Messi's monthly salary forces Barcelona to confront him with two options, "sacrifice or leave"!
The candidate for the presidency of Barcelona, Emily Russo, did not hide his position on the issue of the continuation of the Argentine star Lionel Messi with Barca or not, indicating that the "flea" must sacrifice for the sake of the club.
"The new administration will have to sit down with Messi, and we ask him to reduce his salary and sacrifice to stay in Barcelona and if there is no approval on his part, Messi will inevitably leave," he said in statements carried by the Spanish newspaper "AS".
He added, "This is a fact without falsification, and we will do our best to ensure Messi remains, but in a manner that does not conflict with the interests of the club."
He continued: "In the current situation of the club, Messi's salary cannot be afforded, so we must reach an agreement with him. We will present him with an attractive project. The most important thing in the current situation is the sports project. When Messi said he would leave, he did not mention that the money was the reason for that. The world does not make any player more than him, he does not want to leave because he is paid a little. He wants to leave because he seeks to win titles. "
It is noteworthy that Messi, whose contract expires at the end of the current season, is the highest paid player in the world this year, as he gets about 8.2 million euros (9.97 million dollars) per month from Barcelona, according to the American "SportTel" website.
The highest paid players in the world in 2020:
1- Lionel Messi 8.2 million euros
2- Cristiano Ronaldo 4.5 million euros
3- Neymar da Silva 4 million euros
4- Antoine Griezmann 3 million euros
5- Luis Suarez 3 million euros
6- Paul Pogba 1.95 million euros
7- David De Gea 1.76 million euros
8- Gareth Bale 1.6 million euros
9- Eden Hazard - 1.6 million euros
10- Kylian Mbappe: 1.5 million euros.
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