Brazilian football star Neymar will receive a total of 49 million euros in salaries and bonuses from Paris Saint-Germain for the 2019-2020 season, to be the first in this regard in his French club, and the third in the world after Argentine stars Lionel Messi and Cristiano Ronaldo, according to estimates of "France Football" ".
The football magazine pointed out in a special file on the "salaries of the stars" to be published in its full issue tomorrow, Tuesday, that Neymar's revenues from his club will reach 48.9 million euros, a big difference from his fellow attackers Killian Mbappe (21.2 million euros) and Uruguayan Edinson Cavani (18.4 million).
Neymar joined the Parisian club, owned by Qatar Sports Investments, in the summer of 2017, coming from Barcelona in a deal worth 222 million euros, which made him the most expensive player in the history of the game.
The French club is still the French Premier League title, the most prominent in terms of salaries and bonuses in "League 1", as "France Football" indicated that 15 of its players are among the first 20 players in terms of wages in France.
Internationally, Neymar, 28, is third in terms of gross income of 95 million euros (fully calculated salary and sponsorship contracts), behind Argentine Lionel Messi, Barcelona's leader (131 million euros) and Portuguese Cristiano Ronaldo, Juventus's Italian star (118 million).
Among coaches, Atletico Madrid coach Argentine Diego Simeone is ranked first (40,5 million euros, which includes the gross salary, advertising revenue and rewards last season), against Italian Antonio Conte coach Inter Milan (30 million) and Spain's Josep Guardiola, Manchester City champion champion England in the past two seasons (27 million).