Who never, even for just 1 second, imagined themselves being a successful soccer player? This thought can be constant even more in boys in the childhood phase, glimpsed with fame, with their idols parading with beautiful women, clothes of the best quality, providing a high standard of living for their families and even luxury for luxury’s sake. Well, in fact it is one of the best paid professions that exist, but anyone who thinks that athletes’ lives is fun all the time is wrong. The player needs to follow a regimented routine of training, diets and a lot of physical preparation to preserve and improve his performance. After all, the high performance and performance of athletes is one of the main factors for their market value, a great phase on the field, with many goals and assists, especially in championships of paramount importance, count a lot for ever better opportunities to arise in clubs renowned.
An example of this is Neymar da Silva Júnior, the main player in Brazil and also the main reference when outsiders think about Brazilian football. The trajectory, which began when he was just a promising young man, has now made him one of the highest paid athletes in the world. With millionaire and large contracts made by the clubs he went through, it is estimated that Neymar has already reached personal assets in the billions. In his current club, PSG and in the most recent data, Neymar earns £ 4.8 million (sterling pound), equivalent to more than R$ 21.5 million per month at the current exchange rate. The ace takes about 18 hours to make R$ 1,000,000.
Neymar surpassed the status of being just a player, nowadays he is one of the most influential people in the world, having more than 180 million followers on his Instagram alone and this, of course, draws the attention of big brands that want to link their names to the he. After ending his advertising contract with the largest sporting goods company in the world, Nike, the star announced a new partnership with another market giant, Puma. Where the value of the contract was agreed at 25 million euros per year, surpassing other millionaire contracts such as Nike and Cristiano Ronaldo (16 million euros per year) and Lionel Messi with Adidas (19 million euros).
Being aware of this data shows us why the Brazilian is listed on Forbes as one of the highest paid players in the world. And, considering his young age and years of career along with good phases, everything indicates that this data will increase even more.