The Spanish newspaper El Mundo published an article on Sunday night that caused enormous attention around the world.
It turned out that they have come across Leo Messi's contract with FC Barcelona.
The contract, which is dated 25 November 2017, shows that the Argentine has earned no less than 555,237,619 euros since 2017 - equivalent to over SEK 5.6 billion.
This includes several types of bonuses, including a loyalty bonus of 77,929,955 euros (790 million kronor).
Beautiful free kick goal
Barcelona did not deny the information, but regretted that the contract had become public and threatened the newspaper with legal action.
Messi has not commented on that, but let his feet speak when his Barcelona received Athletic Bilbao on Sunday night.
In the 20th minute, he struck with a beautiful free kick goal.
16th goal of the season
In the middle of the pitch, just outside the penalty area and just over 20 meters from goal, he hit the ball in a perfect arc over the wall and just below the left cross.
The goal was Messi's 16th of the season and his 650th overall for Barcelona, who now have five straight victories.
Bilbao equalized in the second half after an own goal by Jordi Alba, but Barcelona still left the match with three points after Antoine Griezmann just over a quarter of an hour before the final signal distinctly pushed in Oscar Mingueza's pass from the right wing.
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