Lionel Messi of Barca, the 100m euro man

Lionel Messi, who recently penned a lucrative new contract with Barcelona, could comfortably earn more than 100m euros every year, according to a report released by France-based Mediapart. Journalists from European Investigation Collaborations (EIC) claimed to have seen the details of the updated contract signed by Messi on November 25.

Lionel Messi’s actual wage has just been leaked and it’s f*cking mind blowing! ??? He earns more than Ronaldo, Pogba and Neymar put together with money left over! ?https://t.co/OiY6EgenhC

— SPORTbible (@sportbible) January 13, 2018

According to the report, Messi is guaranteed around 70m euros a year in salary and image rights with more coming from a 63.5m euro signing bonus and 70 million euro loyalty bonus for the period of the contract which stretches to 2021. The mind-boggling deal, revealed as part of "Football Leaks" was to offset an approach for the Argentine from great rivals Real Madrid. The group claimed that in June 2013, an email exchange between the player's lawyer Inigo Juarez and his father Jorge, explained that Real were prepared to shell out the 250 million euro release clause that Messi commanded.