ManU's Wayne Rooney Tops English Premier League's Richest Footballers List

A Wealth-X top 10 list revealed that ManU and England forward Wayne Rooney is the wealthiest English-born footballer in the EPL with an estimated net worth of £45M ($73M). Rio Ferdinand, Michael Carrick and Ashley Young also made the list for "The Red Devils," bringing the combined net worth of these four teammates to £111M ($182M). At 35, Ferdinand and Frank Lampard from Chelsea are the oldest players on the list. The youngest is Man City midfielder James Milner, who is 27. Rooney earns approximately £250,000 ($410,000) a week before taxes on his current contract, and also rakes in money from endorsement deals with companies including Nike and book publisher HarperCollins.

The combined net worth of the top 10 footballers on the list is £255M ($417M) (Wealth-X). The complete list.