El Mundo has revealed Messi’s latest contract with Barcelona, which has assured the Argentine to collect 511 of the 555 million due to poor sporting goals imposed by the club
Lionel Messi obtained over 511 million euros from his last contract with Barcelona due to the extension he signed in 2017 with the Catalan team and the weak sports goals that the club imposed in order to pay bonuses to the striker.
According to the Spanish newspaper The world, who has a 30-page copy of the contract, assured that the Argentine’s salary can reach 555 million 237 thousand 619 euros (more than 673 million dollars).
The footballer’s salary is a problem for the Catalan club, which is facing a financial crisis and serious debts. For the renewal bonus alone, Messi received 115 million euros and another 77 million for loyalty.
The Spanish newspaper assured that Messi collected 92 percent of the total insured four years ago and this, the figure mentioned, is part of the economic problems that the culé team is currently facing.
The document they revealed, which was made during the administration of Josep Maria Bartomeu, confirmed that the salary of the player Rosario is the highest in the history of the sport and that there are two fundamental bonuses, one of 115 million 225 thousand euros for renewal and another of “loyalty” for 77 million 929 thousand 955 euros.
Salary figures of Messi, himself who could earn up to 138 million euros per season, is much higher than that of figures such as Cristiano Ronaldo and Neymar, who earn around 30 million euros a year.
If the Argentine does not reach the total number, it is because he will not get the incentives to reach the goals set in competitions such as the UEFA Champions League, where Barcelona fell far short of winning a new “Orejona”.
Despite all this, Messi will be able to leave the Catalan team on June 30, the period in which this last contract extension ends, which has left him so far more than 500 million euros in just four years, which was for work and image concept.