The document to which El Mundo has had access, indicates the bonuses that the striker received to achieve certain goals, but also those that he lost for not winning titles
Lionel Messi secured more than 511 million euros (around 620 million dollars) in four years for the last contract extension with Barcelona that he signed in 2017; But, the Argentine left good millionaires on the road because he did not meet certain goals, even exceeding 15 million euros (18 million dollars).
According to the Spanish newspaper the world, Same as having a copy of the last contract of the Argentine with the Catalan club, the ’10’ of the Barca stopped receiving income in the ‘ not meeting goals, like winning the Champions League final in the last three years, losing Laliga in the 2019-20 campaign or even dropping individual distinctions like The Best award.
The highest premium that Messi lost, in his employment contract, was 3 million 548,000 644 euros, which he did not get on three occasions for not winning the Champions League final. From the 2017-18 to 2019-20 seasons, years in which Barcelona did not raise its ear, the South American lost more than 10 million euros.
In this tenor, the comebacks of Rome, that of Liverpool at Anfield and the thrashing of Bayern Munich, totaled 4 million 258,000 383 euros. In addition, to release Laliga 2019-20, which was snatched by Real Madrid, Rosario did not charge 2 million 365,000 766 euros.
But the collective inconsistency of the Barcelona led Messi not to shine so much, and to lose twice The Best award, one in 2017-18 and another in 2019-20, cost him just over 1 million euros in bonuses.
Meanwhile, by his image contract, the player accumulated another 2 million euros in losses for not lifting the Champions League and just over one million euros for not winning the League, King’s Cup or the Best Award.
El Mundo also announced certain clauses with which Messi secured his income. Even Spanish political motives, such as the independence of Catalonia, or being sanctioned internationally for some bad performance with Argentina, did not touch a penny of the striker’s money.
“There will be no contractual suspension of any kind” if Messi was suspended by FIFA for playing in any competition. “Barcelona is committed to respecting them”, this is about the image contracts with the club’s competing sponsors, who had matched the offers of the club’s officials to replace them.
“If Catalonia becomes independent, Messi will be able to break away from his contract ‘without any rights or compensation for the club’,” the Iberian newspaper wrote.
This is how Messi will not be able to complete the 555 million 237,000 619 euros in four years; however, it already has just over 511 million euros in the stock market.