BOOT-IFUL GAME: TOP 10 Biggest boot deals in football
10. SALAH, £2.5m
The Liverpool forward has become one of the most marketable faces in the game, especially in Africa and the Middle East. He is sponsored by Adidas to wear the X18 football boots, and he gets paid extremely well for it.
9. VERRATTI, £2.5m
The PSG midfielder's contract with Puma expired in 2017, at which point Marco Verratti wore blacked out Puma evoTOUCH boots in training. Eventually, he signed a massive deal with Nike - lacing up a pair of the Hypervenom Phantom III's.
8. POGBA, £3m
The Manchester United midfielder is well worth his £3m per year fee adidas pay him. Not only does he appear in almost every TV ad the brand brings to our screens, he's also on every poster advertising the latest Predator boots. His 10-year deal worth around £30m doesn't expire till 2024.
7. GRIEZMANN, £3.5m
In 2015, Antoine Griezmann extended his boot deal with Puma to the tune of £3.5million-per-year. In 2019, to celebrate Griezmann's 10-year anniversary with Puma, they released his special boot - a limited edition Future 4.1 NETFIT Grizi priced at £229.
6. BALE, £4m
The Welsh wizard, who spent last season on loan at Spurs, earns around £18m per year from Real Madrid. His contract with the German sports manufacturers earns him around £4m per annum.
5. BALOTELLI, £5m
In 2014, Italian golden boy Mario Balotelli was on top of his game against for AC Milan. So when his contract with Nike expired, Puma swooped with a 10-year deal worth around £5m per year.
4. MBAPPE, £14m
Nike's poster-boy, in 2019 Kylian Mbappe was subject to a bidding war between with his current sponsors and adidas. He penned a 10-year deal worth around £140m, which is believed to be active as long as he plays in a top league.
3. RONALDO, £15m
As Nike's prize asset, Ronaldo is their top earner. However, Neymar's contract now dwarfs his by £8m.
2. MESSI, £18m
The second footballer to become a billionaire (the first was Cristiano Ronaldo), Messi is now into the second spot on the best boot deals of all time.
1. NEYMAR, £23m
The enigmatic Brazilian forward dropped Nike to join rivals Puma and was rewarded with the largest individual sports sponsorship contract in history.