This is the reported value of Messi’s four-year contract which expires this summer, according to El Mundo
Lionel Messi and Barcelona will take legal action against Spanish newspaper El Mundo after it released the leaked details of the forward’s record-breaking contract yesterday.
El Mundo published documents relating to Messi’s four-year deal, signed in 2017, and gave an intricate breakdown of the €555 million he would receive if all add-ons were met. The report claimed that Messi’s contract was the biggest ever signed by an athlete.
Sources have confirmed to ESPN that Messi will take action against El Mundo and any Barca personnel involved in the leaking of the contract. There are only four copies of the contract — Messi has one, Barca have another, La Liga has a copy and so does Cuatrecasas, the law firm used by the Argentina international.
Barca, meanwhile, responded by denying any involvement in the leaking of the contract and said they would also take “appropriate legal action” against the newspaper.