Why Was Barcelona Giving Messi All Their Money?

More than 4 euros per second. That's what Leo Messi earns at Barcelona. Around 140 million per year. It is the highest salary deal in the history of sports. The Spanish Newspaper El Mundo leaked the details and titled: ‘The pharaonic contract that ruins Barça’.
But does it really?
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⏱ Timestamps
00:00 How Big is The Messi Brand?
01:05 Explosive grounds in Barcelona
03:08 How much revenue does Messi generate?
07:39 Messi ≠ Jordan
09:04 Barca's Dependency
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[@AthleticInterest]

Guess we now have to change the title to 'Why Barca *Gave* Messi All Their Money'.

[@muhammadmahd6429]

Please make a video on why Barca didn't re sign Messi

[@rickjames1797]

💀💀💀💀

[@ForeverF1]

This video did not age well

[@budgettechandgaming6956]

Yup

[@JonatasAdoM]

I do like the orignal though haha Edit: Then again I wouldn't know if the actual title is the original.

[@aaronthomasabraham5927]

I can't believe this is video free of cost.

[@dwightschrute4750]

Fam don’t give him ideas

[@khumalojoshua7162]

@@dwightschrute4750 😂😂

[@ogangakhadudu]

Shhhhh!!!

[@sjaneesh7066]

@@dwightschrute4750 😂😂

[@TuhLok14oh]

3 ads in he has made a good amount $$

[@omphilekhoza4507]

Imagine Messi watching this chilling on his couch.

[@CorkScrewFacedCapital]

I would imagine he would need the Spanish subtitles on

[@isaachenderson1725]

@@CorkScrewFacedCapital messi actually understands English,he just isn't confident enough to speak it

[@CorkScrewFacedCapital]

@@isaachenderson1725 Good for him

[@HolyRomanEmpire962-1806]

I think he speaks spanish and a little bit of english

[@danyalfikri2827]

One of the main reason why this video has Spanish subtitles.

[@ripudamanbhardwaj7980]

This channel is a classic example of just focusing on good content and the numbers do rise eventually. I'm following this channel since they had 10-15k subs and it won't suprise me if they reach 1M in a month's or couple of months time. They make such content that you will have to stop and appreciate. Keep going Athletic Intrest you have a big future!

[@akshayall9049]

Jai mahishmati

[@robovac3557]

That's some serious brown nosing my man

[@8a6homet-beightysix60]

@@robovac3557 you can’t give compliments on good content? Plus why wouldn’t he tell the content creator if THEIR videos were entertaining or not?

[@robovac3557]

@@8a6homet-beightysix60 That's some good points.

[@lsm_optix3176]

Damm, 1 yr later n dude is at 500k, still gotta grind

[@nicka4813]

This guy should have a million subscribers

[@thechinmoydeka]

He will in few months time

[@TheBudakSkema]

Continue to share guys

[@arnikakash6864]

Yes, can’t believe he only has 200k At minimum 750k

[@reubensmith]

Yh

[@sikanderbaluch1464]

Fax

[@SamMartinPeakPerformance]

by the time you watch the whole video, Messi has probably made more than you do in a month 😳

[@jatin3135]

A year actually or maybe even more

[@redherring4119]

More like 2 years.

[@mohammadabid2693]

if you calculate the whole video was about 10 minutes long and messi gets 4 euros a second so in 10 minutes approximately he gets 2.4k euros which is equivalent to a monthly wage.

[@jatin3135]

@@mohammadabid2693 Messi earns more actually. The wage shown is what he gets from Barca. He has other businesses and sponsorship

[@seanbohle6616]

According to the video 2,512 euros

[@JohnDoe-dn9ez]

The magnitude of Messi's brand name is mind blowing if you consider the fact that he has done absolutely NOTHING to develop it. He is who he is and everybody just loves him...

[@kgarodiya]

There are 2 things to it I think, as a player he is every degree of superlative but also his brand improved because of the Messi Ronaldo rivalry. Ronaldo actively pushed his brand forward, and Messi's brand came along as a result of the rivalry. All Messi did was maintain his on field performance to that ridiculous level.

