The money record that Lionel Messi is set to achieve and threatens Cristiano Ronaldo
The rivalry between GOATs got a new chapter after Lionel Messi's numbers about income will make Cristiano Ronaldo feel insecure.
Lionel Messi and Cristiano Ronaldo are the two biggest names in current soccer, and two of the biggest in sports. They have made fortunes that were thought impossible to reach for a player not only from this sport, but from any team sport. Unimaginable wages, advertising, sponsorships and investments made the charm.
And recently Forbes, the magazine about wealth, informed that Lionel Messi had earned 104 million euro last season, and will earn a bit more in the last months he has before leaving FC Barcelona. By then, he will make an incredible amount of money, counting just the income of his whole career: one billion dollars.
That was one of the only records that Cristiano Ronaldo had in soccer, but he will have to share it with his soccer nemesis. The lifelong contract that the Portuguese signed with Nike last month put him above that barrier, and he enjoyed for a very short time of having a record not threatened by the Argentinian, until now.
This achievement set by Messi is even more impressive if it is taken into account that he took a 70% paycut in April and May imposed by his club, when the pandemic hit. If it was not for that, Lio would have reached the billion mark before and maybe, even earlier than Cristiano.
