Eye watering numbers, but for the sake of balance I’d be keen to understand roughly how much revenue he has generated back for Barcelona.
I’m not referring to just goals/trophies - but the shirt sales, tickets, overseas interest, sponsors etc. He must have made them an absolute fortune.
I went to Nou Camp 2 years ago to do a tour, and you get the feeling that many of the other people doing it are there in some way because Messi is the driving force in their interest of the club.
That's a crazy contract no question but...........how much is he worth to them in revenue?
In their most recent results, Deloitte again announced Barcelona as the worlds richest club, with revenue of over 700m, a fall from the 820m it was before Covid struck. As a club they are worth over 3 billion.
How much of those figures are down to Messi?
Let's not also forget that he asked to leave at the end of last season, which would have saved them his 138m a season wage and you'd have assumed also saved them some of the 77m loyalty bonus. Despite their ridiculous debt levels, they fought to keep him, so that alone shows you how much they feel he's worth to them.
I must admit my feelings on the £ players get for playing football is ridiculous. However I remember watching a documentary about Beckham when he went for fortunes a week. The program looked at what he actually brought in to the club in terms of commercial revenues via shirt sales etc. It was eye watering and that changed my opinion on the top players, if the bring in additional revenues then they fully deserve the money. I would imagine Messi would also attract vast sums of income so he deserves it. I can see that where I dont get how across the board a player at top level can consider £80 - 100k average, and then you have the players like Ozil, Sanchez etc £300k + a week for not playing for months
Naturally many will look at this and straight away think 'Messi has crippled Barcelona', but if anything their transfer deals for Griezmann, Dembele and Coutinho have done more harm. Almost 400m in transfer fees for 3 players who have rarely performed well for them.
"Lee why did you take Messi off after only 25 minutes?"
"I don't care who you are, you've got to do the basics. He allowed the Burton player to run right past him, it's unacceptable. If he wants a career at this club, he needs to look at players like Darren Pratley, proper players who do the hard graft"
Yes. I think Messi is the greatest natural player of all time. Ronaldo, as good as he is, is a totally differnet type of player. Just imagine them both in the same team!
Yes. I think Messi is the greatest natural player of all time. Ronaldo, as good as he is, is a totally differnet type of player. Just imagine them both in the same team!
Will happen, both playing for Inter Miami in about 3 years time
Barça had a members meeting in the last week or two, and the new president Joan laporta, pushed through a motion to stick firmly with the new Super League. I get the impression that the 'socios' will be happy enough if they get more money to buy players from the SL, and their debts make it imprescindible - that and UEFA's inability to punish the three who are still involved and who show no sign of backing down.
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I know they have been in financial difficulties before but how do they get out of this and stay a members club?
I doubt there is currently any appetite for the city/regional/national government to bail them out, like has happened to Real Madrid in the past?
I’m not referring to just goals/trophies - but the shirt sales, tickets, overseas interest, sponsors etc. He must have made them an absolute fortune.
I went to Nou Camp 2 years ago to do a tour, and you get the feeling that many of the other people doing it are there in some way because Messi is the driving force in their interest of the club.
In their most recent results, Deloitte again announced Barcelona as the worlds richest club, with revenue of over 700m, a fall from the 820m it was before Covid struck. As a club they are worth over 3 billion.
How much of those figures are down to Messi?
Let's not also forget that he asked to leave at the end of last season, which would have saved them his 138m a season wage and you'd have assumed also saved them some of the 77m loyalty bonus. Despite their ridiculous debt levels, they fought to keep him, so that alone shows you how much they feel he's worth to them.
Fenerbache in Turkey have just signed Mesut Ozil from Arsenal, which is by far the most high profile signing in Turkish football history.
However, in the past week they have put out an appeal to fans to make donations in order to fund Ozil’s wages.....
Fenerbache are over £430m in debt (!!!), and are not a Champions League, revenue monster like Barcelona.
"I don't care who you are, you've got to do the basics. He allowed the Burton player to run right past him, it's unacceptable. If he wants a career at this club, he needs to look at players like Darren Pratley, proper players who do the hard graft"
Though they are rumoured to be approximately $1b in debt so it's probably safe to say all is no rosy!