Top 10 highest paid World Cup players+ their endorsement deals

And just in almost every football list. Barcelona’s Lionel Messi and Real Madrid’s Cristiano Ronaldo lead the pack.

Below are top 10 highest paid World Cup stars and their endorsement deals.

(1) Lionel Messi – £292,000 (After Tax)- Endorsement deals- EA Sports, Adidas, Turkish Arilines, Gillette, Pepsi

(2) Ronaldo – £288,000 (after Tax)-Endorsement deals- Konami, Nike, Coca Cola, Castrol, herbalife, KFC, Armani, Emirates

(3) Wayne Rooney – £300,000 – Endorsement deals- Harper Collins, Nike, EA Sports, Coca-Cola

(4) Robin Van Persie – £250,000- Endorsement deals-  Adidas, BT Sport, Pepsi

(5) Thiago Silva – £250,000 – Endorsement deal- Nike

(6) Yaya Toure – £240,000 – Endorsement deals – Puma, Ford

(7) Sergio Aguero – £230,000 – Endorsement deals- Puma, Pepsi

(8) Neymar – £230,000 – Endorsement deals – Nike, Volkswagon, Coca Cola

(9) Luis Suarez – £220,000 – Endorsement deal – Adidas

(10) David Silva – £200,000 – Endorsement deal – Nike

Brazil 2014: Arjen Robben sets new record.

Asides the fact that his team has not done badly so far, Netherlands winger, Arjen Robben has added another achievement to his list. He is now the world’s fastest footballer. The Bayern Munich talisman achieved the feat in the ongoing World Cup tournament. Last friday, on June 13, 2014 to be precise, he recorded a speed of 37km/h, the fastest ever clocked by a footballer during his team’s clash against Spain.

The record was previously held by Arsenal’s Theo Walcott who ran a recorded speed of 35.7km/h sometime in September 2010. The 25 year-old England player however congratulated him on twitter, “Robben, Congrats for beating my clocked speed but thought it looked a bit downhill. #SpeedMatters”.

Top 8 fastest footballers in the world.

Arjen Robben – 37km/h

Theo Walcott – 35.7km/h

Antonio Valencia – 35.2km/h

Gareth Bale – 34-7km/h

Aaron Lennon – 33.8km/h

Cristiano Ronaldo – 33.6km/h

Lionel Messi – 32.5km/h

Wayne Rooney – 32.1km/h

Cristiano Ronaldo hits back at Wayne Rooney, "One player is not a team."

Don’t get it wrong. This has nothing to do with Portugal’s defeat yesterday. It all started during an interview with Manchester United star, Wayne Rooney on his preparations for the World Cup. He stated that unlike his former team mate Cristiano Ronaldo, he’s not driven by personal glory, rather he is after team success.

”I’m not a player who needs a legacy like Cristiano, he has to have that. I’m more about winning as a team. You can see how he is. He wants his moments. It’s more important for me to win trophies as a team. I’ve won PFA Player of the Year, which is nowhere near as good as winning a trophy with Manchester United. I’ve not won anything this year, so hopefully I can do that now.”

Responding to his comments, the Portugal player said he’s has nothing to show anyone. “Look at my statistics and my CV – I have nothing to prove. My career has been great so far and I just want that to continue. But I believe that one player is not a team. I am here to help the team. I am an additional player and I can make a difference, but I can’t carry the team on my back.” He added.

Check out 15 richest footballers in Britain

Britain’s 15 richest footballers for the year 2014 stars mostly Chelsea and Manchester United players. Chelsea has the highest with 5 players occupying the 3rd, 6th, 7th, 9th, 10th. England’s Wayne Rooney sits at the top spot.

