The Highest Paid Players At Euro 2008

With Euro 2008 well under way, today we are taking a look at the five highest players taking part in the competition. They are by no means the highest earning players in the world, you can see their overall world rankings in brackets.

Others such as the Italian Fabio Cannavaro would have made the top five had he not picked up an injury during his teams preparations for the tournament.

All earnings are based on club salaries and bonuses plus club and personal sponsorship deals.

01. (03)
Name: Thierry Henry
Country: France
Club: Barcelona
Annual Earnings: $25.1 million, £12.5 million, 18.3 million euros

02. (05)
Name: Cristiano Ronaldo
Country: Portugal
Club: Manchester United
Annual Earnings: $18.5 million, £9.2 million, 13.5 million euros

03. (12)
Name: Francesco Totti
Country: Italy
Club: AS Roma
Annual Earnings: $16.2 million, £8.1 million, 11.8 million euros

04. (13)
Name: Michael Ballack
Country: Germany
Club: Chelsea
Annual Earnings: $16 million, £8 million, 11.7 million euros

Rank: 05. (15)
Name: Alessandro Del Piero
Country: Italy
Club: Juventus
Annual Earnings: $14.3 million, £7.1 million, 10.4 million euros