Lionel Messi’s 4 year, $674M contract with Barcelona officially expires today

[Optimus Prime]

 

[mastermind]

Underpaid

 

[NoMorePie]

168m a year?

 

[LurkMoar]

168m a year?

My kids player soccer or baseball, we lost playing football

 

[tremonthustler1]

 

[Scottie Drippin]

Spain (and France and Italy) have insane taxes on millionaires because their economies are in the tank. $326mil of that is going to taxes. That's why the overall number is so high, so that his pay after taxes is still big. He was making about 85mil a year. Still huge.

 

[Anerdyblackguy]

I’m reading that number and I still can’t believe what I’m seeing. 4/674 is something I never thought I would see.

 

[ORDER_66]

insanity

 

[NoMorePie]

Spain (and France and Italy) have insane taxes on millionaires because their economies are in the tank. $326mil of that is going to taxes. That's why the overall number is so high, so that his pay after taxes is still big. He was making about 85mil a year. Still huge.

85m a year?

 

[No..Money..Mo..Problems]

His jersey sales alone paid for that contract

 

[mastermind]

85m a year?

Yes.

And he is underpaid.

 

[Kunty McPhuck]

His jersey sales alone paid for that contract

And everyone else's.

 

[No1]

Yes.

And he is underpaid.

What do you think his market value is?

 

[Born2BKing]

20 year run? Someone fill me in on what I'm missing here.

 

[DlAMONDZ]

20 year run? Someone fill me in on what I'm missing here.

He's been at Barca since he was like 12