The document to which El Mundo had access indicates the bonuses that the striker received for scoring certain goals, but also those that he lost because he did not win titles.
Lionel Messi has secured more than 511 million euros (approximately $ 620 million) in four years for the last contract extension with Barcelona that he signed in 2017; However, The Argentine left millions of bonds on the road because he did not meet certain objectives, which exceed 15 million euros (18 million dollars).
According to the Spanish newspaper The world, who has a copy of the Argentine’s last contract with the Catalan club, ’10’ Barca has stopped receiving income at not meeting goals, such as winning the Champions League final in the last three years, losing LaLiga in the 2019-20 campaign or even giving up individual awards, such as the Best award.
The highest bonus that Messi lost in his employment contract was 3,548,644 euros, which he did not get three times because he did not win the UEFA Champions League final. From the 2017-18 to 2019-20 seasons, years in which Barcelona did not raise its ears, the South American lost more than 10 million euros.
In this sense, the returns of Rome, Liverpool to Anfield and the victory of Bayern Munich totaled 4 million 258 thousand 383 euros. In addition, for the release of LaLiga from 2019-20, the same thing that snatched Real Madrid, Rosario did not receive 2 million 365 thousand 766 euros.
But the collective inconsistency of Barcelona determined Messi not to shine so much and, losing the Best award twice, one in 2017-18 and another in 2019-20, cost him just over 1 million euros in bonuses.
Meanwhile, from his image contract, the player accumulated another 2 million euros in losses because he did not win the UEFA Champions League and a little over one million euros because he did not win LaLiga, Copa del Rey or The Best award.
El Mundo has also released certain clauses by which Messi secured his income. Even political motives in Spain, such as Catalonia’s independence or international sanctions for some poor performance with Argentina, have not touched any of the forward’s money.
“There will be no contractual suspension” if Messi was suspended by FIFA to play in any competition. “Barcelona is committed to respecting them”, this on the image contracts with the sponsors who compete with the club, who had to match the offers of the club’s officials in order to replace them.
“If Catalonia becomes independent, Messi will be able to break away from his contract” without rights or compensation for the club “, wrote the Iberian newspaper.
Thus Messi will not be able to complete the 555 million 237 thousand 619 euros in four years; however, it already has just over € 511 million on the stock market.