Arsenal and Man Utd flops Ozil and Sanchez beat Super Bowl legend Tom Brady, Serena Willianms and boxing superstar Golovkin on Forbes sporting rich list

TOP flops Alexis Sanchez and Mesut Ozil are outpunching icons like Manny Pacquiao, Gennady Golovkin, Serena Williams and Tom Brady.in the Forbes sporting rich-list.

Manchester United striker Sanchez and Arsenal playmaker Ozil, both 30, are also well ahead of Atletico Madrid’s £100million-rated Antoine Griezmann, Real Madrid’s Gareth Bale and Liverpool’s Champions League winner Mo Salah.

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Ex-Arsenal hero Sanchez will try to console himself with annual earnings of £24m if United boss Ole Gunnar Solskjaer boots him out this summer.

And Ozil is just four places adrift of his former club-mate, scooping £23.7m as the world’s 57th highest-paid sportsperson.

Chilean Sanchez’s wages or £22.25m ecliipse Ozil’s record Arsenal package of £18.6m.

But the German dramatically narrowed the gap between them with endorsement earnings of £5.1m compared to £2m for Sanchez.

Pound-for pound, some might think the duo offer the worst value for money in the Premier League.

Yet their pay is well above “pound-for pound” boxing greats Pacquiao and Golovkin,who are 92nd and 95th respectively on around £20m.

The mega-contracts of Sanchez and Ozil might explain why Barcelona target Griezmann could also consider joining United.

Nonetheless, Griezmann, 28, still amassed £21.8m for 75th place, including £18.2m in yearly wages.

And Bale, 29, another frontman linked with Old Trafford, is four places below his La Liga rival on £21.3m.

Two of the USA’s most legendary competitors of 21st century sport are also below Sanchez and Ozil.

Tennis queen Williams, 37, who has won 23 Grand Slams, is 63rd on £23m.

And five-time Super Bowl winner Brady, 41, is 81st with £21.2m.

Squeezing into the top 100 in 98th place is Salah.

The Egypt striker, 26, is slumming it on £19.7m.

That’s five times less than the £100m of No 1 earner Lionel Messi, with Cristiano Ronaldo (£86m) and Neymar £82.5m) placed second and third.