Jon Rahm has admitted that signing with LIV Golf in a record deal worth upwards of £450 million ($566.4m) is a “big risk” to his Ryder Cup future.

Jon Rahm’s Ryder Cup future has been thrown into doubt with speculation intensifying that he will imminently sign a record £450 million deal with LIV and join alongside another former world No 1 and one of Europe’s promising young players.

US Ryder Cup player Tony Finau is in talks to join LIV Golf and become the first member of Jon Rahm’s team following the Spaniard’s £450 million defection. Rahm is set to announce his side for the breakaway league after he shocked the PGA Tour and DP World Tour by going back on his previous statements and enlisting with the Saudi Arabia-funded enterprise in a record deal on Thursday.

Golf fans reckon Jon Rahm has wasted no time cutting ties with the PGA - within 24 hours of switching to LIV. Rahm joined the Saudi breakaway LIV in a mega £475m deal that will make him one of the highest-paid golfers in history.