Cristiano Ronaldo wants to be the world's highest paid player

Recently relegated to the third step of this particular podium, Cristiano Ronaldo is beginning to make his claim to the Real Madrid hierarchy that he should become the best paid footballer in the world
In the aftermath of a man of the match performance in the Club World Cup final, which came so soon after his latest Ballon d'Or award, there is a sense inside the club that the winger has his eye on another leaderboard of sorts.