FILL YOUR BOOTS!
Neymar signed a world report Puma boot deal after serving to Paris Saint-Germain to their first ever Champions League closing.
That left his rivals in his wake as he signed a contract value a world-record £23million per 12 months.
However who else makes a fortune carrying sponsored boots?
Let SunSport give the most important footwear offers within the recreation, and what these stars earn per 12 months.
1. NEYMAR, £23M
The enigmatic Brazilian ahead dropped Nike to affix rivals Puma and was rewarded with the most important particular person sports activities sponsorship contract in historical past.
It isn't identified how lengthy the deal will final, however his earlier settlement with Nike was for 11 years and was value half of his new Puma deal.
Afterwards Neymar posted on social media: "I grew up watching movies of nice soccer legends comparable to Pele, Cruyff, Eusebio and Maradona, who every performed in Puma.
"For these causes, from at this time onward, I've the honour to unite with the model that helped the most important legends of soccer turn out to be what they're."
2. MESSI, £18M
The second footballer to turn out to be a billionaire (the primary was Cristiano Ronaldo), Messi is second on one of the best boot offers of all time.
In 2017, the Barcelona legend who shocked the world together with his switch to PSG, signed an extension to his boot take care of Adidas - giving him a lifetime contract with the corporate.
He was the primary footballer to launch a sub-brand of Adidas boots - the Adidas Messi.
Because the years move, and when Messi lastly hangs up his boots, that could possibly be simply as profitable for the ahead because the Air Jordan model Nike created for Michael Jordan.
3. RONALDO, £15M
As Nike's prize asset, Ronaldo is their prime earner.
Nevertheless, Neymar's contract now dwarfs his by £8m.
However Ronaldo can take consolation his deal pays out greater than Neymar's - being reportedly value £780m over a lifetime.
Manchester United's CR7 is barely the third athlete to signal a lifetime take care of Nike, together with Michael Jordan and LeBron James.
4. MBAPPE, £14M
Nike's poster-boy, in 2019 Kylian Mbappe was topic to a bidding battle between together with his present sponsors and Adidas.
He penned a 10-year deal value round £140m, which is believed to be energetic so long as he performs in a prime league.
The PSG celebrity was reportedly buoyed to affix Nike, following within the footsteps of his idol Ronaldo.
He's the one who may problem Neymar's place on the prime in years to return aged simply 23.
5. BALOTELLI, £5M
In 2014, Italian golden boy Mario Balotelli was on prime of his recreation towards for AC Milan.
A key member of the Italian nationwide staff, he was the nation's greatest hope of glory.
So when his contract with Nike expired, Puma swooped with a 10-year deal value round £5m per 12 months.
Now at a crossroads in his profession after heading to Adana Demirspor in Turkey, the 31-year-old is just not as marketable as he as soon as was.
6. BALE, £4M
The Welsh wizard, who spent final season on mortgage at Spurs, earns round £18m per 12 months from Actual Madrid.
And he has unique sponsorship offers with the likes of EA Sports activities, Lucozade and Adidas, to call only a few.
It is his contract with the German sports activities producers that's his most profitable, nonetheless, incomes Gareth Bale round £4m every year.
It is actually sufficient to maintain Bale in golf golf equipment.
7. GRIEZMANN, £3.5M
In 2015, Antoine Griezmann prolonged his boot take care of Puma to the tune of £3.5million-per-year.
In that point, he grew to become a worldwide celebrity - leaving Atletico Madrid for Barcelona in a deal value round £108m - though now he's again within the Spanish capital.
In 2019, to have fun Griezmann's 10-year anniversary with Puma, they launched his particular boot - a restricted version Future 4.1 NETFIT Grizi priced at £229.
He was one in every of Puma's headline gamers till Neymar got here alongside.
8. POGBA, £3M
The Manchester United midfielder is properly value his £3m per 12 months charge Adidas pay him.
Not solely does he seem in nearly each TV advert the model brings to our screens, he is additionally on each poster promoting the newest Predator boots.
His 10-year deal value round £30m would not expire until 2024.
Pogba was one other Nike have been determined so as to add to their roster.
9. VERRATTI, £2.5M
The PSG midfielder's contract with Puma expired in 2017, at which level Marco Verratti wore blacked out Puma evoTOUCH boots in coaching.
Ultimately, he signed an enormous take care of Nike - lacing up a pair of the Hypervenom Phantom III's.
It isn't identified how lengthy the deal is.
Nevertheless, £2.5m is to not be sneezed at.
10. SALAH, £2.5M
The Liverpool ahead has turn out to be some of the marketable faces within the recreation, particularly in Africa and the Center East.
He's sponsored by Adidas, alongside profitable offers with the likes of Pepsi and Vodafone in Egypt.
It sees Mo Salah put on the X18 soccer boots, and receives a commission extraordinarily properly for it.
That endorsement generates £2.5m per 12 months.
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