[@royd209]

@@kgarodiya messi was always seen as the better between ronaldo and him, the very best of the biggest sport on the planet, that was all that was needed to market him

[@blblblblblbllblblblbl9386]

@@royd209 thats why pessi plays farmers league lost 8:2 to bayern fucked barca with financial and he never fits into PL or Serie A. Scoring 4-5 Goals when Barca plays against 20t placed teams idk who cares. He never will win CL ever again. While CR7 carried madrid to 3x CL Trophy in row. Where was pessi there w/o xavi and iniesta? You guys are just lost when you cheer a player that doesnt work hard as others just because he has some natural talent. Also he has 3-4 Ballon´dors for what? Fifa love Messi and show him in light for what and why i still dont know. For me this guy is just a Salty mf ofc he can play football but his character is a 0/10 fuck him

[@royd209]

@@blblblblblbllblblblbl9386 ? messi won 3x champions league for barca too, being the best player each time messi has scored more goals against the premier league top 6 than ronaldo, he has never even played in the premier league unlike ronaldo when messi was playing in la liga, he won the league 8 times, ronaldo playing during the same era only managed to do it twice messi without xavi and iniesta singlehandedly carried barca through 18/19, getting a balon d'or in the process, also won a WORLD CUP without any top draw players while portuagal had players from man city and united and ronaldo still only scored 1 goal if we go statistically for balon d'ors then messi has 9 (he had better g+a for 9 seasons than ronaldo) ronaldo goes down to 3 messi is the highest el clasico scorer, ronaldo is 3rd cr7 carried madrid to 3x cl ? when all he did was score tap ins ? madrid kept winning cl's even after ronaldo left, ronaldo after real has never won anything meaningful you ronaldo fans can quietly fuck off now, there's only 1 goat

[@jordanschlansky4093]

@@royd209 He also happened to play with one of the best teams ever to grace a football pitch. Remember Spain won WC with more than half of the first team being Barca players.

[@davidelbeaner3034]

Messi made me love Barca, I cant be the only one

[@farhiyamohamed___]

@Athletic Interest fake

[@enke981]

You are not the only one. I watch Barca because of Messi.

[@check2000]

Ronaldo - Hagi - Stoichkov - Koeman

[@petershortland478]

I loved Barcelona before the Messi Hype Train became a thing

[@sallydavies9253]

You must be young i remember loving rivaldo then ronaldiniho at barcelona lol.

[@MindTheMap]

Do you create all these visuals yourself? Absolutely stunning work!

[@raymondqiu8202]

Yep it was great but the music was also amazing. It suited the scenes beautifully

[@nithinsoman1539]

They must have a creative team

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Ma question exactly... It's impressive. Trying to do something similar but I'm not near that level of quality

[@FifaMaestroAdam]

I really want to learn to edit like this

[@shoio11]

Ikr? Visuals are amazing, it makes me feel like I'm in a movie

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I am so proud and happy that I found this channel without anyone's recommendation.

[@aarishansari454]

Yupp same here

[@TheJulienne21]

Same, this is literally the first video I watched and I'm very impressed.

[@titan_0608]

Yeah , same here

[@MusafirSafwan]

I think KZbin recommended it to you. 😅

[@robbieray9164]

He doesn’t have the Jordan personality, Messi is very quiet and concealed

[@Flavio_Mark]

Amazing work as always! I think that the biggest diference between MJ and Messi is the fact that basketball sneakers are items which are used casually and even became a huge part of streetwear and rap/hip hop cultures. In the meantime, football boots don’t come close to the same hype and cult-following, since you don’t see people wearing it outside the field as a fashion staple. In the long run, this creates a huge gap.

[@bishalmagar7327]

Actually it's also the market.. USA is rich hence it sells... Most football fans are poor.

[@SKumar-os2ne]

@@bishalmagar7327 right some of the major footballing nations are poor.

[@theberserker_of_falconia]

@@bishalmagar7327 massive generalisation

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@@bishalmagar7327 puffff jajajajajajajajajaja, tipico de un Americano

[@granth2182]

7:13- The pronounciation😳👌🏻

[@yannick245]

Well the "S" in Paris is silent. You can hear his native language is German.

[@lilyawoopwoop3495]

@@yannick245 It's the S of Saint that we hear

[@jaredgarbo3679]

@@lilyawoopwoop3495 Lol

[@ironwilled9471]

Not bad but not that impressive. Strong German accent

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I can't get how you have only 273k subs the work and effort you put on these videos deserve millions 👏👏🔝

[@ip5799]

shut up

[@sergiubarac1265]

The channel is still young, it will keep growing.

[@velderyx2135]

Because it's new channel dude, they even not a half year old. This is great achievement from that age

[@JEscobarSV]

Went up 10,000 subs in a week, definetely this channel deserves to at least hit 0.5M by the end of the year, hopefully more. Great content

[@adilkhan9708]

Millions subs . I am also starting a football channel now . 😂😂😂

[@zeyadmohamed9949]

This aged well

[@danedwadd62]

It did Barca was the issue not messi

[@jakesalter8844]

this aged reaaaaaaaally well, especially with what's just happened to koeman

[@toggerz7487]

Barcelona were dangerously close to losing him for free. Hundreds of millions of € just walking out. There would be riots. Losing money is nothing compared to losing Messi. Messi can't be replaced.

