China’s only volleyball player abroad earns a whopping HK$12 million a year in Turkey
Rio Olympic Games gold medallist isn’t too bothered that she’s the world’s highest paid volleyball player after signing a contract extension with her Turkish club last month
Chinese star Zhu Ting shrugged off her huge salary as the world’s highest paid volleyball player as a “form of encouragement” after she signed a contract extension with her club in Turkey for a reputed salary of €1.35 million (HK$12 million).
The 22-year-old Chinese outside spiker will play for Vakıfbank Istanbul in the Turkish League for another season but the Rio Games gold medal winner insisted she didn’t decide the amount nor was there any pressure on her earning such a whopping salary.
Arriving in Macau for the latest leg of the FIVB World Grand Prix, which begins on Friday, Zhu raised eyebrows when it was known she had become the world’s highest paid volleyball player after signing a contract extension last month.
But Zhu took it all in her stride without making too much of a fuss of her multimillion-dollar contract.
“Any figure is a form of support made by an outside party to the players, whether it is high or low,” said the outside hitter, who has just finsihed her first season with the Turkish side where she helped them lift the European Champions League trophy.