Last week, Sweden's international soccer star Zlatan Ibrahimovic left one of the world's wealthiest clubs to sign with the Los Angeles Galaxy, and he is reportedly taking a massive pay cut to come to the U.S.
At Manchester United, where he more recently struggled to find playing time after returning from a serious knee injury, he was making $27 million a year. At the Galaxy, his salary will be a far more modest $1.4 million, reports Sports Illustrated citing the Spanish newspaper Marca. That's 95 percent less.
The Swede is one of the most famous players in the world. In a video announcing his arrival to Los Angeles that the Galaxy posted on Twitter, Ibrahimovic walks beside a lion and says, "Los Angeles, welcome to Zlatan."