Leonel Messi, Cristiano Ronaldo Or Neymar, who is the best pay in Europe?

Lionel Messi is the highest paid football player in Europe at a staggering £ 2.1 million per week, according to L'Equipe. By The French publication recently shared a list of the most reimbursed footballers on the continent, and the Barcelona icon Messi, at 33 years old, outshined the competition. Undoubtedly surprising news, since the Argentine star is not even among the 10 most expensive players on the planet.

In fact, Messi's weekly salary of 2.1 million pounds was more than double that of his closest rival. Cristiano Ronaldo, with 36 years, makes a staggering £ 900,000 a week at Juventus. But that's less than half of what Messi pocketed at the Camp Nou. Doing the account numbers, it´s a 43 percent less to be exact.

Incredibly, based on pure salaries, not including endorsement deals, neither sponsors and nothing like that, L'Equipe claims that Messi takes home a staggering £ 108.2 million every year. However, Ronaldo's annual income of £ 46.7 million still puts him comfortably in the second place. Paris Saint-Germain star Neymar is in third place, earning £ 606,000 a week, or £ 31.5 million every year.

It transpired that Luis Suárez raises £ 575,000 a week from Atlético de Madrid, tied with Barcelona´s Frenchman Antoine Griezmann. The couple earn £ 29.9 million each a year, which places them in fourth and fifth place on this list. Without a doubt, this is also a surprise, given that their salaries are above other great figures worldwide, not to mention those young promises who will take over the sport in the coming years.