Leo Messi, the 34-year-old Argentine striker, has failed to earn 100,000 euros a day since his contract with Barcelona expired at the end of last month, according to estimates from French sports newspaper L’Equipe.
The Argentine star is out of his contract since July 1 for the first time in his career and will play tonight in the Copa America final against Brazil. However, next season is still an open question and Leo Messi still does not know where he will play.
L’Equipe calculated Leo Messi’s salary and concluded, according to this January’s coverage, which claimed the striker earned a total of €138.9 million per season (€74.90 million clean), that Leo Messi would fail to earn 100,000. Clean Euros a day.
In his career, Leo Messi scored 705 goals, 634 of them for Barcelona. The Argentine ace accumulates individual records, such as the six Golden Balls conquered, the only player to win the scorer awards, more assists in the La Liga season, more matches, goals and victories in La Liga, and more trophies in the ‘Bota of Gold’ in football history Foot (six), match record for FC Barcelona (768), goals scored in calendar year (91), among many others.
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