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#2 Cristiano Ronaldo (Juventus, £4.1m per month)
Cristiano Ronaldo’s first season in Turin was largely successful, as the Portuguese ended the season with his first Serie A title as well as the Supercoppa Italiana. Even though he missed out on the Ballon d’Or and the Best FIFA Men’s player of the year award, the former Real Madrid footballer was adjudged the Serie A's most valuable player and also won the Serie A player of the year for 2019.
This season too, the Portuguese has been in fantastic form and has shown no signs of slowing down. Ronaldo has already scored 22 goals from 27 appearances for the reigning Serie A champions and is only behind Ciro Immobile in the golden boot race. The Portuguese has seamlessly slotted into a new country and a new league, while also maintaining his high standards in the process.
Ronaldo made the move to Turin in July 2018 after 9 hugely fruitful seasons at the Santiago Bernabéu, where he won everything on offer. The Portuguese signed a 4-year-deal with the Old Lady and currently earns a gross salary of £4.1m per month, however, it is still not enough to make him the highest-paid footballer of 2020.
