How much did Messi earn and how much could PSG or City give him

Messi, as announced by Barça this Thursday, will not continue at Barcelona, So the world of soccer is already making inquiries to find out which suitors can pay the Argentine's salary and what their next destination will be. At the moment only PSG and Manchester City, due to their economic muscle, could face an operation of this magnitude, Although it will not be easy either since they have undertaken signings and renewals this summer that have been diminishing their margin of maneuver to respect the fair play financial. The best player in the world will have to make an effort and lower his record to be able to find a place.

Messi earned 71 million euros at Barça today. Joan Laporta had managed to convince the forward to drastically reduce his salary by 50% (35 millions) with the primary objective of being able to undertake his renewal and register him again in LaLiga, complying with the strict rules of economic control. Barça's own farewell statement thus confirmed this consensus that has flown through the air: “Despite having reached an agreement between FC Barcelona and Leo Messi and with the clear intention of both parties to sign a new contract on the day Today, it cannot be formalized due to economic and structural obstacles (Spanish LaLiga regulations) ”. The signing of LaLiga with the CVC investment fund for an injection of 2,700 million It seemed to have reinforced the plans of the new president, but everything has been ruined. However, economically speaking, both Barça and Messi could be economically favored from this new scenario, no matter how crazy it sounds. Barça, in bankruptcy with more than a billion in debt, would save 175 million euros from a contract that they wanted to sign for Messi until 2026, while the ten could win out of those 35 million promised in Can Barça.

Although PSG and City cannot reach the 71 million that Messi collected, they will be forced to have Leo (six Ballons d'Or) lead the ranking of the highest paid players in their squads. Neymar has just renewed at PSG without a salary increase because the club drags a historical deficit from previous directives, but already earns 48.9 million euros, 26 less than Messi. The Brazilian agreed last season to cut his salary by half momentarily due to the effects of the pandemic, iThe same as Mbappé did (from € 20.8M net to € 10.4M). The Messi operation for PSG could have a strategy similar to the one that Beckham had in his day, as he pointed out France Football in a recent study since League 1 drags millionaire losses of 240 million in the last season due to COVID: They would pay their salary through different foundations that Qatar has involved in PSG.

The City, meanwhile, just made a large outlay for Grealish paying 117 million to Aston Villa andAccording to the English press, he has saved another 150 to undertake the hiring of Kane with a salary of 200,000 euros net for the player per week. Meanwhile, the first touches have been given with two transfers to Milan, Tomori and Giroud, the departure of Moses to Spartak Moscow and several contracts that end as Van Ginkel, Pantic, Izzy Brown, Willy Caballero or Blackman. At the moment, although it has been his tonic for years, he has only yielded to Billy Gilmour (Norwich). It remains to solve the cases of Zouma or Tammy Abraham among others. However, these operations make room but do not solve too much the economic plot to sign a megastar. The great asset to stop Kane's operation, if it can already be stopped, and suddenly attack Messi's is Guardiola, but the Catalan coach has repeated on countless occasions that Messi was not going to play at City and has denied several information about it. The same out of respect for the contract that linked him to Barça. The fact is that the situation has now changed and, although it may seem incredible, Messi is a free agent and without commitments of any kind …

The millionaire option of Inter Miami

Another option, more remote at present, but more than viable within two or three years, is that of Inter Miami, where according to several sources they offered him a 10-year contract that Messi would sign with Barcelona where he was going to include to the MLS squad in the negotiations. The idea is that he would play two seasons in each team and then be an ambassador. In that agreement, Messi was going to earn 240 million euros for the four years as a footballer, 60 a year. In an interview in the Miami Herald newspaper, Inter Miami co-owner manager Jorge Mas confessed in his day that Messi's North American dream could one day become a reality.