A study by law firm GEJL Accident Attorneys reveals a list of the 50 male athletes who have earned the most while not playing, due to injuries or other absences. And the first footballer to appear, is none other than Neymar.
The current PSG player and former Barça player appears as the one who earns the most even while inactive with an income of 78.7 million euros. The second footballer on this list is the former Real Madrid attacker, now in the ranks of Los Angeles Football Club, Gareth Bale. The Welshman totals around 60 million euros.
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The Houston Astros baseball player, Justin Verlander, leads this ranking with earnings of 243,919,000 euros. In fact, the top five places are all capitalized by MLB athletes.
Five years ago, Neymar became the most expensive footballer of all time when Paris Saint-Germain paid Barcelona the 222 million euros of his termination clause, a deal that changed the balance of power in European soccer. Since then, ‘Ney’ has drawn much critics for his lack of commitment and spending a lot of time off the pitch.
Five years since Neymar's historic transfer, with no results to show
For the first time, an international star, who had just finished third in the Ballon d'Or list and was destined to become the heir to Argentina's Lionel Messi, moved from Barcelona, one of Europe's traditionally most powerful clubs, to join one of the nouveau riche fueled by the petrodollars of the Persian Gulf. However, PSG has not had the success that they intended and this season will prove defining for the future of Neymar.
