The Argentine Lionel Messi will pocket 110 million euros of salary if he completes the three-year contract, the last of them optional, which he signed with Paris Saint-Germain last month, as revealed this Saturday (09.18.2021) by the newspaper The Team.
The newspaper affirms that the former Barcelona player, who can make his debut at the Parc des Princes tomorrow, Sunday, in a league match against Lyon, will earn 30 million for each of the three seasons. This is a salary similar to the one he had agreed with Barcelona and the one paid by Brazilian Neymar at PSG, until now the best-paid player at the French club.
But to that compensation, net, Messi adds a loyalty premium of 10 million euros for each of the last two seasons, if he fulfills them, for which the 2022/2023 and 2023/2024 seasons would earn 40 million.
To his salary, the Argentine from Rosario can add the collective bonuses that are attributed to the squad in case of lifting trophies. With this compensation, Messi is the highest paid player in the club, slightly above Neymar, while the other star of the team, the Frenchman Kylian Mbappé, earns around 12 million.
The French attacker, whose contract ends at the end of this season, has not wanted to renew for the moment, despite the fact that PSG has offered him a salary similar to Neymar’s, according to the press. Real Madrid made an offer last month to take over his services valued at 160 million euros, which was rejected by the club’s Qatari owners, who do not rule out convincing him to continue in Paris.
The Team It also reveals that a small part of Messi’s salary, 1 million of the 30, is paid in cryptocurrency, within a sponsorship contract that the club has signed with a company dedicated to this type of currency.
With this formula, which is being applied for the first time with a player of Messi’s renown, PSG has managed to increase the value of its sponsorship contract with that company, which, added to the explosion in shirt sales since his signing, contribute to financing the signing of the six-time Ballon d’Or winner. (EFE)
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Diego Armando Maradona: a legend
A young man with a meteoric career
Diego Armando Maradona was born in 1960 in Lanus. At the age of nine he tried out in the lower divisions of Argentinos Juniors, “Los Cebollitas”. At 16, already famous for being talented in the junior leagues, he debuted in the first division. A month later he scored his first goal with the Argentinos shirt. In 1978 he debuted for the Argentine national team, but was not nominated for the Adult World Cup that year.
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Diego Armando Maradona: a legend
The passage through Boca and the jump to Europe
In 1979, Argentina wins the Youth World Cup with Maradona on the pitch. Two years later, and despite having several offers, the athlete prefers to go to the club he loves, Boca Juniors, where he plays 40 games. Barely a year later he embarked on his European adventure, whose first station was Barcelona, where misfortune followed him: he fell ill with hepatitis and was seriously injured.
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Diego Armando Maradona: a legend
I arrive in Naples
Despite the bad luck, the figures speak of a splendid passage through Barcelona: he scored 38 goals in 58 games. But it is in 1984 when the most glorious stage of the Argentine’s career begins, when he signs a contract with Napoli. Wearing that jacket, Maradona won two scudettos, a Super Cup and a UEFA Cup. In the impoverished south of Italy his figure is admired to this day.
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Diego Armando Maradona: a legend
The hand of God
In the 1986 World Cup in Mexico, Maradona was the exclusive figure. On June 22, he left his mark on the history of sport with a dark moment, the so-called “Hand of God”, and with a brilliant one, when he eluded half the England team and scored the most beautiful goal ever seen in a world championship. . “Cosmic Kite,” a radio host dubbed it. Maradona was at his best.
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Diego Armando Maradona: a legend
World Champion
Maradona was not content with defeating the English, a kind of sporting revenge after the Falklands War. This was followed by a 2-0 win over Belgium (both goals from Argentina’s 10) and, in the final, a 3-2 win over West Germany. Argentina raised the cup for the second time in 8 years, and the figure of Maradona became a legend.
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Diego Armando Maradona: a legend
sad goodbye
In 1990, Argentina lost the World Cup final in Italy against West Germany, again with Maradona playing at a very high level. Pelusa returned to dispute a world championship in the United States in 1994. On June 25, 1994, after the 2-1 victory against Nigeria, Maradona tested positive for ephedrine in an anti-doping test. The athlete accused that they were “cutting his legs”.
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Diego Armando Maradona: a legend
The meeting of two wonders
Maradona returned to football after overcoming the punishment imposed by FIFA. He retired from the courts in 1997, with the Boca jacket. In 2001, his farewell was held, to a full stadium. There he pronounced his famous phrase “the ball does not stain”. After having serious problems with drugs, which brought him to the brink of death, he recovered and in 2010 directed Lionel Messi at the World Cup in South Africa.
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Diego Armando Maradona: a legend
two of the greats
Maradona had a sweet and gracious relationship with another great, Pelé. Confronted by different issues, two of the idols of South American football have smoothed rough edges over the years. In the image, they share during an activity in Paris in 2016. They met again at the World Cup in Russia. On the occasion of his 60th birthday, Pelé told Diego “I will always support you”.
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Diego Armando Maradona: a legend
years of travel
After passing through the bench of the selection, Maradona had an irregular campaign as a coach. He directed in the United Arab Emirates, had a TV program on Telesur, was presented as president of a Belarusian club in an extravagant ceremony and, a few months later, he took charge of the technical direction of Dorados de Sinaloa, in Mexico. In October 2020 he directed Gimnasia y Esgrima.
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Diego Armando Maradona: a legend
A social and cultural phenomenon
For many Argentines and soccer fans around the world, Maradona was more than a player. He was an idol in the whole dimension of him. Not only because he conquered the world from a slum where he lacked everything, but because he knew how to take teams to the top that never dreamed of being there. His addiction to drugs was also part of a life that, however, was marked by magic.
Author: Diego Zuniga
