10 highest paid footballers in the world

6 Hulk (Shanghai SIPG) – £320,000/week

Brazilian forward Hulk turned some heads when he made a scarcely believable Asian record €55.8 million transfer to Chinese Super League giants Shanghai SIPG. The former Zenit St.Petersburg man also became one of the highest-paid footballers in the world in the process.

Hulk had a bad start to his career at Shanghai SIPG when he was stretchered off due to a muscle injury in his first game. However, after a two-month lay-off, Hulk showed his worth when he scored two goals in his first game back.

With 4 goals in 7 matches, Hulk has settled in well and his employers will be hoping that the talented Brazilian forward lives up to his huge reputation and guides them to a Super League title next season.

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A Bengaluru lad through and through, Ashwin Hanagudu is a huge fan of Liverpool and unsurprisingly pledges his sworn allegiance to RCB in the IPL. With over 8+ years of experience in this field, Ashwin manages multiple verticals at Sportskeeda and as of July 2024 is the most-read author in the football section.

Apart from his duties at Sportskeeda, Ashwin Hanagudu is also an active table tennis player and has played multiple state ranking and national tournaments representing Karnataka.

A huge sports fan, some of the athletes and sportspersons he admires in no particular order are Virat Kohli, Steven Gerrard, Mohamed Salah, Cristiano Ronaldo, Roger Federer, Rafa Nadal, Novak Djokovic, Neeraj Chopra and PV Sindhu

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