1) Wayne Rooney – £60m

2) Rio Ferdinand – £44m

3) Frank Lampard – £37m

3) Steven Gerrard – £37m

5) Ryan Giggs – £39m

6) John Terry – £31m

7) Fernando Torres – £31m

8) Yaya Toure – £23m

9) Petr Cech – £22m

10) Ashley Cole – £21m

11) Joe Cole – £21m

12) Sergio Aguero – £20m

13) David Silva – £20m

14) Damien Duff – £18m

15) Robin van Persie – £17m

School refuses to personalise boy's Easter egg because he bears Wayne Rooney

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His mother being a huge fan of Manchester United deemed it a good idea to name her son after her hero, Wayne Rooney. But unfortunately, this has been causing a lot of ripples in the boy’s school. 3 year-old Wayne wasn’t allowed to personalise his Easter Egg for copyright issues.

But Jo-anne Scholes, his 43 year-old was bewildered after learning about the school’s decision, “I can’t imagine Wayne Rooney would care less. It’s just nonsense anyway. Rooney is his name, does that mean he’s not allowed to have his name on anything because he shares it with a famous footballer? It’s really annoying because it turned what was meant to be a nice, personal gift into something which looked really impersonal and just a bit silly really. He’s been my favourite player for years just because of his style of play and the way he carries the team. I had a couple of nervy moments when it looked like Wayne might be off to Chelsea in the summer but thankfully he stayed where he belongs.”

 
 
 
 
Credit: Express.co.uk

Manchester United designs state-of-the-art sleep facility to monitor Wayne Rooney's sleep pattern.

Dunno if this same privilege will be extended to other players. Red Devils’ bosses believe, Wayne Rooney’s devotion to his kids has really affected his sleep pattern and performance on pitch. In view of that, a specially designed state-of-the art sleep facility at the Aon Training Complex has been prepared for him.
He also has a “monitoring officer”; a certain Tony Strudwick has been assigned to monitor his sleep pattern. The sleep facility has a 8 rooms, a cinema, a lounge and an extensive monitoring and recording process is also in place.

2014 World Cup: Cristiano Ronaldo, Wayne Rooney, and Neymar star in new campaign (Photo)

As a prelude to the tournament, Nike has shot and unveiled its first campaign for the 2014 World Cup. The ad which was unveiled on April 1st, 2014 stars Cristiano Ronaldo of Portugal, Neymar of Brazil and Wayne Rooney of England. Titled “Risk Everything”, the 3-minute video highlights what each of the soccer stars have to prove at the sporting event.

Wayne Rooney takes a selfie with his two boys

Awww! Super cute boys. The Manchester United star who just joined photo-sharing website, Instagram posted this selfie of his two little boys, 3 year-old Kai and Klay (9month old). He captioned it ‘Chilling with my two boys’. Kai looks more like Rooney.

SEE THE 10 HIGHEST PAID PREMIER LEAGUE PLAYERS

22 year-old Eden harzard tops the list, his paypacket is put at £185k per week. My surprise player on the top ten scale is Mesut Ozil who sits on the 5th spot. The list consists of one Belgian, three English players, one Dutch, one Ivorian, one German, two Spaniards and one French.

(1) Eden Hazard – Chelsea (£185k)

(2) Robin Van Persie – Manchester United (£180k)

(3) Wayne Rooney – Manchester United (£180k)

(4) Yaya Toure – Manchester City (£180k)

(5) Mesut Ozil – Arsenal (£180k)

(6) Fernando Torres – Chelsea (£175k)

(7) John Terry – Chelsea (£175k)

(8) David Silva – Manchester City (£160k)

(9) Samir Nasri -Manchester City (£140k)

(10) Frank Lampard – Chelsea (£140k)

Source: fanatix.com

PHOTO OF THE DAY: YOUNG MESSI, RONALDO, ROONEY AND OTHERS

Awww! They actually looked cute. What’s Rooney feeling like with the ball? Like someone who’s been playing from his mother’s womb? Ok, we get the picture.lol

Walcott is the finest, followed by Heskey, Lampard, Tevez, Beckham and Rooney. I don’t know who should take the last position between Messi and Ronaldo. Be the judge!

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