Top 5 highest paid players in Serie A 

#1 Cristiano Ronaldo (Juventus) - €565,000 / week

Ronaldo is one of the highest paid players

Cristiano Ronaldo is surely the best player in the world at the moment and one of the best of all time, so it came as a major surprise when Real Madrid stalled to make him the highest paid player in the world, especially considering all that he had contributed for the club.

Juventus took advantage of the situation and broke their club record to sign the Portuguese icon for a fee of €100m.

This was seen by many as a colossal waste of money considering that Ronaldo was about to turn 34. However, the fact of the matter is that Ronaldo is no ordinary 34-year-old and Juventus have already started making massive financial gains from his arrival.

The club made him one of the highest paid player in the world. With Italian dominance all but guaranteed with or without him, the only way he can repay the huge outlay to get him is in the Champions League and Ronaldo has gone some way in doing so, starting with his stirring hat-trick to eliminate Atletico Madrid.