David Beckham, Ronaldo Nazario, and Zinedine Zidane were the three best paid football / soccer players on the planet in 2005, meanwhile Lionel Messi, Cristiano Ronaldo, and Neymar lead the way in 2021, but how do footballers wages from 2005 overall stack up against players in today.
A lot has changed in football over the last 15 years, and in today’s video, HITC Sevens takes a look at the development of players salaries in the Premier League and beyond, along with the changes to commercial revenue, and football’s popularity and the knock on impact in terms of finances in comparison to the rest of world sport.