[@raynineham3005]

They did lose him on free transfer

[@toggerz7487]

@@raynineham3005 It's a shame, but the damage had already been done. Messi and the owners really did do everything they possibly could for him to stay. Had Bartomeu still been there, I think Messi would have outright refused to resign. At least now he has left the club on good terms. People can be sad that he left, instead of bitter. Still, Bartomeu should consider himself unwelcome in Barcelona, and that's putting it lightly.

[@pp4792]

@@toggerz7487 nah man, he was ready to sign the deal, it came as a surp3to him that barca didn't wanna renew, he had halved his salary from 1m to 500k a week in the mew deal and wad ready to sign but barca said it wasn't possible. They both came to this understanding adding to the fact that barca had already passed the laliga wage cap. He was ready to renew it just wasn't possible... plus he wss taking too much money from barca and they were winning nothing major to bring that money back

[@palefaced]

@@raynineham3005 Contract finished. It's not the same thing than leaving for free before the end of contract.

[@isheanmmo9357]

@@pp4792 If you thought winning nothing was bad losing all the way to Europa league twice in a row was more damning. I have never been anymore embarrassed to be a Barca. Those were hard times.

[@danedwadd62]

Imagine if messi spoke English he would be the biggest star ever in sports history

[@modoulamingassama8858]

No it will always be Ronaldo tbh he have charisma very energetic and obviously a huge personality messi is just perfect as it is. Messi playing style match his personality and same with cr7

[@rhinoceros2469]

He arguably already is

[@lxfj2128]

@@modoulamingassama8858 no he’s not though messi sells more shirts then Ronaldo .

[@LegendNinja41]

@@Bootyboy31 ironic comment since you can't write properly.

[@szczepan4737]

@@modoulamingassama8858 Ronaldo is a very hard working and talented, but he always looked like 2nd best when compared to Messi.

[@danielbowers8124]

He’s worth every penny they pay him, it’ll be interesting to see how much of a boost he brings to a new clubs numbers if he does leave, and how much they’ll pay him

[@User-du7kf]

@Lion You also make them win matches.

[@OezgeSebisteri]

@Lion Thinking of Barcelona all the big names such as Cruyff, Rivaldo, Ronaldo, Figo, Ronaldinho, Xavi, Iniesta and now Messi pop up in my mind. I think in the long run this alone builds the brand to incredible heights besides the achievements and culture of course.

[@od9694]

It did make sense but he only has a few years left every year it gets harder to justify him now

[@actv2067]

@Lion I get what your saying, but what you just said is justifiable. Because HES earning the 140 dollars, so he deserves to earn majority of it.

[@OezgeSebisteri]

@@od9694 This is not true bro, it is just that his team-mates are no match for him. There is no Suarez, no Iniesta, no Xavi, no Neymar. And even without them he scores more than 20 goals and 20 assists respectively. Put him into the Man City Squad and I'd bet he is still pretty much the same as in 2019.

[@velderyx2135]

The board leaving Barca is just like titanic sinking ship scene

[@jimx8873]

The rats leave the ship first

[@abhinavaditya9433]

Except in this case the one who steered the ship and the one who was the Iceberg was Bartomeu

[@rounak471]

@@jimx8873 well fans wanted it and got it

[@umavasu766]

Joan laporta and the spirit we are in right now can turn it around.

[@adam_durrani]

Man this channel is actually too good. The way the videos start, the way the end, the way they have me glued to the screen throughout. Like this video didn’t feel 10 minutes long at all. I’m blown away with every video. Keep up the fantastic work. Definitely supporting on Patreon

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Bruh, you shouldn’t go so hard on the editing. It’s so so good

[@hg1483]

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[@avneetsinghbhinder1053]

Another important aspect not covered here is that if you sell messi to another club, you significantly increase the chances of other team's success both financially (he brings in sponsors) and in sporting way (competing in champions league). Take for example how selling Suarez has hurt Barca by making Atleti stronger.

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[@OezgeSebisteri]

Man this is the first time - I'm considering that, too - thanks to your comment.

[@mehdico845]

Messi just wants to play football, but imagine if he took his brand seriously.

[@Aishas_daughter_]

Does he have a brand???

[@manswind3417]

@@Aishas_daughter_ He himself is a brand.

[@SonOfDrogo]

He does take it seriously. Why do you think he has a half-billion dollars contract?

[@manswind3417]

@@SonOfDrogo He might be taking money seriously, but certainly not his brand. Had he taken it seriously he could've about doubled his earnings from sponsors.

[@SonOfDrogo]

@@manswind3417 He does take it seriously. Just because he's not making more money than Federer and Cristiano doesn't mean he's not serious about his brand. He's no. 3 on the Forbes athletes list (ahead of Woods, LeBron and Neymar). He earns a lot of money from endorsements.

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how to be broke despite making millions

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who dat?

