A unique and extremely expensive player by industry and real world terms. Preliminarily, it was spoken from the data of the Football Leaks portal, he assured that the Rosario received 100 million euros per season (2 thousand 358 million Mexican pesos), but that was not the most revealing figure.
The Spanish newspaper El Mundo, revealed that his contract for the last four years, between 2017 and this summer of 2021, was agreed for 555 million euros (13 thousand 91 million Mexican pesos), that is to say about 138.75 million euros per year. These could be between fixed and variable. The leak of that information at the time was intended to proceed legally against The world for releasing these figures.
11 million 562 thousand euros per month received Messi
In that report, the existence of two bonuses was revealed: one for accepting the renewal, amounting to 115 million 225 thousand euros, and one more for loyalty, which adds up to 77 million 929 thousand 995 euros, singularly high taking into account that there is an escape clause by which the player can sign in any other club at the end of each season until this 2021.
How much money did it generate for Barcelona?
For part of Messi’s team, these negotiations and arrangements with the club were fundamental and the leakage of these data does not represent less than what the 10 deserved and produced for the institution. “It doesn’t bother us that what Leo earns is known. Everyone knows how to earn it. In addition, he generates it ”, declared sources close to the Argentine, published The country.
“Messi is the fundamental part of the atypical income of the Barça. If we analyze how much money it generates for the club, the figure is between 250 and 300 million euros per year. If his gross salary is 140, at least Barça has a profit of 100 million ”, explained Marc Ciria to EFE, who is a financier and founding partner of Diagonal Inversiones, financial manager in the candidacy of Joan Laporta in 2015.
The figures have been consistent with those of the Barça marketing area, which estimates that Messi’s earnings within the squad meant an economic power between 20% and 30% of the budget.
How much is Lionel Messi worth in 2021?
The list released in early 2021 by the International Center for Sports Studies (CIES), the Argentine striker is out of the top 10 of the most expensive players in Europe. This study placed the ‘Flea’ in 97th place, since its market value amounts to 54 million euros (1,274 million pesos).