Many football fans are interested in how much money he receives for his efforts on the field and outside his best football player in the world Lionel Messi. We will reveal the secret of the income of the Argentinean wizard ball in our next publication.
Commitment to one football structure
Throughout his life, Messi has been playing for a single club, the Catalan Barcelona. At the age of 13, he left the borders of his native Argentina in order to become part of the blue-pomegranate football academy. The talent of a football player was revealed early, and very soon he became the main star of the club. With the help of Messi, Barcelona won titles, and the footballer’s salary has steadily increased.
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Do not forget that most of the revenues of star football players are advertising contracts and bonuses prescribed in the contract. Thus, Messi's salary may increase provided that he receives another Golden Ball or scores more than 40 goals per season. Recall that at the end of 2015, Lionel was again recognized as the best player in the world and received an award for the fifth time. He still holds the record for the number of Golden Balls won.
Net salary
This year, Messi's net salary was 22 million euros per year. However, the richest clubs in the world, for example, Manchester City or PSG, are struggling to lure a twenty-eight-year-old player into their ranks. They promise Lionel even more profitable contracts. However, under the terms of the current agreement with Barcelona, which was signed two years ago, the Argentinean receives 22 million for the first two seasons, and starting in the summer of 2016, Messi's net salary will increase by another 20 million euros per year. In total, a player receives thirty-two million euros on average over four years of the next contract with the Catalan club. Here is such an entertaining arithmetic.
Back in 2014, Barcelona bosses offered a fabulous contract to their best footballer in order to insure themselves against the vagaries of the star and prevent him from escaping to another championship. However, Messi remains committed to the club structure and is unlikely to leave the team in his prime. The Argentine showed his commitment to Barcelona to the world when he deliberately refused to receive 32 million euros back in 2014. Thus, he made it clear that in the next 4 years he will not leave his native club. We can say with confidence that after the expiration of the existing contract, he will sign a new, no less profitable agreement with the club. The only caveat: most likely the new agreement, based on the age of the player, will be designed for two years.
Total income
Recall that in the current season, Messi's salary is 22 million euros per year. And from the next season, for another two years, under the terms of the current contract, he will receive 42 million euros (an average of 4 million for 4 years). However, various bonuses, as well as advertising contracts with industrial giants such as Adidas, must be added to the player’s income. Pepsi, Gillete and others.
The totality of the football player’s advertising income is still about twenty million euros annually. The total income of a football player rises to an astronomical amount of 65 million euros. Well, what a football player is, such is the income. As you can see, Lionel Messi receives bonuses equivalent to wages for his personal achievements in football. Thus, the club stimulates him to conquer even more sky-high heights.
Conclusion
In our publication today, we talked about the income of the best football player in the world whom the Spanish “Barcelona” had looked after in their very childhood. Messi is worthy of getting a gorgeous salary. As part of the club, he achieved everything that one could dream of. We wish the illustrious footballer to win gold in the Argentine national team at the continental championship or at the world championship.