A former Sunderland striker is about to become one of the planet’s wealthiest footballers

Nice money if you can get it.

This is Asamoah Gyan. You may remember him from such such disastrous seasons as his time at Sunderland following the 2010 World Cup, when he scored 10 goals after signing for the club for a club record £13million. Since that season, he has led an, what shall we say, interesting life. He went to AL Ain on loan in 2011 and then moved there permanently in 2012. He's been a success for the Abu Dhabi club where he signed a deal worth an initial $6m but has seen that boosted in recent season and now earns $250,000 a week. A week. And sure he was only delighted to bang in the goals for that kind of cash. And now he looks absolutely positively chuffed to know that he is going to earn an incredible €13m a year after agreeing to join Chinese side Shanghai SIPG. The club is managed by another man who isn't shy of a few euro in his back pocket, Sven-Goran Eriksson. And on arriving at the airport today before signing the contract he looked like the happiest man in the world https://twitter.com/FourFourTweet/status/618737556255961088 We think Ronaldo and Messi will be asking for a pay rise, as the Portugal ace earns just slightly more than the reported €1.2 million per week the Barcelona man earns.