#7 Ramires Santos do Nascimento, Chelsea – $4.8 million
You all know Ramires Santos do Nascimento, one of the best central midfielders currently in the Premier League.
Commonly known as Ramires, the Brazilian footballer who plays for Chelsea has an annual salary of $4.8 million and his contract runs until 2017.
Before Chelsea, which apparently works for him, Ramires played for Joinville (2006-2007), Cruzeiro (2007-2009) and Benfica (2009-2010).
Among his honours include the FIFA Confederations Cup:2009 and a Bronze medal at the 2008 Summer Olympics.
