Football is synonymous as the most popular sport in the world. However, talking revenue athletes, apparently owned contract Eto'o, Messi and Ronaldo have nothing with those two Formula 1 world champion, Kimi Raikkonen and Michael Schumacher.
Kimi Raikkonen (left) and Michael Schumacher
Raikkonen is the athlete with the biggest contract in the history of sports. F1 2007 world champion was never paid for a Ferrari of USD 51 million (Rp491 billion) for a period of 12 months. When he signed for 3 seasons (2007-2009). He paid USD 2.9 million (Rp27, 9 billion) every time down the circuit.
Then Schumacher is equally crazy. He never paid Ferrari USD 31 million (Rp298 billion) a year. Seven-time F1 world champion Ferrari was contracted for four seasons (1996-1999) and paid a total of USD 124 million (Rp 1.19 trillion) during his tenure. (IBK)
Biggest contract in world football:
1 Samuel Eto'o (Anzhi Makhachkala) USD 28.5 million per year
2 Lionel Messi (Barcelona) USD 27.7 million per year
3 Cristiano Ronaldo (Real Madrid) USD 17 million per year.