What about when ronaldo dies from football?
Lionel Messi’s Obscene Contract
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Spot on. They are all crying to make the poor guys bleed, as always. If next year I had to pay more to watch, I just won’t. I’ll do something else and that will be probably better for my mind and my body.
Perez wants kids to watch football while eating chips instead of playing it !
What do you mean? When he finally retires? Like Cantona before him (Cantona was my favourite), would be sad day to me of course.
And who exactly else is going to pay them? How are we now suddenly talking about these ridiculous amounts as if they're somehow 'market value' instead of insane nonsense?
PSG, City.
Oh lord
2022/2023 Barcelona lineup:
Messi
Would City really pay it? They have only 2 players on more than 165k supposedly, and KdB as their top earner is still on less than 400k a week.
Could see PSG doing it potentially though.
Not going to lie, I'm glad Barca and Real are fecked. They were a huge part of the reason why transfer fees went insane in the first place, and they've acted like they're somehow the Kings of football who can sign anyone they want and not have to worry about things like paying the bills. Feck them both quite frankly.
Either of the state backed clubs for starters.
They are fair, he is the very best in an industry where players who are average get paid 100k per week. Do you believe the best chef in the world gets paid multiple times more than chefs who are middle of the road?
Fair in the context that money in football is batshit crazy obviously. There is a long line of people to blame for that before looking at Messi.
Messi benefits from playing with Barcelona, as much as the latter to the former. It's two way street. He wouldn't get that many Ballon d'Ors if playing for PSG or Juve, for example, as none had a midfield consist of Xavi and Iniesta.
***Spoilers from the Copa finals***
Not a contract talk, but there wasnt another Messi thread so asking here..
What next for him ? Barca are a mess.. He has won his international trophy.. Is he going to just stop giving a feck or is he competitive enough to keep trying his hardest with little or nothing to play for ?
I dont think he has that much left in him anyway.. wouldnt surprise me if he just coasted for a year and rest for the WC next year.
Not a contract talk, but there wasnt another Messi thread so asking here..
What next for him ? Barca are a mess.. He has won his international trophy.. Is he going to just stop giving a feck or is he competitive enough to keep trying his hardest with little or nothing to play for ?
I dont think he has that much left in him anyway.. wouldnt surprise me if he just coasted for a year and rest for the WC next year.
Off to PSG, Neymar wasn't cuddling him for nothing.
i hope psg pick him up
Signs new 5 year contract.
https://www.theguardian.com/footbal...new-five-year-contract-to-stay-with-barcelona
Reportedly a 50% cut in salary but may not see out contract.
https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/57836300
https://www.theguardian.com/footbal...new-five-year-contract-to-stay-with-barcelona
Reportedly a 50% cut in salary but may not see out contract.
https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/57836300
So just over a million a week then
Absolute insanity.
Still the world's highest earner.
Signs contract but can they actually register and play him?
Well his last contract meant he was on quadruple that, so he was a couple of steps ahead of you.
Well with the rumoured Saul/Greizmann deal, I am sure Barca are going to do something like declare a €100m+ profit which they'll then use against this years budget.
Wow. That's astonishing.
Griezmann was about €120m and got a 5 year contract. So in the books he'll probably still be worth €72m. So they would have to value Saul at around €72m to break even.
I mean, I know they already went crazy on the Pjanic and Arthur evaluation but surely there has to be some kind of controlling body that won't buy into this. If it wasn't they could just value both players at €1bn, give them a 10 year contract and be good, no? It's hard to imagine that they'll be making a profit on Griezmann.
It's happening. Eat your heart out, Tebas. Messi loves his club.
I can only laugh at those haters who claim this will finally bankrupt Barcelona (400 million in the next 5 years): Messi will generate the double or triple in revenue (tv rights, media, UCL QFs/semis guaranteed, exposure, merchandising, etc), and perhaps another (last?) UCL title.
