The forward of Manchester city, Raheem sterling close to signing a major contract with Adidas. The agreement will bring the player more than €10 million a year. For current British athletes this is the largest contract of its kind. Even six-time world champion “Formula 1” Lewis Hamilton gets smaller. The transaction may have an impact on the career of Stirling. Newspaper the Times believes that Adidas could help to ensure that sterling moved to real Madrid, with which the manufacturer of sporting ammunition, there is a contract.The forward of Manchester city, Raheem sterling in early August to sign a ten-year contract with Adidas. About it reports The Times, citing its sources. At the moment the player is bound by the agreement with Nike. But it expires July 31 and to extend his sterling does not intend to. Note that at the moment none of the current British athlete such large advertising contracts has not. Even six-time champion “Formula 1” Lewis Hamilton earns slightly less. And here we are talking about all advertising agreements of the rider and not about the individual contract. However, the salary of Hamilton in the Mercedes team is almost €40 million a year.But the list of athletes — owners of the largest advertising contracts neither sterling nor Hamilton are not in the leading roles. They settled towards the end of the top 30. The leader of the basketball club of the National basketball Association (NBA) derrick rose. He’s all the same Adidas signed a 10-year contract for $260 million (€224 million). In second place is golfer Rory McIlroy. He has a 10-year agreement with Nike for $250 million (€216 million). Closes the three leaders of the long-retired footballer David Beckham. In 2003 he signed a 10-year contract with Adidas that only the guaranteed payments was $160 million (€138 million), plus Bekhemu owed a percentage of sales of branded clothing line.By the way, in the same 2003, Beckham moved from “Manchester United” in “real”, and not the last role in the fact that the transfer has taken place, played a position Adidas. The company is a longtime partner of the Royal club, and its calculations showed that Beckham would be better to sell in the “Real world” than in “Manchester United”. As suggested by The Times, a similar scenario can develop the career of Sterling, who has previously said himself that he dreams one day to move to Madrid. However, a rapid transition forward can be expected. In the current economic situation, according to The Times, real Madrid are not willing to pay for Sterling almost €130 million, in which it assesses the relevant portal Transfermarkt. But it is possible that the theme of the transition of Sterling to real Madrid will be raised next summer.Alexander Petrov