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[@myamoethawthaw6016]

One of the reason why i like Messi is his humbleness. He does not have greed and he just want to do well in the games. Not be known as an icon despite his potential.

[@JEscobarSV]

He has gotten Barcelona hostage at gun point until his contract has been renewed nearly EVERY season... now that he bled them dry he "doesn't feel good at the club" and he has done his worst season so far, giving great exhibitions only when he wanted to (he even copied a Maradona goal after his death, just to show he could). Yeah, that's not greed at all

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[@iv9449]

Laporta (Barca presidential candidate) : Messi costs the club 8% of its revenue, but makes it 30% Me: We'll see if they were right when he leaves

[@catchblack455]

so he makes 22% of their revenues net. Still not enough to justify a 0,5 billion contract for a footballer. His career will end in a couple of years and it seems like they have no plan, cause instead of rebuilding the team they spent half of their payroll money on one player.

[@miamitten1123]

Maybe this is why R.Madrid got rid of Ronaldo. Don’t rely too much on him. Let him go now so they can transition before he dips in form/retires.

[@willarias]

Great point. However let’s agree that Real Madrid got hurt after Ronaldo’s departure and Ronaldo got hurt (in terms of legacy) after leaving RM.

[@notreubensandwich]

Messi and Ronaldo are very different in this situation. Ronaldo leaving a club will make big news but Messi leaving Barca would be a historic event. Sure, Ronaldo has more followers but Messi's fans are hardcore football fans who worship him like a GOD. Ronaldo leaving real madrid had 800,000 tweets while Messi had 10 MILLION just based on rumors. Messi is the most marketable athlete even when he's like Kawhi Leanard lol

[@TheOfficialRamVenkatakrishnan]

@@notreubensandwich Messi and Ronaldo is like if Michael Jordan (Messi) and lebron James playing in the same era

[@mHANIF-xl3rx]

@@notreubensandwich bcs, cr7 has change teams 3 times, and he is silent with his transfer saga, just direct action, while messi it goes over and over, and people would like to see messi in another teams, cuz he he has been carried by prime barca for over decade in his prime years.

[@yuko1227]

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[@anon7129]

8:51 Your German is leaking my friend.

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Why? Did he pronounce something differently?

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@Abdul Ahmed Akhtar ah, I didn't notice lol. Good to know.

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common mistake by german speakers, happend to me also quite often lmao.

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[@HAVVKZ]

I think we should also take into consideration that paying Messi such high wages means other players in the Barca squad (which does not create as much revenue) will demand higher wages when discussing the expense vs. revenue

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Who else has binged watched all his vids

[@singhtheking6346]

well, very rightly analyzed by you sir but we love the magic Messi always brings on pitch, Also many watch & even love this sport football because of Messi.. so he is worth everything he is being paid cuz NO OTHER PLAYER IN THE HISTORY OF ANY SPORT COULD ENTERTAIN/SATIATE/SATISFY ITS AUDIENCE/FANS/CRITICS FOR SUCH A LONG PERIOD, LIKE HE HAS DONE OR STILL CONTINUES TO DO SO.. And business wise Entertainment, enjoyment, satisfaction = huge money.. SO MESSI is beyond what money can buy or just can't be measured in terms of just money.. we all wish to see Messi for another 5-6 yrs.. although your video content is very good. keep it up.

[@AthleticInterest]

Love the passion in your comment.

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Here because of Messi news

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This aged well.

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sick video editing there 👏

[@Nippleless_Cage]

I like Messi because he's a player, not a brand. If I had his talent, I wouldn't do ads either. Corporations are dirt. It's the person I admire.

[@mistymu8154]

Although brand is important for athletes who have short careers. The likes of Michael Jordan and Tony Hawks still make lots of money thanks to all the brand deals they have even though they are both retired from their respective sports. Even rappers, like Jay-Z and Dr. Dre, they both made prolific brands even if they are not that active in releasing music anymore. Although, maybe Messi is not interested in that, and I am sure he is smart and saving the money he is accumulating now and will retire comfortably while remaining out of the spotlight. But someone like Messi could have whole clothing lines and gaming franchises that use his name which could potentially make him a billionaire and secure his legacy not just among football fans, but the world over, i.e. when people think football, they immediately recognise the name Messi.

[@jordanschlansky4093]

Messi doesn't do ads? 😂😂🤡🤡

[@bricktop.]

@@jordanschlansky4093 I know right? Iv seen him advertising soft drinks and all types of other bollocks over the years on tv

[@PresidentScrooge]

The one year contracts aren't only due to Messi, though. We are in an economic recession with no end in sight, thus companies want to be more careful with their spendings.

[@iankibirige397]

This is really amazing content, keep it up!

[@tapiwa.x487]

The visuals in this video, the analysis, the everything. Chefs kiss.🙌🏾