Lionel Messi is new PSG player. But the world star could apparently cost his new club more expensive than previously assumed.
Will Lionel Messi’s transfer to PSG cost more than expected? A report in the French newspaper The Parisian According to the Messi deal, it is expected to devour a larger financial volume than previously rumored.
Accordingly, Messi collects an annual net salary of 41 million euros in Paris. The Argentine signed a two-year contract with PSG, so that when it comes to fixed salary payments alone, the amount would be 82 million euros.
Messi option to extend contract until 2024
The 34-year-old also has the option of extending his contract for another year until 2024. If that were the case, PSG would have to pay Messi a total of 123 million euros.
As the newspaper further writes, the hand money that Messi got on his free transfer was 40 million euros. The Messi package would be worth 163 million euros if he stayed in the French capital for three seasons. Initially, sums that were several million euros lower were mentioned.
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