It has been revealed that FC Barcelona’s Ballon d’Or hopeful Lionel Messi has become the club’s best paid player, edging out his seniors Thierry Henry and Samuel Eto’o.
Henry and Eto’o had long been regarded as the club’s top earner strictly in terms of wages alone. Now, it appears that Lionel Messi has surpassed both of them, thus becoming the highest paid player.
The Argentine actually signed a new, improved contract all the way back in July this year, but the details had not been disclosed until several days ago, when Catalunya Ràdio made the announcement public and it was subsequently confirmed by the club.
The 21 year old, six years Eto’o’s junior and ten years younger than Henry, is only in his fourth year as a professional footballer with Barcelona, but is already one of the world’s top-earning sportsmen.
Although the exact figures of his contract were not released, it is speculated that his terms will run until 2014 and he will earn anywhere between €10-14 million gross per annum, with a buy-out clause of €150 million.
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