Top Earners Best XI

It seems that in the world of professional football,
right backs and left backs are like the hospital
porters compared to the glitzy surgeons nodding
them in up front. Not one of the tireless wing-backs
features in the Top Fifty earners - not even Gary
Neville, who you would think demands money for
breakfast.

Hence, the highest earning XI finds itself having to
go with a 3-4-3 formation, which in modern footballing
terms, is ridiculous. Still, here they are in all their
wealthy glory:

Goalkeeper: Iker Casillas (£114,750/week)

Defenders: Rio Ferdinand (£96,581), John Terry (£130,050),
Sol Campbell (£105,188)

Midfield: Cristiano Ronaldo (£122,400),
Frank Lampard (£130,050), Steven Gerrard (£122,400),
Michael Ballack (£124,313)

Forwards: Kaka (143,438), Ronaldinho (£135,788),
Fernando Torres (£126,225)

Think your rabble could beat them?
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