Despite his absence due to injuries, 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 France, and the third globally after Argentine stars Lionel Messi and Portuguese Cristiano Ronaldo, according to France Football magazine estimates.
The ancient football magazine, in a special file on "salaries of the stars", to be published in its full edition, to be published on Tuesday, indicated 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 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.
And the club of the capital is still the most prominent French league title 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 leader (131 million euros) and Portuguese Cristiano Ronaldo, the star of Juventus (118 million).
Among the coaches, Atletico Madrid coach Diego Simeone is ranked first (40.5 million euros, which includes the gross salary, advertising revenue and rewards last season) against Italian coach Antonio Conte, Inter Milan coach (30 million) and Spanish coach Jose Guardiola Manchester City champion in the past two seasons (27 Two million).