What is Lionel Messi's net worth and how much does the Inter Miami & Argentina star earn?
The Argentine talisman built his fortune playing for Barcelona and PSG, but has now pledged his future to MLS team Inter Miami
Lionel Messi has headed to the United States for what could be the final chapter in his playing career, with David Beckham's Inter Miami providing the World Cup-winning Argentine a new challenge. In joining the Major League Soccer team, Messi has bid farewell to European football, but he will still be lucratively rewarded.
Having made the bulk of his earnings across a lifetime at Barcelona and boosting that by joining Paris Saint-Germain — one of the richest clubs in the world — the Argentina captain, has commanded massive financial rewards.
But exactly how much is Messi worth? While it's difficult to get an exact figure, we can accumulate plenty of information from what has been reported and compare his earnings to his rival Cristiano Ronaldo.
Messi's net worth is estimated to be around $600 million (£464m) by Forbes, who put his total overall career earnings at $1.28 billion in 2023. These figures are speculative, though, especially as his business interests tend not to be widely publicised.
The World Cup winner was placed second in Forbes' 2023 list of the highest paid athletes in the world in 2023, with reported earnings of $130 million, a figure which saw him place marginally behind Cristiano Ronaldo, whose move to Saudi Arabia helped him top the list.
Interestingly, Messi was top of the 2022 list, with his earnings also reported at $130 million that year, with basketball superstar and part-owner of Liverpool, LeBron James, coming second.
Forbes ranked Messi first among athletes on their list of the 100 highest-earning athletes of 2019, putting his income for that year at $127 million (£98m), and
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