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Arsenal legend Thierry Henry joins Sky Sports on a massive contract.

The Daily Mail says Henry has become the best-paid pundit in English football by a distance after joining Sky Sports as a football expert and ambassador from the start of next year.

His pay packet is said to dwarf that of Sky colleague Gary Neville, who is believed to be paid £1.2million a year.

The terms of Henry's mega-deal still allow him to work for the BBC at major tournaments, as he did during Brazil last summer. But he is not permitted to work for Sky's arch-rivals BT Sport, who were also keen on signing him.

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