Lionel Messi: What was his first salary in Barcelona?

Lionel Messi, the highest paid footballer in the world with an estimated salary between 20 and 24 million euros, arrived at Barcelona in 2000 with a 'salary' of 600 euros per month. In fact, he did it because the Barça club offered to pay him medical expenses due to the fact that at the age of 11 he had been diagnosed with a growth hormone deficiency. And so began a relationship that has continued to this day.

The financial projection of the Argentine crack could be summarized in that this year, to solve its problems with the Public Treasury and catch up on its taxes, mainly for the benefits of its image, it has disbursed more than 35 million euros, which has become the largest taxpayer in Spain.

After signing his first contract in mid-2004, in June 2005 Messi signed his first agreement review, which assured him an annual salary of 3 million euros until 2011, but after three months, when he obtained Spanish citizenship. saw the contract improved again.

Already settled in the first team, in January 2007 he extended his contract until June 2014 and after five months he enjoyed a new review, which led to another with the arrival of Guardiola, in the summer of 2008. That modification meant increase his termination clause to 100 million euros and salary to 7 million, becoming part of the upper part of the workforce. The seventh revision of the contract would arrive in September 2009, extending its link until 2016, raising its annual tab to 10.5 million euros and the clause to 150 million.