If his performance in the field leaves many supporters perplexed, the Parisian leaders are convinced that the arrival of the seven-time Ballon d'Or constitutes a tremendous opportunity on the economic level.
Because despite the overwhelming weight of his pharaonic salary (30 million euros per season until 2023 with an additional optional season), the 34-year-old Argentinian remains a formidable magnet for sponsors and a star who sells a lot.
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We could have concluded a hundred contracts in the weeks following the transfer which took us to a higher level, when we already had in our team the two most expensive players in history, Neymar and Mbappé.
For PSG, the mission is now to make the right choices with these prices revised upwards,
”explains the sponsoring director of the capital club, Marc Armstrong at
Le Figaro
.
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