Football at the highest level has become a lucrative business and the money sloshing around at the top of the game is eye-watering.
Indeed, 2017 was a record-breaking year for transfers as Brazil icon Neymar moved to Paris Saint-Germain from Barcelona in a €222 million deal, while the Premier League as a whole has been buoyed by a flood of television money.
As elite clubs have more money to play with, players are subsequently being rewarded with better contracts and that wealth allows them to do partake in all sorts of pursuits, such as investing in business interests both inside and outside the realm of football.