PSG should now focus on stealing the best players from AC Milan and securing their corrupt friendship with Ceferin.
I can only laugh at those haters who claim this will finally bankrupt Barcelona (400 million in the next 5 years): Messi will generate the double or triple in revenue (tv rights, media, UCL QFs/semis guaranteed, exposure, merchandising, etc), and perhaps another (last?) UCL title.
PSG should now focus on stealing the best players from AC Milan and securing their corrupt friendship with Ceferin.
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An Athletic report suggested he’s on no way near that last week. The Saul swap would make little sense too if he was because Barca would still have to pay a massive chunk of his wages if they were truly 800k.
Nah, it’ll almost certainly be Ronaldo now… for a year at least.
This shit is more bent than when Italy just went bonkers with spending in the Euro boom of the early 00’s.
72m only covers what they have ‘left’ to pay his initial fee… how the initial 48m not a loss in their books? All a bit odd.
I bet you wrote this out one-handed.
So a third of their wage bill is going solely to Messi for the next 5 years?!
Insanity
Insanity
Isn't he the GOAT, or SGOAT, or 3rd GOAT?So a third of their wage bill is going solely to Messi for the next 5 years?!
Insanity
Spacegoat?
Second Greatest Player of All Time.
I was being a little sarcastic but one of the only ways Barca cap get their wage bill to work is through another dodgy money moving swap deal. I am sure that if this goes through their will be some insane figures banded about.
And, yes, you're right there should be some sort of oversight on it.
Good pay cut, alongside dumping griezmann’s contracts and signing depay and Aguero on a free Laporta has done a good job
They have taken 24m per year through their p&l.
A lot of people in this thread are definitely ignorant to Barcelona, La Liga, Messi and their finances. That Messi deal is cheap when you consider the fact that he brings in 31% of Barcelona revenue. A lot of sponsors also have Messi clauses in their contracts with Barcelona meaning if Messi leaves they don't have to pay as much. There will also be issues with attendances and viewers and the fact that if Messi leaves La Liga the TV rights they would receive would be significantly less. It's sad but the truth is Barcelona/La Liga need Messi much more than he needs them.
This is a good article on how much Messi brings Barcelona which also explains why Barca despite the mess they are in are so hell bent on keeping him, even if half the squad needs to be sacrificed in order to do so.
https://everythingbarca.com/2021/02/05/lionel-messi-generates-barcelona/
https://tribuna.com/en/news/fcbarce...ncome-to-barca-since-2017-it-exceeds-leos-le/
Add to the fact that Messi has probably been offered a blank paycheque by PSG and City. He's probably doing Barca more of a favour than vice versa.
This is a good article on how much Messi brings Barcelona which also explains why Barca despite the mess they are in are so hell bent on keeping him, even if half the squad needs to be sacrificed in order to do so.
https://everythingbarca.com/2021/02/05/lionel-messi-generates-barcelona/
https://tribuna.com/en/news/fcbarce...ncome-to-barca-since-2017-it-exceeds-leos-le/
Add to the fact that Messi has probably been offered a blank paycheque by PSG and City. He's probably doing Barca more of a favour than vice versa.
people will just tell you the revenue he brings in is rubbish, that he’s holding the club hostage, and that Barca will be bankrupt by Christmas
meanwhile Laporta is doing a hell of a job since taking over especially once griezmann’s wages are off the books.
Starts off with the above, follows it with…
”That Messi deal is cheap when you consider the fact that he brings in 31% of Barcelona revenue.”
Another one who believes in the tooth fairy.
I know this is a thread about Messi and his contract, and I don't want to derail it in any way.....but I really need to know more about Spacegoat.
Pay cut
Aye, of course Messi is going to still be playing at 39 years old.
He's clearly just gonna do another 2 years or something but get paid for 5 so his wages never actually got cut.
Aye, of course Messi is going to still be playing at 39 years old.
He's clearly just gonna do another 2 years or something but get paid for 5 so his wages never actually got cut.