Forbes 2020: Lionel Messi, Cristiano Ronaldo Top List Of 10 Highest-Paid Footballers In The World
Lionel Messi and Cristiano Ronaldo The two biggest footballers in the world are as expected on top of Forbes’ 2020 list of the 10 highest-earning footballers which was released on Monday, September, 14.
For the list, Forbes says it spoke with clubs, players’ agents, commercial sponsors and football experts to come up with the names and ranking.
Lionel Messi – Total Earnings: $126 million; Salary: $92 million Endorsements: $34 million. Messi is number on the list with $126million which is from his $92m salary and $34m in endorsements. The Barcelona superstar has some deals with adidas, Pepsi, Budweiser and AI-vision company OrCam Technologies. His 2020 earning now takes his career earnings to be $1billion, making him football’s second billionaire after Ronaldo who is number two on this year’s list.
Cristiano Ronaldo -Total Earnings: $117 million; Salary: $70 million Endorsements: $47 million
Cristiano Ronaldo has been overtaken by Messi. The Juventus megastar is on course to earn $117m. While most of his 2020 earnings come from his salary, the Portugal international also makes a lot of money endorsing brands from his social media accounts. Ronaldo is the most popular athlete in the world with 457 million followers across his social media accounts where he endorses companies like Nike, Herbalife and Clear
Neymar – Total Earnings: $96 million; Salary: $78 million | Endorsements: $18 million
Neymar is a top earner. The Brazil star is getting top dollars from Paris Saint-Germain where he earned $78 million. The other part of his total earnings came from endorsements of brands like Puma, the company he joined after he ditched Nike.
Kylian Mbappe – Total Earnings: $42 million; Salary: $28 million | Endorsements: $14 million)
Mbappe is the youngest player on the list. Paris Saint-Germain have two players on this list in their quest to become one of the European elites. They paid Mbappe $28 million in salaries while the youngster has a couple of endorsement deals. He is the cover star for FIFA 21.
Mohamed Salah – $37 million Salary: $24 million | Endorsements: $13 million
Mo Salah is the first Premier League star on the list. Liverpool star Salah completes the top five. As the highest Premier League player on the list, Salah makes some cool dollars from endorsing brands like adidas and Vodafone Egypt.
Paul Pogba – Total Earnings: $34 million Salary: $28 million | Endorsements: $6 million
Paul Pogba’s contract expires in the summer of 2021. The second Premier League player on the list, Pogba has endorsements with the likes of Call of Duty, and Pepsi. He could be set for more dollars from his salary next year as his current contract expires in 2021.
Antoine Griezmann -Total Earnings: $33 million; Salary: $28 million | Endorsements: $5 million
Griezmann makes this list with his earnings.It might have not gone well for Griezmann on the pitch at Barcelona but the Frenchman is still making a lot of money. Aside from his salary, he also earns from his Esports team which he launched.
Gareth Bale – Total Earnings: $29 million; Salary: $23 million | Endorsements: $6 million
Gereth Bale is still raking in good money. Gareth Bale might not have played much for Real Madrid in the past one year, but he is still entitled to his pay as his contract stipulates.
Robert Lewandowski – $28 million; Salary: $24 million | Endorsements: $4 million
Robert Lewandowski won treble with Bayern Munich
Bayern Munich striker Lewandowski had a good year and many feel he was robbed by France Football’s decision not to hold the Ballon D’or this year due to the coronavirus pandemic.
But there’s no robbing the Polish striker of his money though.
David de Gea -Total Earnings: $27 million; Salary: $24 million Endorsements: $3 million
David de Gea is the only goalkeeper on the list. The third Premier League player on the list and the only goalkeeper.
Stanbic IBTC boost H1 2020 Profit on Non-Interest Income. Nets N45.5bn PAT
Stanbic IBTC Bank Plc, a member of the Standard Bank Group and Nigeria’s biggest tier-2 banks has released its half year ended June 2020 audited financial statement to the public. The result revealed that the lender’s H1 2020 Profit After Tax (PAT) grew by 25 percent Year-on-Year (YonY) to N45.2 billion from N35.3 billion in same period in 2019.
The Bank’s 94 percent growth in Trade Revenue from N17.6 billion in H1 2019 to N34.3 billion in same period in 2020, saw the Non-Interest income increased by N15 billion, representing 17 percent growth from N54.9 billion in H1 2019 to N69.8 billion in 2020 half year. And this ultimately dovetailed into the 25 percent growth Profit After Tax (PAT) for the period despite the substantial growth in Impairment charges for the bank.
Here are the other highlights of the H1 2020 results published by Stanbic IBTC Bank Plc
Income Statement.
§ Gross Earning of N126.6 billion, up 8% YonY, Jun 2019 – N117.4 billion
§ Net-interest income of N37.6 billion, down 4% YonY, Jun 2019 – N39.3 billion
§ Non-Interest Income up by 27% to N69.8 billion YonY from N54.9 billion
§ Net Impairment Charge for Credit Losses of N6.4 billion, up 124% YonY, Jun 2019 – gains of N0.6 billion
§ Profit Before Tax up 17% YonY to N44.7 billion from N52.4 billion
§ Profit After Tax for the period up by 25% YonY to N45.2 billion from N36.3 billion
Statement of Financial Position
The Balance Sheet size of Stanbic IBTC Bank also had a 6-month growth for the period ended 30 June 2020. Total Assets grew 61%. Loan and Advances to Customers was up by 8%, and Deposit from Customers was also up by an impressive 21% in the 6 months period. Total Equity grew as well by 11% to close Q2 2020 at N336.5 billion.
§ Total Assets up 61% year to date (ytd) to N3.0 trillion from N1.9 trillion in Dec 2019
§ Loans and Advances to Customers up 8% ytd to N0.58 trillion from N0.54 trillion
§ Deposits from Customers up 21% ytd to N0.77 trillion from N0.64 trillion
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