Lionel Messi has billed over € 500million to play for Barcelona. The contract leaked

February 1, 2021
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This story originally appeared on High Level

Anyone who doesn’t live under a stone knows this Lionel messi He is one of the most sought after athletes of the past decade. This Sunday the value of the Argentine footballer who signed was confirmed the most expensive contract in the history of sport

. On his four-year contract FC Barcelona For more than $ 500 million .

The newspaper El Mundo published exclusively the conditions Messi contract , signed on November 25, 2017. The document provides for a payment of 555,237,619 euros gross

(approximately 674 thousand dollars, or 13,790 million Mexican pesos). These would be paid in four seasons between 2017/2018 and until June 30, 2021, the “This is the biggest order in the history of sport

. ”

You clearly indicate that the amount is “The sum of a fixed salary, image rights, a variety of multi-million dollar unpublished bonuses, allowances and a variety of variables depending on various goals . “

The publication claims that the Payment of taxes and social security represents approximately 297 million euros ($ 360 million). In other words, more than half of that amount is public money.

According to the Spanish newspaper, the content is the Contract between Messi and Barcelona had stayed in “The absolute secret” , until now.

The document consists of 30 pages, divided into a Employment contract and one Image rights contract . The first covers 85% of the agreed amounts and the second 15% of the salary that clubs are authorized to pay by law for this concept.

The footballer’s income includes a par Contract extension (115,225,000 euros or 139.6 million dollars) and another for loyalty (78 million euros or 94.6 million dollars). By then, the Argentine would have already withdrawn 92% of his contract, he said. The world .

The economic crisis of Barça

The information caused a sensation, as a few weeks ago it was announced that FC Barcelona had one Debt of € 1,173 million . Lionel Messi’s pay The doubling of team expenses is also appreciated in all sports fields.

The last December, Carles Tusquets , Chairman of the FC Barcelona Board of Directors, admitted that wanted to sell lionel .

“Economically, I would have sold Messi . This would have been very desirable and would have taken more account of the La Liga salary caps. “ said Tusquets .

Messi and Barcelona to take legal action

The Catalan team denied that the contract was leaked and announced legal action against the media “The damage that This publication may lead to “as confirmed by the newspaper El mundo itself.

In a statement from Barça team regretted the agreement “Has publicly exceeded” because it is “An exclusively private document” . He noted that this is governed by the principle of “Confidentiality between the parties

. “

The club expressed its “Absolute support” Al Lionel messi , Especially before the attempt to discredit his image and deteriorate his relationship with the company where he trained to become the best player in football history. .

Lawyers for the 31-year-old footballer are working on his side “In a lawsuit against El Mundo for publishing the contract” close sources say Messi , quoted by the EFE agency. The Argentinian legal team is studying “Involve those in the club who had access to this contract and who may have been disclosed . “