Ezequiel Lavezzi to become one of the highest paid players in the world after swapping PSG for Hebei China Fortune
For Argentina forward Ezequiel Lavezzi, Hebei China Fortune certainly live up to their name.
The Chinese Super League club have made the former Paris Saint-Germain man one of the highest paid players in world football after handing him a two-year contract worth £400,000-a-week.
Lavezzi, 30, joins former Premier League players Stephane M'Bia, Gervinho and Gael Kakuta at the newly-promoted club in an estimated £3.5m deal from Paris Saint-Germain.
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His eye-watering contract will pocket him over £20m a year, making him the world's highest-paid player behind Cristiano Ronaldo and Lionel Messi.
Ronaldo makes over £30m a year from his contract at Real Madrid and various endorsements combined, while Messi's total salary is estimated to top £40m.
Neymar is also believed to earn more than £20m in a year but only thanks to a number of lucrative sponsorships and endorsements.
Hebei China Fortune, bought by Chinese billionaire Wang Wenxue just over a year ago, are one of a number of Chinese Super League clubs to have attracted a fleet of European-based stars with big money contracts.
Jiangsu Suning's capture of Chelsea's Ramires for £25m and Shakhtar Donetsk's Alex Teixera from under Liverpool's noses for £38m have been two notable deals in a transfer window which has seen over £200m spent by Chinese clubs on new players.