Japan’s Ohtani Gets $700 Million, Biggest Team Sports Deal — VOA Learning English
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Everyone expected Japan’s Shohei Ohtani to receive the biggest deal in baseball history. Over the weekend, the two-time Most Valuable Player award-winner received the biggest deal in team sports history.
On Saturday, the Japanese star announced that he had agreed to a 10-year contract with the Los Angeles Dodgers valued at $700 million.
Olympics.com says the amount is higher than the $679 million for France’s Kylian Mbappe with Paris Saint-Germain in 2022, $674 million for Lionel Messi with Barcelona in 2017, and Cristiano Ronaldo’s $500 million agreement with Al Nassr.
The total is also higher than the largest American football contract of $450 million given to Patrick Mahomes of the Kansas…
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