Messi vs Cristiano Ronaldo: salary, clauses and contracts of the cracks

The Messi-Cristiano Ronaldo duopoly has dominated world football in recent years with an iron fist. Their rivalry was increased with the arrival of the Portuguese star to the Spanish LaLiga, where they strengthened the Madrid-Barça confrontation to its maximum power. However, 50% of this equation left the ship in 2018, when Cristiano left for Juventus, in exchange for 100 million euros for the Whites. Now, the Messi earthquake hits Barcelona and the Rosario has asked to leave Barça through the now famous burofax, threatening to leave the Spanish championship without its two greatest exponents.

But, the comparison between the two, no matter how much they do not share a country, is still valid. So let's see who is ahead in terms of salary, until when they have a current contract with their current team and how much it would cost to make them change their costumes either through a termination clause or without it.

How much does Leo Messi earn at Barça and Cristiano Ronaldo at Juventus?

In monetary terms, the Barcelona star is ahead of the Portuguese star. While Cristiano Ronaldo dominates the Serie A salary scale with his 31 million euros per year, as published La Gazzetta dello Sport, with his partner De Ligt, second, light years away (€ 8 million); Leo Messi surpasses him widely. The Rosario wins more than 50 million euros per year, if we multiply the 8.6 million by twelve, it is pocketed monthly according to L'Equipe and we subtract the 45% that would go to the treasury coffers. An amount agreed, precisely, after the last renewal signed under the mandate of Josep María Bartomeu.

What is the termination clause for Leo Messi at Barça and Cristiano Ronaldo at Juventus?

Here we cannot compare the one with the other, since no termination clauses are used in Series A, as it is done in the Spanish LaLiga. In fact, Messi's is raising blisters since he shared his desire to change of scene. The contract that links him with the Blaugrana team, which expires in June 2021, came with a release clause of 700 million euros. However, in the next section we go deeper into this topic.

When does Leo Messi's contract with Barça and Cristiano Ronaldo with Juventus end?

As we said, that is the legal battle that Leo Messi and his lawyers are waging. Legally, the still star culé had a clause by which he could go out for free if he reported 20 days before June 10, 2020. Something he did not do, but Messi's legal team relies on the fact that the season ended with the match against him Bayern in Lisbon. However, they did not warn 20 days before that game. So, Barcelona affirms that it will not let him leave for less than 222 million euros that PSG had to pay for Neymar. In the case of Cristiano, his contract ends in June 2022 And, despite the rumors that came from Italy that pointed to a possible departure of the Portuguese crack in the direction of Barcelona, ​​this newspaper was able to confirm that they had no basis whatsoever, so the departure of Cristiano from Turin is not considered and is expected to fulfill what was agreed with the Vecchia Signora.