THABISO THE HIGHEST PAID

MBABANE -   Royal Leopard striker Thabiso Mokenkoane is the highest paid player in Eswatini.

This is according to classified information sourced from reliable sources closer to the clubs. The South African-born striker’s salary is paid by both Mbabane Swallows and Royal Leopard as he is currently loaned to the police ensemble with each team paying a sum of E7 500 towards his monthly pay.

Loaned

Mokenkoane joined Mbabane Swallows at the start of the season but due to lack of game time he was loaned to Royal Leopard. He made history by scoring eight goals in the EswatiniBank last 32, a few weeks after leaving Swallows camp. He is closely followed by South Africa duo Mbabane Swallows’ Vuzumuzi Zungu and Sphamandla Dlamini who both take home E14000 each.

Coming third are the Swallows trio in Tony Tsabedze, Wonder ‘Samba Jive’ Nhleko and Sandile ‘Nkomishi’ Ginindza who earn E12 000 each. Manzini Wanderers’ Mike Dombo is the fourth highest paid player in the country with a gross pay of E11 000 while Mbabane Highlanders  striker Josef Lekata and ‘Birds’ Sandanezwe Mathabela are fifth highest paid players with a salary of E10 000 each. Eswatini internationals are earning decent salaries in the South Africa’s National first division league known as the GladAfrica Championship. These are players who are plying their trade at Mbombela United.Felix Badenhorst is leading the pack with a salary of E30 000 with the trio of Banele ‘Pupu’ Sikhondze, Njabulo ‘D4D’ Ndlovu and Sabelo ‘Sikhali’ Ndzinisa earning E25 000. Meanwhile, Justice Figuareido takes home E21 000.

Estimated

In the world, the highest paid player is Barcelona’s Lionel Messi with an estimated overall income of E2.5 billion and he is followed by Juventus’ Cristiano Ronaldo on E2.26 billion with Brazil and Paris Saint Germain superstar Neymar completing the top three bracket on E1.82 billion a year.

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