{
  "id": 15128799,
  "title": "Highest-Paid Soccer Players 2026: Messi Hits A New High But Can’t Touch Ronaldo",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/17/highest-paid-soccer-players-2026-messi-hits-a-new-high-but-cant-touch",
  "topic": "finance",
  "section": "Finance & Markets",
  "published": "2026-10-17T05:30:00.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Forbes",
    "slug": "forbes",
    "url": "https://www.forbes.com/sites/hanktucker/2026/10/17/the-worlds-highest-paid-soccer-players-2026/"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": null,
  "summary": "After Cristiano Ronaldo and Lionel Messi's World Cup swan song, Forbes ranks soccer's highest-paid players. See how much star footballers are making on and off the field.",
  "key_points": [],
  "editors_take": null,
  "illustration": null,
  "coverage": {
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  },
  "ai_generated": true,
  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}