Baseball player Mike Trout is reportedly on the verge of agreeing a staggering 12-year, £325million contract extension with the Los Angeles Angels.
It would be the largest contract in the history of American professional sports, netting 27-year-old Trout around £520,000-a-week.
Trout has been the American League Most Valuable Player twice and finished second in the MVP voting four times.
He was due to become a free agent next year but this deal would likely commit Trout to the Angels for the remainder of his career.
Los Angeles Angels baseball player Mike Trout has just agreed a staggering 12-year, £325m contract to make. It takes him right to the top of the ranking of sport's most lucrative deals
Centre Fielder Trout has twice been voted Most Valuable Player in the American League
According to ESPN, the £27.15m Trout would receive every year tops the current average highest salary in MLB - the £25.9m-a-year earned by Zack Greinke of the Arizona Diamondbacks.
It also smashed the £248.7m deal signed by Bryce Harper of the Philadelphia Phillies earlier this month.
But how does Trout's deal compare to sport's most lucrative contracts?
1. Mike Trout, Baseball (Los Angeles Angels) - £325m
It's straight in at No 1 in the list of most lucrative sports contracts for Trout - and by a considerable margin.
2. Canelo Alvarez, Boxing (DAZN) - £275m
Saul 'Canelo' Alvarez agreed his lucrative tie-up with London-based streaming service DAZN at the end of last year.
The Mexican, who holds the WBA and WBC world middleweight titles, agreed a five-year, 11-fight deal.
It will earn him over £1m-a-week for five years and there is the potential to boost that income further if he hits certain subscription targets.
Boxer Canelo Alvarez signed a £275m, five-year deal with streaming service DAZN last year
3. Bryce Harper, Baseball (Philadelphia Phillies) - £248.7m
Harper finalised his new deal with the Phillies, which he will keep him there until 2031, earlier this month but the figures have been surpassed by Trout.
The 13-year contract Harper signed is worth just under £250m and contains a no-trade clause meaning he can't opt out at any point.
It will take Harper up to the age of 39, likely the remainder of his career.
Bryce Harper's £248.7m deal with the Phillies has been eclipsed by Trout's new deal
4. Giancarlo Stanton, Baseball (Miami Marlins) - £245m
