Gareth Bale is heading to California after agreeing a move to Los Angeles FC.
His decision brings to an end intense speculation over the Wales captain's future, whose Real Madrid contract elapsed after nine years in Spain. The 32-year-old earned untold riches with Los Blancos, which you can read about here.
Bale's agent, Jonathan Barnett, revealed a few weeks ago that his client's next move wouldn't be dictated by finance.
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He told WalesOnline last month: "What Gareth does next is not about money. It will be solely about what he wants to do at this stage of his career, where he wants to be."
Details of his financial package with LAFC have now been reported; The Athletic state Bale has put pen to paper on a one-year deal with the club which will see him earn no more than $1.6125 million (£1.3 million) in that time. There are additional things to consider too. An 18-month extension is also on the table which would increase his salary and make him LAFC's designated player.
Those numbers are just a fraction of what the former Tottenham man was earning in Spain, with his take-home salary believed to have been around £350,000 a week.
The US outfit's general manager John Thorrington said the deal to take Bale to the west coast wasn't about money.
"It wasn't a financial conversation with Gareth or us," he revealed. "If Gareth was making this decision with financial motives he wouldn't be in MLS.
"This league is really exciting globally and he saw an opportunity to make a real impact. He sees here an opportunity to make a difference with the stage we provide.
"He sees the chance to pull this sport up to competing with the other sports. As much as possible, understanding how to manage a player like Gareth, a Ferrari or thoroughbred racehorse, they need extra attention in order to succeed, we're confident we'll be able to do that.
"The benefit of him joining the group we have, we will have a player who can play as much as he can, but we will do so sensibly.
"His priority will be at LAFC but we're not naïve - he has a World Cup on the horizon and how we manage his preparation ahead of the World Cup will be important to Gareth and the success of LA, but we want him peaking after the game with the US! The exact preparation he needs will be the same for us as it is for the World Cup, which I know for Wales is an historic one."
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