Former Chelsea and Super Eagles midfielder John Obi Mikel ranks as one of the highest earning recently retired players on IG.
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John Obi Mikel has been ranked in the top 10 of the highest earning retired footballers on Instagram.
The metric is based on players who've recently called quits on their career, with Real Madrid and Wales legend Gareth Bale topping the list.
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John Obi Mikel makes exclusive list
The recently retired 35-year-old, who enjoyed a glittering career at Chelsea, was recently included in a elite list of recently retired ballers who make money from Instagram posts.
Ticketgum.com put the list together and the sought out to discover how successful former footballers can get once retiring.
They researched 18 of the top recently retired ballers and acquired their estimated earnings per Instagram post, utilizing Influencer Marketing Hub’s social media earnings calculator.
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Obi Mikel has amassed around 1.7 million followers on IG and the social media earnings calculator states that he makes an estimated $6 127.50 (Over R110 880).
Here's the top ten list:
- 1. Gareth Bale
- 2. Gerrard Pique
- 3. Franck Ribéry
- 4. Blaise Matuidi
- 5. Jack Wilshere
- 6. Carlos Tevez
- 7. Laurent Koscielny
- 8. John Obi Mikel
- 9. Adebayo Akinfenwa
- 10. Martin Skrtel
Players without an IG account such as Gonzalo Higuain, Aleksandar Kolarov and Mark Noble were removed from the list.
These recently retired stars fall well behind Lionel Messi and Cristiano Ronaldo, two greats of the game who are nearing the end of their careers.
Messi reportedly made over R67 million per IG post, meanwhile Ronaldo racked in over R90 million, boasting around 555 million followers on the app.
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