Leo Messi says goodbye, perhaps forever, to European football. Inter Miami awaits him with a salary of around €100 million per season.
Lionel Messi says goodbye (perhaps forever) to European football and will sign for Inter Miami for next season. This is a club created in 2018 by David Beckham, who is also its president. It is also owned by the Mas brothers, Jorge and José, entrepreneurs in the engineering and construction sector. At the moment, the club sits last in the standings but will not face relegation as it doesn’t exist in Major League Soccer.
On the other hand, nothing is known about the contract that will bind Messi to Inter Miami, neither the duration nor the engagement, but there is no lack of indiscretion. Certainly, Messi will no longer be the highest-paid footballer in the world, overtaken by Benzema - who has just signed an agreement with Al Ittihad for 200 million euros - and by Cristiano Ronaldo (who takes the same amount from the Saudis of Al Nassr).
But on the other hand, Messi’s net worth is so significant, especially after the last two seasons at PSG, that it certainly won’t be a few million less that will make the difference. In fact, according to the Mundo Deportivo, Leo Messi could have become the highest-paid footballer in the world by accepting the - indecent - proposal from Al Hilal, who apparently offered him a salary of 400 million euros a year for two years.
However, Messi refused, preferring a more competitive championship than the Saudi one.
How much Messi has earned in his career
Leo Messi earned 71 million dollars a year at Barcelona in his last season, 2020-2021. However, according to El Mundo, the revised contract he signed in 2017 recognized him as having much higher figures than previously known.
In particular, from 2017 to 2021 Leo Messi earned an astronomical figure: €555,237,619 in total, or around €139 million gross per season. There is merit to certain "items" of the agreement, such as 115 million euros of a "signing bonus" and 80 million euros of a "loyalty bonus."
In fact, Barcelona was unable, given the complicated financial situation, to offer him a contract renewal for the following years: the rest is known history, with Messi signing for Paris starting from the 2021-2022 season Saint Germain earning 41 million euros per year, i.e.:
- 3.4 million per month;
- 797 thousand euros per week;
- 113 thousand euros per day;
- 4.7 thousand euros per hour;
- 79 euros per minute;
- 1.30 euros per second.
Added to this is a signing bonus of 40 million euros, plus a series of bonuses for achieving certain results. In two years, therefore, Messi seems to have earned a total of around 130 million euros, which has contributed - according to the ranking drawn up by CasinoEnLigne.com by crossing data from other well-known rankings made by Forbes, Sports Illustrated and Sportico - making Lionel Messi the seventh richest sportsman in the world with a net worth of $1.48 billion.
Much of this wealth can be attributed to advertising revenue. In particular, the most significant sponsorship is the one with Adidas, to which Messi has remained "faithful" since the beginning of his career. An agreement that allows him to earn around €19 million a year.
Other sponsors include Mastercard, the Jacob & Co watch brand, Ooredoo (Qatari telecommunications company), Budweiser, and Technologies, an Israeli company that produces headsets that exploit artificial intelligence.
How much will Messi earn at Inter Miami
For the moment the exact figures are not known. However, what is certain is that Lionel Messi should make even more than in his last experience in Paris.
Lionel Messi recently became world champion and is a possible winner of the next Ballon d’Or, so many options are open. Apparently, two of the major commercial partners of MLS are also involved, namely Adidas (sponsor of Messi himself) and Apple. A share of the revenue generated by MLS television subscriptions could also be offered to the Argentine champion, widely considered to be the greatest footballer in history.
Meanwhile, the Argentinian press, usually well-informed about Messi, estimates 100 million dollars per season.
Leo Messi’s real estate
Not that Leo Messi has avoided investments in recent years. Recently, for example, Messi has become interested in the real estate market, buying a luxurious hotel - MM Sitges - just 40 km from Barcelona, worth 30 million euros.
Together with his father, he is the owner of Limeca, an established real estate agency. He also owns a sports club of over 80 hectares in Argentina.
And again: a villa where he lives with his entire family, worth 6 million euros, with a view of the Balearic Sea, and a car fleet that is comparable to that of his rival Cristiano Ronaldo. This is valued at €3.5m, with cars such as a €1.7m Pagani Zonda, a €113,000 Maserati Gran Turismo S and a €195,000 Ferrari F43 Spider EUR.
Original article published on Money.it Italy 2023-06-08 14:15:47. Original title: Quanto guadagna Lionel Messi all’Inter Miami, il patrimonio della Pulce
