Three of the top 10 football players of the 2025–2026 season are based in Saudi Arabia, including the legendary Cristiano Ronaldo of Portugal, who once again topped Forbes’ list of the highest-paid players. Just over a week after Bloomberg revealed that Ronaldo, 40, had become football’s first billionaire, the 40-year-old has topped the Forbes list for the sixth time in the past ten yearsAl Nassr’s Ronaldo is expected to earn $280 million on and off the field, more than twice as much as his opponent Lionel Messi, who is in second position with an estimated $130 million, which includes more off-field earnings than his US team Inter Miami profits.
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