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Lionel Messi has completed his move to Paris Saint-Germain from Barcelona and in doing so, he ensures he remains one of the best paid athletes in world sport.
Forbes reports the Argentine will make $75 million in wages alone. It is unclear if this is a pre- or post-tax figure, as other reports have said Messi's take home pay will be roughly $35 million per year.
Messi is also due a cut of cut of jersey sales, Forbes says.
Although it isn't known how many Messi uniforms PSG will sell, when Cristiano Ronaldo moved to Italian side Juventus in , the club sold $61 million worth of his jerseys in 24 hours.
Messi is one of the richest athletes in the history of sports, and is one of only a handful of players to make over $1 billion while still playing, alongside the likes of Tiger Woods and LeBron James. To date, he has earned $ billion, Forbes reports.
As well as his PSG salary, Forbes reports that Messi makes more than $30 million in endorsements including lucrative deals with Adidas, Gatorade and Pepsi.
Read on to see all of Messi's many endorsement deals.
Messi has been signed to the German sportswear Adidas since and has since become the face of their brand.
In , he extended his deal with the brand, which makes a line of Messi-branded soccer cleats, by signing a lifetime contract, earning him $25 million annually.
The former Barcelona captain signed with Gatorade in , alongside then teammate Luis Suarez, as part of the drink company's 'Everything Changes' campaign.
Messi has long been the face of Pepsi and has appeared in commercials alongside fellow soccer players Mo Salah, Paul Pogba and Jadon Sancho.
As part of Messi's partnership with Budweiser, the beer makers sent a bottle to every goalkeeper the Argentine had scored against on his way to breaking Pele's single club goalscoring record.
When Messi scored against Real Valldolid in , he registered his th goal for Barcelona, a record for any player at one club.
Messi has appeared in commercials for Ooredoo, a Qatari telecommunications company and has been its global brand ambassador since
Messi has advertised the chip brand Lays since and the food makers recently welcomed his arrival to Paris.
Lays tweeted a picture of a bag of chips featuring a joke new flavor 'G.O.A.T's cheese,' showing Messi's face photoshopped onto the bag.