Cote d’Ivoire and Manchester City midfielder, Yaya Toure is unarguably one of the best players in Africa and indeed the world.
In fact, so great is the footballer’s influence in African football that he won the CAF African Player of the Year award four times in a row, and only missed out narrowly on a fifth to Gabon international, Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang.
While he dominates proceedings on the field of play perhaps better than any other African player, he doesn’t earn the most as had previously been believed.
According to a list of the top-earning footballers in the world compiled by respected UK paper, Daily Mirror, Yaya Toure sits two places below Ghanaian forward, Asamoah Gyan who now plies his trade with Chinese Super League team Shanghai SIPG.
See the full list below…
1. Cristiano Ronaldo, Real Madrid
Reported salary: £288,000-a-week
2. Lionel Messi, FC Barcelona
Reported salary: £275,000-a-week
- Zlatan Ibrahimovic, PSG
Reported salary: £250,000-a-week
- Wayne Rooney, Manchester United
Reported salary: £250,000-a-week
- Robin van Persie, Fenerbache
Reported salary: £240,000-a-week
- Asamoah Gyan, Shanghai SIPG
Reported salary: £227,000-a-week
- Ezequiel Lavezzi, Hebei China Fortune
Reported salary : £222,000-a-week
- Sergio Aguero, Manchester City
Reported salary: £220,000-a-week
8= Yaya Toure, Manchester City
Reported salary: £220,000-a-week
8 = Neymar, Barcelona
Reported salary : £220,000
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