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Africa-Press<\/a> – Nigeria<\/a>. <\/strong><\/span>Lionel Messi will receive a huge cash windfall from Barcelona in bonuses even if he departs this summer, Marca reports.<\/p>\n

The 33-year-old\u2019s future is still uncertain and it looks as if he will finally quit the Nou Camp.<\/p>\n

In December, Messi admitted the club were in a \u201creally bad situation\u201d with \u201cno money\u201d to reinvest in the squad.<\/p>\n

A candidate in the upcoming presidential election, Emi Rousaud, also claimed Messi\u2019s current salary was \u201cunsustainable\u201d and Barcelona couldn\u2019t afford to pay him the same rate going forward.<\/p>\n

But it is understood they are still set to be hit in the pocket whether the Argentine remains at the club or not.<\/p>\n

It is claimed Messi is in line to receive another \u20ac39million (\u00a334.8m) at the end of the current season.<\/p>\n

The fee is one half of a \u20ac78m bonus agreed when Messi signed his last contract in 2017, that came with a \u20ac100m wage rise.<\/p>\n

He had already cashed in the other \u20ac39m installment.<\/p>\n

But rather than the money coming in one lump sum, the agreement will see Messi receive it in eight separate payments over four years.<\/p>\n

That means Barcelona could still be paying Messi in 2025.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Africa-Press – Nigeria. Lionel Messi will receive a huge cash windfall from Barcelona in bonuses even if he departs this summer, Marca reports. The 33-year-old\u2019s future is still uncertain and it looks as if he will finally quit the Nou Camp. In December, Messi admitted the club were in a \u201creally bad situation\u201d with \u201cno […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":84,"featured_media":34936,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[24,28,18,26],"tags":[1570,2140,1864,1629,254],"class_list":["post-34937","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-all-news","category-homepage-english","category-sport","category-twitter","tag-africa-press","tag-africa-press-nigeria-2","tag-barcelona","tag-messi","tag-nigeria"],"yoast_head":"\nBarcelona to continue paying Messi until 2025 even if he leaves this summer - Nigeria<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Lionel Messi will receive a huge cash windfall from Barcelona in bonuses even if he departs this summer, Marca reports.\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/sport\/barcelona-to-continue-paying-messi-until-2025-even-if-he-leaves-this-summer\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Barcelona to continue paying Messi until 2025 even if he leaves this summer\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Lionel Messi will receive a huge cash windfall from Barcelona in bonuses even if he departs this summer, Marca reports.\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/sport\/barcelona-to-continue-paying-messi-until-2025-even-if-he-leaves-this-summer\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Nigeria\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2021-01-13T18:20:05+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/sites\/3\/2021\/01\/img-5fff221544af0.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"2048\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"1152\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"cfeditoren\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"cfeditoren\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"1 minute\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/sport\/barcelona-to-continue-paying-messi-until-2025-even-if-he-leaves-this-summer#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/sport\/barcelona-to-continue-paying-messi-until-2025-even-if-he-leaves-this-summer\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"cfeditoren\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/#\/schema\/person\/068c7ab4e9634ae78ec5d54ec46598bb\"},\"headline\":\"Barcelona to continue paying Messi until 2025 even if he leaves this summer\",\"datePublished\":\"2021-01-13T18:20:05+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/sport\/barcelona-to-continue-paying-messi-until-2025-even-if-he-leaves-this-summer\"},\"wordCount\":212,\"commentCount\":0,\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/sport\/barcelona-to-continue-paying-messi-until-2025-even-if-he-leaves-this-summer#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/sites\/3\/2021\/01\/img-5fff221544af0.jpg\",\"keywords\":[\"Africa Press\",\"Africa Press-Nigeria\",\"barcelona\",\"messi\",\"Nigeria\"],\"articleSection\":[\"all news\",\"homepage-english\",\"Sport\",\"twitter\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"CommentAction\",\"name\":\"Comment\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/sport\/barcelona-to-continue-paying-messi-until-2025-even-if-he-leaves-this-summer#respond\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/sport\/barcelona-to-continue-paying-messi-until-2025-even-if-he-leaves-this-summer\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/sport\/barcelona-to-continue-paying-messi-until-2025-even-if-he-leaves-this-summer\",\"name\":\"Barcelona to continue paying Messi until 2025 even if he leaves this summer - 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