New destination Messi signs for PSG for two seasons with a net salary of 40 million per year
Messi and PSG "They do whatever they want with financial Fair Play"
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When in February of this year there was talk that
Messi
could sign for
Paris Saint Germain
, most analysts argued that the club could not face a third galactic salary after renewing
Neymar
... unless he sold
Mbappé
. They did not have the problems of Can Barça, nor with Qatar's money well and its immense gas reserves, nor with the iron will to use football as an element of promotion of an emirate that is far from being a democracy and is besieged by powerful neighbors who don't appreciate you.
The economist
Pierre Rondeau
then developed this hypothesis in 'France Football': "Messi could receive the minimum wage (3,500 euros / month) from PSG and be compensated by a Qatari company. This is what they did with
Beckham
in his terminal year as a player, to which they paid via foundations ". That would be rude today (there is talk of 40 million a year, transfer bonus aside). But it gives two good clues: PSG masters have many ways to pay and are prone to long-term relationships.
You will never know what the former United and
Real Madrid
charged
for that last season but the last business that has joined them will be known. In February 2020, the entire Florida press reported that Qatar Airways was going to sponsor the shirt for Inter Miami, Beckham's club. In exchange for 180 million pounds (216 million euros) according to
London 's
The Sun
. By the way, what a good place would Miami be for
Messi to
definitely hang up his boots after his Parisian years. Follow me?
The Qatari airline is also a premium sponsor of the Parisian club among other entities in the emirate that each contribute between 5 and 10 million euros a year according to club sources cited by
Le Monde
. According to
UEFA's
financial
fair play
rules
, the income of companies related to the club's owner must not exceed 30% of sponsorships ... That is why All is advertised on PSG shirts.
There? What is All? It is the Accor loyalty program. Sixth hotel group in the world, its brands range from the luxury of Raffles to the popular Ibis, through Sofitel, Novotel, Mercure ... In 2018 it broke its record of profits (2,230 million euros). The amount of the contract was not disclosed but the figure of 50 'kilos' was published. The president of Accor is
Sébastien Bazin
, which at that time caused people to talk because Bazin was the European president of Colony Capital, when this fund sold PSG to Qatar Sport Investments (QSI) in May 2011. By the way, Qatar is the first Accor Group shareholder with 10% of the capital.
Bazin has been a long-time friend of
Nicolas Sarkozy,
who after his defeat in the 2016 right-wing primaries, allowed himself to be persuaded to join the hotel group's board of directors, his debut in the business world. Sarko's authority on that council is attested in the book
'Les Faux Jetons'
by journalist
Sophie Coignard.
He relates that to another member of the council, a Qatari, who opposed him, he snapped: "Who do you think you are. I'm going to talk to the emir who is my friend."
He wasn't bluffing.
Their friendship dates back to when Sarkozy was President of the Republic and hosted a controversial lunch at the Elysee.
The president, a passionate supporter of the club, brought to his table the current Emir of Qatar,
Tamin Ben Hamad al Thani
and
Michel Platini
who was president of UEFA.
It is November 23, 2010. Nine days later, in Zurich, Qatar is chosen to host the 2022 World Cup thanks to Platini and three other European voters giving it their vote instead of supporting the US candidacy as they had announced.
The French justice suspects that a scam was hatched at the meal Sarkozy organized.
That is why the prosecution is investigating Platini's son
Laurent's contract
with a QSI subsidiary.
BeIN Media Group and
Nasser Al-Khelaifi
Seven months after lunch at the Elysee, Qatar Sports Investments, a subsidiary of the emirate's sovereign fund, advised by
Arsène Wenger
, buys PSG. It will also set up a TV channel (BeIN), associated with the Spanish Mediapro, with the rights of the Ligue, whose immense fiasco has had repercussions until last week, on the eve of the first day of the Ligue.
PSG and BeIN Media Group shared the same president,
Nasser Al-Khelaifi
, 47 years old.
He also heads the Qatari and Asian tennis federations (his sport, actually) and is a minister without portfolio of the emirate.
And as a result of the crisis in the Super League, which you had intuition about?
if he does not join, he presides over the European Association of Clubs.
With the controversial World Cup in Qatar just around the corner, urgent calls from
Florentino Pérez
and
Andrea Agnelli
, Juventus president, did not affect NAK's spirits.
Nasser Al-Khelaïfi, president of Paris Saint-GermainAFP
A few months earlier, the president of PSG and BeIN managed to escape from the Swiss justice, whose Federal Criminal Court accused him of "aggravated instigation of unfair administration" for transferring a villa on the Italian island of Sardinia to
Jérôme Valcke
. This Frenchman, former secretary general of FIFA, accused of unfair administration, had granted Al Jazira and BeIN the rights for the Middle East and North Africa of the 2026 and 2030 World Cups, a contract of 480 million dollars ... with the tip for him for the exclusive use of Villa Bianca, bought via a partnership for five million euros.
Little joke, the Swiss prosecutor requested 28 months in prison for the alleged 'paganini' and 36 for the number two of FIFA. In its final document, the court stated that "despite the criminal verdict of not guilty, both had concluded a corrupt settlement." But FIFA preferred to withdraw its claim after a friendly agreement with Al Khelaifi and the matter was closed.
All that power in offices and courts, all that money in signings crowned by Neymar and Mbappé, transferred in the summer of 2017 from Barcelona and Monaco for 222 and 180 million, respectively, has not served to achieve the Champions League, true obsession of PSG and its Qatari leaders. With the German
Thomas Tuchel
on the bench they reached the final of the Covid year, and lost to Bayern. It collects leagues but the only continental trophy in its showcases is the 1996 Cup Winners' Cup, before the Qatari era.
This year, the squad available to
Mauricio Pochettino
had already improved with
Gianluigi Donnarumma
,
Sergio Ramos
,
Achraf Hakimi and Georginio Wijnaldum
.
And now Messi.
Everything so that the season that has just started is that of the consecration of PSG.
And from Qatar.
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