Top 8 foreign sports stars endorsing Chinese brands

Updated: 2016-07-26 06:54

By Zhu Lingqing(chinadaily.com.cn)

Lionel Messi & Huawei

Time: March 17, 2016

Fee: Approximately 5 to 6 million euros ($5.5- 6.6 million) annually

Top 8 foreign sports stars endorsing Chinese brands

FC Barcelona's Argentinian forward Lionel Messi (C), Tyrone Liu (L), CEO of Consumer Business Group for Huawei Latin America, and Kevin Ho (R), president of Handset Business of Huawei Consumer BG, takes a selfie during a press conference in which telecommunications giant Huawei Technologies Co Ltd announced Messi's appointment as the company's Global Brand Ambassador in Barcelona, Spain, March 17, 2016. [Photo/VCG]

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