Showing loyalty to the team "Barcelona" and ultimately signing a new contract, striker Lionel Messi may have hesitated for a moment.
He had received tempting offers from other teams.
Spanish newspapers "Marca" and "Sport" reported that the 30-year-old Argentinian had to decide whether to accept a contract from "Man City", which included a payment of 100 million euros just for signing the contract. The "Cityzens" would have paid the forward a yearly salary of 50 million euros.
Eager to keep Messi, the leaders of the Catalan team responded with similar conditions - they promised to pay 100 million euros for the signature over five years, which means that L.Messi with his salary, after taxes, would earn 35 million euros per season.
This amount considerably surpasses Real Madrid's leader Cristiano Ronaldo, who receives around 21 million euros.
