MLB superstar Shohei Ohtani signs biggest contract in sports history with staggering $700m 10-year deal to LA Dodgers

SHOHEI Ohtani has just signed the biggest deal in sports history.

The two-way MLB superstar, 29, inked a 10-year, $700 million contract with the Los Angeles Dodgers to resolve the biggest mystery of the 2023 offseason.

Shohei Ohtani has signed a record-breaking 10-year, $700m deal with the Los Angeles DodgersGetty

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The Japanese star’s deal reportedly has the highest amount of guaranteed salary ever offered to an athlete[/caption]

Ohtani’s deal is the largest guarantee money a sports star has ever received, per MLB insider Jeff Passan.

A huge portion of the Japanese star’s salary is reportedly deferred.

“In deferring the money, it reduces the cost of the competitive-balance-tax hit and will allow the Dodgers to build a better team around him,” Passan wrote on Saturday.

After the Los Angeles Angels failed to extend his contract, Ohtani’s free agency decision reportedly came down to the Dodgers and Toronto Blue Jays.

The New York Mets showed interest in the baseball superstar but the talks “never got serious,” per SNY reporter Andy Martino.

The three-time AL MVP’s deal eclipses that of soccer icon Lionel Messi, who is believed to have inked a four-year, $673.9 million deal with FC Barcelona in 2017.

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