Asamoah Gyan is Africa's highest paid footballer
The Ghana captain has been named the 6th richest football player in the world, only behind Messi, Ronaldo, Rooney, Ibrahimovich and Bale
Asamoah Gyan has been named as Africa’s highest paid footballer, the Ghana captain’s staggering ยฃ226,923.07 ($350,000 or GHยข1.429,615.03) a week salary in China placing him just above Ivory Coast captain, Yaya Toure who earns ยฃ220,000.00 weekly.
This was revealed by UK based website, Thekingmaker.me’s ratings of 200 best paid footballers in the world today in a list that included highest paid football coaches as well.
Gyan is number 6 in the world behind Lionel Messi (ยฃ313,461.00), Cristiano Ronaldo (ยฃ288,000.00), Wayne Rooney (ยฃ285,000.00), Zlatan Ibrahimovic (ยฃ275,000.00) and (Gareth Bale ยฃ256,000.00) with Yaya Toure just coming in at number 7.
Sergio Agรผero (ยฃ220,000.00), David de Gea (ยฃ200,000.00) and Bastian Schweinsteiger ยฃ200,000.00 complete the Top 10 even though number 11, Eden Hazard and 12th, Luis Suรกrez both also earn ยฃ200,000.00 in weekly wages.
Conspicuously missing from the list however are Sulley Ali Muntari and Kevin-Prince Boateng who both reportedly earn over ยฃ100,000.00 weekly wages each even though KP’s brother, Jรฉrรดme Boateng is named at number 154 on a weekly wage of ยฃ64,800.00 at Bayern Munich.
Michael Essien however is the only other Ghanaian named in the list of 200 highest paid footballers at number 176 on ยฃ60,000.00 (GHยข378,000) a week.
On an African perspective, Emmanuel Adebayor is the 3rd highest paid player from the continent on ยฃ101,000.00 weekly (66th in the world) even though he remains unattached after his paying club, Tottenham Hotspurs failed to register him for competition this season.
Other African players on the list include Wilfried Bony ยฃ100,000.00 (76th), John Obi Mikel ยฃ75,000.00 (116th), Demba Cissรฉ ยฃ70,000.00 (136th), Kolo Tourรฉ ยฃ65,000.00 (139th), Seydou Keita ยฃ55,000.00 (187th), Alex Song ยฃ50,000.00 (197th) and Cheik Tiotรฉ ยฃ50,000.00 (200th).
Underfire Chelsea manager, Jose Mourinho is highest paid coach at number 18 on a reported ยฃ160,961.00 weekly wage followed by number 35, Louis van Gaal on ยฃ134,615.00, and Arsene Wenger on ยฃ126,923.00 at number 38.
