And you thought you were underpaid...

[Koko]

We're all in the wrong profession!

 

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Here are the numbers of the contract Messi signed back in 2017, via Italian reporter Fabrizio Romano: €555,237,619 over four years, with an annual salary of €138 million including variables, a €115 million “renewal fee” [signing bonus] and a €77 million loyalty bonus.

 

Or, in real money:

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Those numbers translate out to $674 million for the entire contract, $167 million per year, $139 million renewal fee and a $94.6 million loyalty bonus in 2020 dollars.

 

No clue who Lionel Messi is, but holy crap is he raking it in!

[KD in CA]

16 hours ago, Koko said:

We're all in the wrong profession!

 

 

Or, in real money:

 

No clue who Lionel Messi is, but holy crap is he raking it in!

Kickball star, right @Meazza?

 

I think those guys dominate the highest paid athletes list.

[Nouseforaname]

1 hour ago, KD in CA said:

Kickball star, right @Meazza?

 

I think those guys dominate the highest paid athletes list.

 

Neymar, Messi & Ronaldo top that list but basketball players also top that list. 

 

https://www.cbssports.com/general/news/roger-federer-tops-forbes-2020-list-of-the-worlds-100-highest-paid-athletes/