20. Bastian Schweinsteiger - £200,000-per-week Louis van Gaal made Schweinsteiger one of the highest earners at Old Trafford before Jose Mourinho's arrival signalled the end of his United career. With two years left on his deal, the club reportedly wrote off the £6.7m that the German will earn for the next two years.
19. David De Gea - £200,000-per-week The goalkeeper signed a lucrative new long-term contract with Manchester United just a month after he came within hours of a move to Real Madrid.
18. David Silva - £210,000-per-week The Spanish playmaker signed a contract extension in 2014 keeping him at Manchester City until 2019.
17. Zlatan Ibrahimovic - £220,000-per-week The Swede actually took a pay-cut to join Manchester United from PSG in the summer. Ibrahimovic is currently on a one-year deal at the club with the option for a two-year extension.
16. Ezequiel Lavezzi - £222,000-per-week Another expensive Chinese import. Lavezzi left PSG to join Hebei Fortune in a two-year deal that will net the Argentinian a reported £23.5m after tax.
15. Asamoah Gyan - £227,000-per-week The former Sunderland striker became one of the world's highest earners when he joined Chinese Super League side, Shanghai SIPG.
14. Luis Suarez - £230,000-per-week The Uruguayan signed a new five-year contract in December that will keep him at the Nou Camp until 2021. The 29-year-old is still some way off Barcelona's highest earners however.
13. Sergio Aguero - £230,000-per-week Aguero joined Yaya Toure as the highest paid player at the Etihad with a one-year contract extension in September this year.
12. Yaya Toure - £230,000-per-week Despite only a handful of starts this season under Pep Guardiola, Toure is still one of the highest paid players in the Premier League. The Ivorian's Etihad deal comes to an end in the summer of 2017.
11. Robin van Persie - £240,000-per-week Signed in July 2015, Van Persie's three-year deal with Turkish giants Fenerbahce will net him approximately £47.4m in wages.
10: Wayne Rooney - £260,000-per-week Previously the highest earner in the Premier League, Rooney was offered a monster long-term deal at Old Trafford under David Moyes in 2014. It remains unclear whether the striker will end his career at the club.
9. Neymar - £275,000-per-week After a Football Leaks revealed the Brazilian was earning a relatively measly £77,000-a-week in April this year, the Brazilian striker has just put pen to a paper on a new five-year deal that makes him the second-highest paid player at the Nou Camp.
8. Graziano Pelle - £290,000-per-week The former Southampton striker joined Chinese Super League side Shandong Luneng to become the highest paid Italian footballer ever.
7. Paul Pogba - £290,000-per-week Pogba was made the highest paid player in the Premier League in the world record transfer that brought him back to Manchester United.
6. Hulk - £320,000-per-week The Brazilian striker joined Chinese Super League club Shanghai SIPG in June this year to become the most expensive player in Asian football history.
5. Lionel Messi - £336,000-per-week (after tax) The Argentinian has two years remaining on his current Barcelona contract after signing a two-year extension in 2014. Remains the highest paid player at the Nou Camp.
4. Gareth Bale - £350,000-per-week Having arrived at the Bernabeu in 2013 in a world record six year deal, Bale has signed a contract extension that makes him the highest paid player in the world. Bale's new deal, running until 2022, will see him earn £150m.
3. Cristiano Ronaldo - £365,000-per-week (after tax) After new deals for Bale, Toni Kroos and Luka Modric, Real Madrid have now agreed a contract extension with their highest paid player - and he plans to keep playing for 10 more years!
2. Oscar - £400,000-per-week The Brazilian midfielder will join Chinese Super League side, Shanghai SIPG, for a reported £60m fee in January. Oscar's weekly pay will be just as eye-watering - with the 25-year-old set to earn £400,000-a-week as part of his new deal.
1. Carlos Tevez - £615,000-per-week Carlos Tevez is set to become the highest paid footballer in the world when he puts pen to paper on a huge new contract with Chinese Super League club, Shanghai Shenhua. The former Manchester United and Manchester City striker waved farewell to fans in his final game for Boca Juniors at La Bombo
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