The NBA stars are some of the highest-paid athletes in the world. The average NBA player rakes in well over $9 million annually. But turns out that there is a sporting world where even the NBA stars will be left behind when it comes to money. Shaquille O’Neal‘s son Shareef O’Neal was spotted expressing his shock when he found out the contract details of a certain soccer superstar.
By calculating purely the number of followers, soccer has to be the biggest sport in the world. It’s reported that the FIFA World Cup gets well over a billion views. The top-notch soccer athletes are some of the highest-paid stars in the world, with some of them earning well over $100 million. Now, with the involvement of the Middle East, the contracts acquired by soccer players in the Middle Eastern leagues are becoming mammoth.
Shaquille O’Neal’s son shocked by the contract details of the soccer star
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Neymar Jr, who’s worth a massive $200 million, has dominated the European leagues for quite some time now and is set to depart for Saudi Arabia to play for Al Hilal. Neymar, who used to feature for the Paris Saint Germain, is now moving to Saudi after spending six years in the French capital. The soccer club Al Hilal is paying Neymar his weight worth in gold.
It was reported that Neymar is going to get a mansion with a full-time staff and also a private jet at his disposal. He’s also going to get handed an 80,000 Euro bonus for every time Al Hilal wins a league game. He’ll also pocket five hundred thousand Euros for every post on social media that promotes Saudi Arabia. Shareef O’Neal, who mainly maintains a low profile, posted a series of posts online and captioned it, “OD”
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OD translates to Overdose. Shareef O’Neal was left in awe after witnessing the amount paid to the Brazilian superstar.
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Brazilian soccer star calls Neymar’s $218 million move bizarre
The sporting world was in shock when Neymar’s $218 million transfer to Saudi’s Al Hilal was announced. Brazilian soccer star Neto still isn’t able to wrap his head around the transfer. Many soccer will agree that Neymar Jr still has a lot to give and contribute in the top notch European leagues for a few more years.
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Neto said, “I told the ?Donos da Bola? that Mbapp? would only play for PSG again with Neymar?s departure . I already knew, the person who told me is a friend of a guy who played there. That?s what?s happening. Messi and Neymar came out, and Mbapp? takes over the team as the protagonist.”
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