Top Cleats For Top Players: Here’s What the Highest-Paid FIFA Players are Wearing to the World Cup

Top Cleats For Top Players: Here’s What the Highest-Paid FIFA Players are Wearing to the World Cup

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Find out who the highest-paid FIFA players are and what signature shoes they’re sporting in the 2022 FIFA World Cup

You can’t put a price tag on success, but you can put a price tag on the shoes that’ll see you to victory. Given the name of the sport, it’s clear that footwear plays a vital role in a player’s road to the top. So, whatever shoes the most successful football players in the world wear are sure to be sought after by aspiring athletes. In this list are four of the World Cup’s highest-paid players in 2022 and their signature footwear.

Kylian Mbappé

23-year-old Kylian Mbappé from France snatches the number one rank on the list of highest-paid FIFA players with an on-field payout of $110 million and an off-field payout of $18 million.

Kylian Mbappé’s signature cleats are the Nike Zoom Mercurial Superfly 9 Elite KM FG. These firm-ground football boots are identical to the regular launch edition with a Zoom Air unit, but come in dark beetroot with university blue, vivid purple, and metallic vivid gold-color designs as a nod to his heritage. These cleats are engineered to be thin but strong to up your game and accelerate your movements.

Lionel Messi

The 35-year-old Argentinian legend is firmly in second place as he has an on-field payout of $65 million with an off-field payout of $55 million.

Lionel Messi’s new signature cleats are the Adidas X Speedportal Leyendas, which translates to “legend” in Spanish. These firm-ground soccer cleats have SPEEDFRAME technology and a multidirectional stud design shrouded in gold metallic, cloud white, and pulse blue shades. Notably, the Leyenda serves as a tribute to the Adidas F30 cleats Messi wore to his first-ever World Cup in 2006.

Cristiano Ronaldo

The 37-year-old icon from Portugal is third on this list as he has an on-field payout of $40 million and an off-field payout of $60 million.

Similar to Kylian, Cristiano Ronaldo wears the Nike Zoom Mercurial Superfly 9 Elite CR7 FG. His latest signature boots in partnership with Nike pay homage to his career and his country as it boasts an exclusive white, concord, medium blue, and metallic copper design to replicate Azulejo tiles, a Portuguese national treasure. These signature boots are also loaded with a Zoom Air unit, Tri-star, and Flyknit with Vaporposite+ to allow athletes to play confidently.

Neymar Jr.

The 30-year-old Neymar Jr. from Brazil is fourth and last on this list with an on-field payout of $55 million and an off-field payout of $32 million.

Neymar Jr. is sporting the red and gold Puma FUTURE NJR Dream Chaser at the World Cup. And with the colorway representing his goal to win the world’s biggest international tournament, it makes sense that the cleats are deliberately designed for optimal traction, fit, control, and performance. Notably, these signature boots contain lightweight Nano Grip insoles, which minimize foot slippage so that you can maintain power transfers for every movement.

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