7 Most Astonishing Secret Football Contract Clauses Ever

7. Panini Football Stickers Contract Clauses

Football cards are a big business today and Italian company Panini published its first FIFA World Cup sticker album for the 1970 World Cup. Since then, collecting and trading stickers has become part of the whole World Cup experience, especially for the younger fans worldwide. As recently as 2017, a 1970 World Cup Panini sticker album signed by the legendary Pelé sold for a record 10,450 pounds.

Panini are the biggest name in the market, and pay huge sums of money to superstars like Neymar and Ronaldo. Merely picking up a pen and signing some cards ensures the superstars' bulging bank balances become even bigger.

Panini America guaranteed Brazilian Neymar 50,000 dollars for his signature on the much sought after collector's items. That worked out at 83 dollars per signature . Cristiano Ronaldo makes over three times that figure however, as he pockets 175,000 dollars for the signature of 1,000 cards which also includes four editions of collectors' items.