5 ISL footballers you won't believe are worth more than IPL stars

Del Piero was the ISL's first big name
Del Piero was the ISL's first big name

#5 Nicolas Anelka - $845k - more than Steve Smith, Dwayne Bravo

Anelka played two seasons in the ISL
Anelka played two seasons in the ISL

The French striker was around ISL circles for two seasons and was on the books of Mumbai City FC on a big-money contract. Anelka's $845k salary in ISL 2014 dropped considerably in the next season, but that opening season wage is higher than what the likes of Steve Smith and Dwayne Bravo pocketed during IPL 2017. Smith and Bravo's similar $666k wages in IPL 2017 is comfortably dwarfed by an ISL footballer, an impossible prospect as recently as a decade ago.

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