Goal takes a look at the total income - including salary, bonuses and advertising revenue - of each of the top 20 highest paid footballers below.
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Getty Images20Luis Suarez
Club: Atletico Madrid.
Total income: €14.5 million (£12.3m/$17.1m).
Getty Images19Gareth Bale
Club: Real Madrid.
Total income: €17 million (£14m/$29m).
Getty18Sergio Ramos
Club: Paris Saint-Germain.
Total income: €21 million (£17.9m/$24.8m).
Getty Images17Hulk
Club: Shanghai SIPG.
Total income: €23.4 million (£20.1m/$26.2m).
Getty16Kevin De Bruyne
Club: Manchester City.
Total income: €23.5 million (£20.2m/$26.3m).
Getty15Oscar
Club: Shanghai SIPG.
Total income: €24.3 million (£20.8m/$27.2m).
Getty14Toni Kroos
Club: Real Madrid.
Total income: €26.3 million (£22.6m/$29.5m).
Getty Images13Gerard Pique
Club: Barcelona.
Total income: €27 million (£23.2m/$30.3m).
Getty Images12Ezequiel Lavezzi
Club: Hebei China Fortune.
Total income: €28.3 million (£24.3m/$31.7m).
Getty Images11David De Gea
Club: Manchester United.
Total income: €22.3 million (£19.5m/$27m).
Getty10Robert Lewandowski
Club: Bayern.
Total income: €23.8 million (£20.2m/$28m).
Getty9Philippe Coutinho
Club: Barcelona.
Total income: €30 million (£25.7m/$33.6m).
Getty8Paul Pogba
Club: Manchester United.
Total income: €29million (£25m/$34m).
Getty Images7Mohamed Salah
Club: Liverpool.
Total income: €31 million (£26m/$37m).
Getty Images6Kylian Mbappe
Club: Paris Saint-Germain.
Total income: €36 million (£30m/$42m).
Getty Images5Antoine Griezmann
Club: Barcelona.
Total income: €45 million (£38m/$53m).
Getty Images4Raheem Sterling
Club: Barcelona.
Total income: €44.8 million (£38.1m/$52.8m).
Getty3Neymar
Club: Paris Saint-Germain.
Total income: €91.5 million (£79m/$102m).
Getty2Cristiano Ronaldo
Club: Juventus.
Total income: €113 million (£97m/$126m).
Getty1Lionel Messi
Club: Paris Saint-Germain.
Total income: €339 million (£309m/$400m).
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