Alexis Sanchez
Club: Manchester United.
Total income: €30.7 million (£26.3m/$34.4m).
#5 Gareth Bale
Club: Real Madrid.
Total income: €40.2 million (£34.5m/$45m).
#4 Antoine Griezmann
Club: Atletico Madrid.
Total income: €44 million (£38m/$49m).
#3 Neymar
Club: Paris Saint-Germain.
Total income: €91.5 million (£79m/$102m).
#2 Cristiano Ronaldo
Club: Juventus.
Total income: €113 million (£97m/$126m).
#1 Lionel Messi
Club: Barcelona.
Total income: €130 million (£112m/£145m).