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Most Expensive, Most Profitable: Messi's Crazy Contract | Israel today

2021-02-03T11:07:41.735Z


Messi's crazy contract at Barcelona proves that his agents and advisers should probably get the next golden ball • But there is also a second side to the currency | World football


Leo Messi's crazy contract at Barcelona proves that his agents and advisers should probably get the next golden ball • But there is also a other side to the coin: Since 2017, the Messi brand has put more than 600 million euros into the club's coffers

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With 650 goals and 260 assists in 755 games, and a crucial contribution to 35 titles, no one doubts that Leo Messi is the greatest player in Barcelona's history.

Now, after the amazing unveiling of the Argentine's even more amazing contract at El Mundo, the question is whether he is a burden or an asset financially.

The controversy surrounding this question overshadows Barça's important game against Granada in tonight's quarterfinal - on paper, its easiest way to win something this season, as in the league the gap from Atletico is 10 points and in the Champions League Neymar and Mbabane are waiting.

If you only look at Messi's contract, signed in 2017, the mega-talent is too expensive a player.

Earning in four years 555,237,619 gross euros, including some special clauses, proves that Messi's advisers are the ones who should get the next golden ball.

But there is a second side to the coin - number 10 accounts for 30% of the club's revenue, and from 2017 until the outbreak of the corona, the Messi brand put more than 600 million euros into the box office at Camp Nou.

Any sponsor or TV channel that signs a contract with Barça knows that Messi's presence is a crucial factor in spending money, and eight out of 10 shirts the team sells bear his name.

Barça could and will pay Messi, but the epidemic (which deprived it of revenue of more than 200 million euros) and the failed sporting and economic management of the management now make it impossible.

Although his contract is inconceivable, Messi is more profitable than the total investment for Osman Dembele, Filipe Coutinho and Antoine Griezmann, for whom the payment is almost 800 million euros.

In other words, Messi is not the main reason for Barcelona's huge debt, it is the main reason for its golden age.

The exposure of the contract, and especially the reasonable possibility that it was leaked to the newspaper by someone who is or has been in the club's recent past, significantly reduces the hopes that the Argentine will not leave in the summer.

His lawyers are already preparing the lawsuit against El Mundo and against five people who had access to the most secret contract in football, including former president Bartomeu, who vehemently denies that he is leaking.

Tonight, together with Messi, Barça will try to qualify for the Cup semi-finals.

One statistic shows the differences between the teams: Messi's annual salary is € 74.9 million - four million euros more than each Granada's budget.

And yet, and although it is very far from the incredible season it provided last season, the team from Andalusia has the tools to surprise tonight.

Source: israelhayom

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