Cristiano Ronaldo wants to be the world's highest paid player

Recently relegated to the third step of this particular podium, Cristiano Ronaldo is beginning to make his claim to the Real Madrid hierarchy that he should become the best paid footballer in the world.
In the aftermath of a man of the match performance in the Club World Cup final, which came so soon after his latest Ballon d'Or award, there is a sense inside the club that the winger has his eye on another leaderboard of sorts.

Renewing his Real deal 13 months ago, Ronaldo has since dropped behind Paris Saint-Germain's world record signing Neymar and Lionel Messi when it comes to earnings, with the Barcelona star raking in around 50 million euros per season.

That contract is nailed on for three-and-a-half more years at this moment in time, with the salary awarded to the player considered abundant within Los Blancos.