World's Richest Football Player Has No Club
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A football player is now the richest player in the world. He is 28 years old. He does not play for a club right now.
His fortune is R$110 billion. This is a very big amount of money. He is richer than any other football player.
The player has no club at this time. He is a free agent. This means he can join any team he wants.
News about the player is from a Brazilian sports website. The website talked about his money and his life without a club.
People want to know which club he will join next. He is very famous because of his money and his football skill.
Vocabulary15 words
- richest
- having the most money
- club
- a sports team that a player plays for
- fortune
- a very large amount of money
- free agent
- a player with no team, who can join any team
- billion
- a very big number: 1,000,000,000
- famous
- known by many people
- skill
- the ability to do something well
- amount
- how much of something there is
- join
- to become part of a group or team
- money
- what people use to buy things
- world
- the whole earth and all its people
- news
- information about new things that happened
- website
- a place on the internet with information
- player
- a person who plays a sport
- team
- a group of people who play a sport together
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1. 28 2. R$110 billion 3. No
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A football player is now the _____ player in the world. He is 28 years old. He does not play for a _____ right now.
His _____ is R$110 billion. This is a very big amount of money. He is richer than any other football player.
The player has no club at this time. He is a _____. This means he can join any team he wants.
News about the player is from a Brazilian sports _____. The website talked about his money and his life without a club.
People want to know which club he will _____ next. He is very _____ because of his money and his football skill.
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