While Julián Álvarez earns 5.4 million at City, which Barça would pay Messi to return

Lionel Messi is still unclear about his future in Europe. Despite the fact that Kylian Mbappé would have asked the board to convince the 'Flea' to renew their bond until 2024, everything would indicate that his next destination would be FC Barcelona. Now, the top winner of the Ballon d'Or (7) is revealed, while Julián Álvarez adds 5.4 million euros per season at Manchester City.

After shining in the World Cup, the "Spider" Álvarez signed a contract extension with Manchester City until 2028. In addition, he improved his economic conditions, since he now earns 5.4 million euros per season. Although the salary increased considerably, he is not close to what players like Kevin de Bruyne or Erling Haaland get.

For his part, from Spain it is revealed that Lionel Messi would not be the element with the highest income in FC Barcelona. According to the Catalan press, the captain of the Argentine team would earn 10 million euros per season, although he would be behind Frenkie de Jong and Robert Lewandowski.

The strange way in which he would pretend to pay FC Barcelona's salary:

As leaked in recent weeks, the board of directors is working against the clock in the arrival of new sponsors. In addition, FC Barcelona wants to offer a percentage of the sale of tickets and shirts sold for next season to the '10' of the Albiceleste. Now, the Catalans are only waiting for the green light from La Liga to present the formal offer to the environment of Rosario.