From Ronaldo to Messi, from Mbapp to Federer: here are the 10 sportsmen who earn the most

Who are the ten highest earning athletes in the world? Once upon a time, this question would have been easy to answer, but in recent years, the entry into the sporting scene of the Middle East is revolutionizing professional sport. Among the professional athletes who appear in the famous annual ranking, published by Forbes, in fact there are now those who have benefited most from Arab investments in the world of sport. Not only Cristiano Ronaldo thanks to the stellar contract with the Saudi club Al Nassr (and his eternal rival and reigning world champion Lionel Messi could also soon arrive in Saudi), but also golfers such as Phil Mickelson and Dustin Johnson, who joined the brand new Arab LIV Golf which intends to compete with the traditional American PGA Tour. In the Top 10 there is no shortage of names of well-known talents from boxing, basketball and tennis, who thanks to victories and sponsorships have collected over a career and continue to collect record fortunes year after year.