Forbes has released the list of the highest-paid football players with Lionel Messi and Cristiano Ronaldo topping it once again. However, Kylian Mbappe has witnessed a jump in the rankings.
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Lionel Messi was denied a potentially money-spinning move away from Barcelona this month after a contract-dispute but the Argentine maestro remains the world's richest soccer player.
According to a list compiled by Forbes, Messi's total earnings this year are $126 million -- $92 million from his salary and $34 million in endorsements.
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On his first season at Anfield, the Egyptian striker toppled the Premier League record by scoring one goal more than the previous joint record held by Cristiano Ronaldo, Luis Suarez and Alan Shearer.
After scoring on his debut at Watford on the opening weekend, Salah then hit four against the same opponents in the return at Anfield.
He never went more than two league games without scoring and only missed two of Liverpool's 38 Premier League games all season.
Salah then set a new league record with a goal in a 4-0 thumping of Brighton on the last day of the season.
In the pre-Premier League era, Dixie Dean scored a staggering 60 goals for Everton in 1927-28, including eight hat-tricks.
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The record of 40 goals by Gerd Mueller stood unchallenged since 1971/72 until Lewandowski equalled it last weekend.
Lewandowski, FIFA's best male footballer of 2020, finally broke Mueller's record in the 90th minute of the final game of the season when he rounded the goalkeeper to tuck away his 41st goal in a 5-2 home win over Augsburg on Saturday.
Lewandowski's tally is all the more remarkable as he missed five league games this season, because of squad rotation or injury.
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