The list of salaries of footballers playing in the Saudi League has been published recently. As it turns out, Ronaldo’s salary is not only higher than the rest but twice that of Neymar and Benzema, who are in second place.
Cristiano Ronaldo joined Saudi Arabia’s Al Nasser club in January last year. Since then, one after another famous footballers have gone to that country. That list includes Neymar, Karim Benzema to N’Golo Kante. The list of salaries of footballers playing in the Saudi League has been published recently. As it turns out, Ronaldo’s salary is not only higher than the rest but double that of Neymar, who comes second.
Recently, the salary list of footballers playing in the Saudi League has been made public by an organization. It appears that Ronaldo earned 20 million euros or 1817 million rupees more than Al Nasser. Neymar and Benzema are joint second. Both of them get a salary of 10 crore Euros or 908 crore rupees.
Former Manchester City footballer Riyad Mahrez is in third place. He gets a salary of 5.25 crore Euros or 477 crore rupees. Sadio Mane, in fifth place, earns a salary of 4 crore euros or 363 crore rupees.
The Saudi Premier League is moving forward to show dominance in the world in terms of money. Many footballers are looking at Saudi clubs for next season as well. Among them are Casemiro, Illson, Alison Baker, and Kevin the Bruin. Antonio Rudiger was offered Real Madrid but he turned it down.
Neymar played just five matches for Al Hilal last year due to a muscle injury. Still got the full amount. He is scheduled to play for Al Hilal next season as well.