According to the "Daily Mirror", in the top ten of the 2017 world player annual salary list, Ronaldo only ranked 6th, less than half of the top Messi, and the five foreign aides of the Chinese Super League were on the list, of which Tevez in the Shenhua period ranked second, followed by Neymar.
Top 10: <b>Graziano-Pele</b> (Shandong Luneng Taishan)
In July 2016, Pele, who transferred from Southampton to Shandong Luneng, earned an annual salary of <b>15 million pounds</b>.
Top 9: <b>Paul Pogba</b> (Manchester United)
French midfielder Pogba, who joined Manchester United in 2016, squeezed into the top ten with the highest salary in the team, with an annual salary of around <b>£15.4 million</b>.
Top 8: <b>Killian Mbappe</b> (Paris Saint-Germain)
In August 2017, Mbappe joined Paris Saint-Germain and pays him around £<b>15.9 million</b> a year in addition to a huge transfer fee of up to 180 million.
Top 7: <b>Hulk</b> (Shanghai SIPG)
In July 2016, Hulk moved to Shanghai SIPG for 55.8 million euros. The Brazilian Hulk earns <b>£17.6 million</b> a year in SIPG.
Top 6: <b>Cristiano Ronaldo</b> (Real Madrid)
<b>After winning 5 Ballon d'Or trophies, Real Madrid superstar Cristiano Ronaldo's annual salary is only ranked 6th</b>, can you think of it? The Portuguese's <b>annual salary of 18.5 million pounds did not even reach half of Messi's</b>, and on July 11, 2016, Cristiano Ronaldo led Portugal to the 2016 European Championship in France, the first international championship in the history of the Portuguese national team. In 2017, he was elected FIFA World Footballer of the Year, was named to the FIFA Team of the Year, won the Universal Player of the Year Award, and won his fifth Golden Ball trophy. With such achievements in 2017 and such a salary, Ronaldo will inevitably be dissatisfied with the club in the near future.
Top 5: <b>Ezequil Ravitch</b> (Hebei Huaxia Happiness)
On February 17, 2016, Hebei Huaxia Happiness Football Club officially announced that the team was officially signed with Paris Saint-Germain star Ravitch, and Ravitch's annual salary was <b>20.3 million pounds, surpassing Cristiano Ronaldo and ranking fifth</b>.
Top 4: <b>Oscar</b> (Shanghai SIPG)
Another Shanghai SIPG player, on December 23, 2016, Shanghai SIPG Football Club sent a Christmas gift to all SIPG fans on the eve of Christmas, and the club officially announced the successful introduction of Chelsea's Oscar transfer, alarming the entire Chinese Super League. His annual salary also reached a staggering <b>£21.1 million</b>.
Top 3: <b>Neymar da Silva</b> (Paris Saint-Germain)
The wayward Paris Saint-Germain poached Neymar from Barcelona last year, and the transfer fee of 222 million euros became the most expensive transfer in world football. Since Paris can pay such a high transfer fee, his annual salary is naturally not low, reaching <b>31.7 million pounds</b>.
Top 2: <b>Tevez</b> (Shanghai Greenland Shenhua, Note: According to the ranking of the player's team at that time)
Criticized by domestic fans, Tevez, with an annual salary of <b>33.5 million pounds</b>, failed to help the team achieve a better record, and in January this year, Tevez left China to return to Boca Youth.
Top 1: <b>Messi</b> (Barcelona)
Messi and Cristiano Ronaldo's position in today's football world is unquestionable, for Barcelona and the Argentine national team, he is the player that the team can not be missing, and he also repays the club with a stable performance every year for the annual salary of <b>40.5 million pounds</b>.