The money in football in the 21st century would’ve been out of the realms of possibility thirty, twenty or even 10 years ago. The riches that come in thanks to sponsorship deals and television rights mean that the players of some of the most elite clubs in the world are among the wealthiest in all of sport.
With salary caps a thing of fiction in most top leagues, clubs are just finding new ways to provide lucrative contracts, such as handing out deals that run for nearly a decade, like how Chelsea did with Cole Palmer. With such staggering wages going around nowadays, the folks at Planet Football have listed the 12 biggest contracts in football history, with some players fortunate enough to appear twice.
