More injuries than football: How much has PSG paid Lionel Messi for every minute played?

Injuries have become Lionel Messi's worst enemy in recent weeks. Due to discomfort in his left knee, the genius of Rosario missed the crucial game of PSG against Leipzig for the Champions League (2-2 draw) and this weekend he will not be against Girondins de Bordeaux in the framework of the date 13 of Ligue 1 of France.

This was announced this Friday by Argentine coach Mauricio Pochettino in a press conference, prior to the clash at the Matmut Atlantique stadium. 

The star signing of PSG, called on Thursday by the Argentine national team for the qualifying matches of the 2022 World Cup against Uruguay and Brazil, on November 12 and 16, will respond to the call of the ‘Albiceleste’, according to Pochettino. "He will go with the national team and we will see if he can play," said the PSG coach.

The match in Bordeaux against Girondins will be the fourth in which the 34-year-old former Barça player will not participate due to injury, after the duels against Metz and Montpellier at the end of September with a contusion in his left knee.

The truth is that if one analyzes, the 3 million euros that the Argentine earns per month, and if we multiply them by the 4 months since his arrival, we can get a quick account that Lionel Messi pocketed 12 million euros since his arrival in France, which indicates more than 1 million per game played. To add insult to injury, he could not deploy all his football, so the figure is really high considering what was shown on the field.