Carlos Tevez now the world's highest paid footballer

Argentine striker, Carlos Tevez has left childhood club, Boca Juniors for Chinese Super League outfit, Shanghai Shenhua. He has put pen to paper on lucrative two year contract that will see him pocket £64million over the course of the deal.

The former Juventus, Manchester City, Manchester United, West Ham and Corinthians striker is now the world's highest-paid footballer on £615,000 per week.

The 32yr old will earn around £2,723,000 per month, £87,857 a day, £3,660 an hour, £61 a minute, and £1 a second. The attacker is the latest star name to move to the very lucrative Chinese League where players of his calibre can command astronomical wages.