Lionel Messi’s Barcelona wages ‘absurd’ as Man City warned not to sign Argentine

Simon Jordan has been left ‘staggered’ by the figures behind Lionel Messi’s mammoth wages at Barcelona, branding them ‘absurd’ for somebody who has not found a treatment for the worldwide coronavirus pandemic.

And he has despatched a warning to Manchester Metropolis that they are going to solely inherit the Spanish giants’ monetary woes if they create the Argentine nice to the Premier League.

Particulars of Messi’s unimaginable contract at Barcelona have been leaked within the Spanish press over the weekend, revealing his extraordinary HALF A BILLION euro deal on the Nou Camp.

Messi’s €555,237,619 four-year deal sees the maestro paid €138million in wages and bonuses, incorporates a €78m loyalty bonus and likewise features a clause that noticed him paid an additional €115m simply to resume his contract on the Catalan membership in 2017.

The leak follows information that Barcelona are more than €1billion in debt attributable to a scarcity of earnings surrounding the COVID-19 pandemic.

It seems, on the face of it, Messi’s contract is accountable for half of that and it’s claimed his contract particulars have been leaked – which Barca have begun authorized motion in opposition to – on purpose in a bid to get the forward out of the club.

And talkSPORT pundit Jordan, whereas unsurprised by the numbers within the experiences, says it places an enormous query mark of the state of soccer’s funds that one participant will be price a lot.

“Perhaps I’m a depressing outdated bugger, however I have a look at these numbers and suppose: ‘Go away me alone’,” the previous Crystal Palace proprietor instructed talkSPORT host Jim White.

“You’re going to pay a footballer this type of cash? He hasn’t supplied an answer for the coronavirus vaccine, he’s kicking a soccer round!

“It’s absurd however it goes with the territory. The quantity of income Messi can have dropped at Barcelona all over the world from their digital imagery, to their merchandise alternatives and their sponsors, would have been balanced off in opposition to the wage we’re seeing right here.

“So Barcelona are ready to pay him this cash due to the financial worth he brings to them, he should be price it to them, however that doesn’t alter the truth that it’s staggering quantities of cash for a footballer.”

Manchester Metropolis have been extensively linked as a doable vacation spot for Messi ought to he name time on the lengthy and celebrated profession at Barcelona, with the celebrity out of contract in the summertime.

Former Metropolis ace Trevor Sinclair even believes his outdated membership are getting ready to convey the Argentine to the Etihad Stadium as we converse after signing a number of new sponsorship offers to convey new cash into the membership’s coffers.

“I’ve observed not too long ago that there have been fairly a number of new sponsorships acquired,” he instructed talkSPORT. “And I ponder, is that this a build-up to them balancing the books to finance that transfer in the summertime, and the wages that may include it?”

However Jordan has warned the Premier League giants how signing Messi, as big a deal it could be for English soccer, may backfire.

“The issue with Lionel Messi’s wages is that if it have been Man Metropolis signing him it could have an exponential impact on everybody else’s wage,” added the pundit.

“Everybody else in that dressing room received’t count on to be on £500,000-a-week, however they are going to count on that the bar will probably be raised and it’ll drag all people up economically.

“That’s the place the problem comes while you get a participant on that type of cash.

“And it’s not solely an issue for Metropolis, both, it could be for the entire of UK soccer. You’d have each different participant within the Premier League going: ‘Dangle on a second, I’m underpaid!’”