The Rich-List: Top 50 Richest Footballers In the World

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38. Paul Scholes (Manchester United) – £19m

Manchester United midfielder Paul Scholes is still pulling the strings for Sir Alex Ferguson’s side 19 years after making his debut for the club.

Having come out of a six-month retirement last year at the request of his manager, the 38-year-old has made the third-highest number of appearances for the Old Trafford club and shows no signs of retiring again just yet.

With a staggering 10 Premier League titles and a Champions League winners’ medal (he missed the 1999 victory through suspension), Scholes was hailed in 2011 by Barcelona’s Xavi as the best player in his position over the last two decades.

Scholes earns £75,000-a-week with bonuses worth a further £200,000-a-year. He has preferred to avoid the spotlight and stereotypical trappings of a footballer throughout his career.

Although he did allow himself a lucrative and long-running relationship with Nike, the deals stipulated few public obligations. He has never been tempted by sponsorship deals or media work to bump up his profile and increase off-pitch earnings.

A measure of the man came when Scholes reportedly bought new boots from a local JJB Sports shop after coming out of retirement rather than demanding them for free.

Scholes who suffers from asthma, retired from England service in 2004 as explained in his autobiography called ‘My Story’, which was published in 2011. He owns a £10 million mansion on Saddleworth Moor in Greater Manchester and likes to drive Audi and Mercedes cars. As of April 2011, Paul Scholes Ltd reported a ‘net worth’ of £1.1m.

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