beckham paid to play? lol. he's selling shirts imho.
David Beckham once again heads the players’ list with an estimated fortune of £112m million, thanks to his deal with LA Galaxy and huge off-field endorsement earnings. His nearest challengers are Michael Owen (£37m) and Robbie Fowler (£30m). The study, was conducted by FourFourTwo.
The Top 10 rich soccer players
1. David Beckham, 32, LA Galaxy - £112m
2. Michael Owen, 27, Newcastle Utd -£37m
3. Robbie Fowler, 32, Cardiff City -£30m
4. Wayne Rooney, 22, Man Utd -£30m
5. Sol Campbell, 33, Portsmouth -£28m
6. Andriy Shevchenko, 31, Chelsea - £25m
7. Rio Ferdinand, 29, Man Utd - £25m
8. Ryan Giggs, 33, Man Utd - £23m
9. Michael Ballack, 31, Chelsea - £18m
10. Steven Gerrard, 27, Liverpool -£15m
The English Premier League is increasingly becoming a foreign billionaire’s playground. Investors with a staggering combined value of over £11billion have become involved in British soccer for the first time over the last twelve months. Half of the top ten in FourFourTwo’s latest Soccer Rich List are newcomers to the soccer game and reinforce the attraction of the English Premiership to multi-millionaire businessmen. Most of them are BILLIONAIRES.
The Top 10 Rich Club Owners
1. Roman Abramovich, Chelsea - £10.8b
2. Joe Lewis , Tottenham Hotspur - £2.8b
3. Alisher Usmanov, Arsenal - £2.76b
4. Bernie Ecclestone, QPR - £2.5b
5. Mike Ashley, Newcastle United - £1.6b
6. Dermot Desmond, Celtic - £1.6b
7. Malcolm Glazer, Manchester United - £1.25b
8. Stanley Kroenke, Arsenal - £1.2b
9. Trevor Hemmings, Preston N.E. - £980m
10. Lord Ashcroft, Watford - £950m
http://soccer.sportsnewschannel.info/blog/37/top-10-richest-soccer-players-and-richest-club-owners/
