Lionel Messi has received an enormous offer worth more than €400 million ($438 million) per year to continue his club career in Saudia, according to transfer market specialist Fabrizio Romano and the Saudi Gazette.
Romano announced the news on Twitter on Tuesday night, writing that Al-Hilal had already sent the Argentine a formal bid.
However, according to Romano, Messi’s “absolute priority” is to stay in Europe and not join generational rival Cristiano Ronaldo, who signed for Al-Nassr in the Kingdom at the end of 2023.
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After Cristiano Ronaldo, Lionel Messi receives worth more than €400 million offer from Saudia.
Cristiano Ronaldo, the Portuguese footballer, signed a two-and-a-half-year contract with the Saudi Arabian club Al Nassr at the end of last year.
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After controversially leaving Manchester United, the star player signed a contract worth €200 million per year, making him the highest-paid player in the game.
Messi was born on 24 June 1987 in Rosario, Santa Fe, the third of four children of Jorge Messi, a steel factory manager, and his wife Celia Cuccittini, who worked in a magnet manufacturing workshop. On his father’s side, he is of Italian and Spanish descent, the great-grandson of immigrants from the north-central Adriatic Marche region of Italy, and on his mother’s side, he has primarily Italian ancestry.
Growing up in a tight-knit, football-loving family, “Leo” developed a passion for the sport from an early age, playing constantly with his older brothers, Rodrigo and Matías, and his cousins, Maximiliano and Emanuel Biancucchi, both of whom became professional footballers
