Lionel Messi, who is often considered the best player to ever play the sport, is also one of the highest-paid athletes in the world. He had been playing for Barcelona for a long time and also he has been with a lot of brands who are willing to pay a huge amount of money to endorse him.
Messi’s net worth is approximately around $400 million. He has a very lucrative deal with Barcelona which makes him around $92 million in a year as salary and winnings of trophies.
He also has a lifetime deal with Adidas, which pays him a hefty amount of $10 million to don their clothing and shoe items. He is a global brand ambassador for Tata motors. He also has partnerships with Pepsi, Huawei, MasterCard, etc to name a few, all these deals make him around $32 million in a year which is why he’s one of the highest-paid athletes in the world.
He also owns some property and his own clothing line as well. He plays for Argentina’s national teams and that also pays him a good amount of money.
All this money has never changed how humble and down-to-earth he actually is, he frequently donates his money to charities all over the globe, he made a generous donation of $1.1 million to hospitals in Catalan and Argentina to help fight the COVID-19 pandemic.
