
Many accused Neymar of being greedy, many accused Mbappe of being greedy (quite rightly), but it looks like we have a champion: Messi.
What do you think of these numbers? This is absolutely Saudi Arabian level of payments and no adequate European club with non-corrupt management would ever sign such a contract.
Against the backdrop of these payments, Messi's tales of loyalty to the club look like a joke. He actually destroyed Barcelona, which fell into a financial crisis (by the way, they still pay him) and currently lost Olmo due to financial problems.
Those numbers are high, but how much money did Barcelona made during all the years in which Messi was playing for them? It is obvious that if they accepted to give that kind of contract to Messi, it was because they still found incredible profits doing so, and if that was not the case, then they are at fault for putting themselves in such a disadvantageous position, since it is not like Messi forced them to sign that contract and the directives could have sold him for a fortune back in the day.