While Messi bought his family a house, what Cristiano did with his first salary

Nobody questions that Lionel Messi and Cristiano Ronaldo were the two best players of the time. In fact, La Pulga is considered the greatest in history, while CR7 fights in the high positions of that ranking. The two had an immediate impact from their beginnings and achieved what had not happened before in the beautiful sport: a consistency of more than 10 years at the highest level. This makes them two living legends and, of course, their status as superstars is also reflected in their income.

In itself, Cristiano, who plays for Al-Nassr, is the footballer with the best salary in the world with 200 million euros a year, not counting the extra income in commercial agreements. Messi, for his part, also occupies a high place in the table with his 50 million dollars per season at Inter Miami. However, before having these stratospheric numbers in their bank account, they both had their first salary and what they did with it is remarkable.

As is known, the captain of the Argentine National Team emigrated to Barcelona at a very young age and it was there where he completed his training while receiving help in his growth treatment. However, at first his family was not settled in Spain, but this happened when Leo bought them a house with his first millionaire income. However, Ronaldo's case was quite different.

What did Cristiano Ronaldo do with his first salary?

As he himself said in a TV interview when he was still playing in Spain, his first salary at Sporting Lisbon was 50 euros, when he was still 16 years old. Regarding what he did with that money, the Portuguese revealed: "I used it to buy books for school. I bought school materials, the backpack, the books, I bought everything. It was a very big help". Now , the Portuguese leads a completely luxurious life with Georgina Rodríguez and their children in Saudi Arabia while playing for Al-Nassr.