Flying Okapis
Most Well-Known Member
138m a year for a play is a too much, no matter how good he is.
Ronaldo and Neymar don't even earn near that ffs.
Yeah, he's probably the best player in the world when he's in the mood but you can't be doling that kind of wage out especially to a player who's past his prime.
It's not just Messi. The likes of Griezmann, Coutinho, dembele are on ridiculous wage. They've spent billions in the past few years and yet the only player that has value ATM is Fati.
These Days most their decisions don't even make sense. They look more like a political party than a football club.
Its a lot of money yes, but its the 'fixed' that needs more explanation, the salary is less than CR7 and Neymar, even Tevez was to earn per week BUT what does that fixed amount include, I dont want to go into image rights and other money clubs receive from having these players in there clubs which then playerd receive further bonuses from.
I would imagine Neymar and CR7 also take further chunks of money after salary, problem is its very hard to find accurate figures on what players earn in total from a club.