<text>  Lionel Messi is the highest-paid footballer on the planet, banking nearly 1million a week last year in wages and sponsorship deals. The Argentina and Barcelona favourite earned an eye-watering 47.8m in 2014, with his club salary of 26m topped up by lucrative endorsements with the likes of adidas, FIFA 15 and Turkish Airlines. It puts him well ahead of his Real Madrid and Portugal nemesis Cristiano Ronaldo, who brought in 39.7m, according to the latest France Football magazine rich list. Lionel Messi tops the France Football rich list for 2014 with an annual income of 47.8m . Messi is thrown an Argentina shirt to sign from a member of the crowd during Tuesdays training session at Georgetown University in Washington ahead of their friendly match with the United States . Messi tops up his salary with Barcelona by promoting various companies, including adidas . Cristiano Ronaldo comes in second in the annual France Football list with earnings of 39.7m . Ronaldo promotes TAG Heuer while driving a McLaren P1 supercar in Madrid . Ronaldo leaves the plane ahead of Real Madrids Champions League final with Atletico last May . Messis Barcelona colleague Neymar comes in third on 26.8m, his total underlining the gulf between the worlds two leading players and the rest. Manchester United striker Robin van Persie is the highest-ranked Premier League player, earning 18.8m in 2014. This consists of an 11.8m basic salary, topped up by 5m bonuses and 2m from various sponsorship deals. Real Madrids world-record signing Gareth Bale comes in sixth with an annual income of 17.5m, followed by United and England captain Wayne Rooney on 16.5m. Barcelonas Brazilian ace Neymar right comes third in the rankings with 26.8m earned in 2014 . Brazilian star Neymar pictured at his sisters birthday party in Sao Paulo . Manchester United striker Robin van Persie is the highest-earning Premier League player on the list . Gareth Bale may be the worlds most expensive player but he ranks only sixth on the rich list . Manchester United and England captain Wayne Rooney earned 16.5m, according to the rich list ranking . Rooney pictured with his agent Paul Stretford in Manchester last week . The top 10 is rounded out by Zlatan Ibrahimovic, Sergio Aguero and Robert Lewandowski, followed by another glut of Premier League stars. Chelseas Eden Hazard and Manchester Citys Yaya Toure both made 14.7m, while United duo Angel di Maria and Radamel Falcao are jointly on 13.6m. In the manager rich list, Jose Mourinho of Chelsea is the highest paid with his 10m salary and 3.2m in commercial revenue. Arsenal boss Arsene Wenger 8.3m and Manchester Uniteds Louis van Gaal 7.3m also feature in the top five. The Paris Saint-Germain and Sweden star Zlatan Ibrahimovic comes in eighth on the list . Chelseas Jose Mourinho tops the managers rich list with an annual income of 13.2m . 1. Lionel Messi 47.8m . 2. Cristiano Ronaldo 39.7m . 3. Neymar 26.8m . 4. Thiago Silva 20.2m . 5. Robin van Persie 18.8m . 6. Gareth Bale 17.5m . 7. Wayne Rooney 16.5m . 8. Zlatan Ibrahimovic 15.8m . 9. Sergio Aguero 15.6m . 10. Robert Lewandowski 14.8m . Source: France Football Rich List . 1. Jose Mourinho 13.2m . 2. Carlo Ancelotti 11.4m . 3. Pep Guardiola 11.2m . 4. Arsene Wenger 8.3m . 5. Louis van Gaal 7.3m . 6. Fabio Capello 6.6m . 7. Andre Villas-Boas 6.2m . 8. Sven-Goran Eriksson 5.9m . 9. Jurgen Klopp 5.3m . 10. David Moyes and Laurent Blanc 5.1m . Source: France Football Rich List . 