President Al Hilal confirmed that superstar Messi turned down an offer of up to 1.4 billion euros last summer to go to the US to play.
Lionel Messi is still one of the best players in the world at the moment, even though he is about to turn 37. The Argentine superstar is playing in the US in the colors of Inter Miami and continuously shines. Like his great rival Ronaldo, Messi is preparing to compete with Argentina in the continental tournament, Copa America.
President Al Hilal confirmed that Messi rejected the offer of up to 1.4 billion euros
Before the tournament, the president of Al Hilal, the defending champion of Saudi Arabia, just revealed shocking information in an interview with NIBC. That is Messi who rejected this team’s offer worth up to 1.4 billion euros last summer. In fact, some newspapers have revealed this information before, but most do not believe it to be true.
“We contacted Messi immediately after hearing that he would not renew with PSG. We made an offer of 1.4 billion euros for Messi. Unfortunately, he refused because his family wanted to transfer. to live in America. I was really surprised that Messi could refuse such a big offer.
To imagine how Al Hilal made such a “terrible” offer, we can give some easy-to-imagine examples. According to valuation from Transfermarkt, the amount of money Al Hilal offered to pay Messi could buy the entire squad of the most expensive club currently, Man City. This team has a squad value of 1.32 billion euros, which means Al Hilal still has a “profit” of about 80 million euros compared to paying Messi alone.
Another classic example is Al Nassr paying Cristiano Ronaldo about 500 million euros within 2 and a half years under the current contract. An income of 200 million euros/year helps Ronaldo become the highest-earning sports athlete of the year according to Forbes magazine. While the total amount of money Ronaldo received was even less than half of the amount Al Hilal intended to spend on Messi.
Last season, it was Al Hilal that left CR7 and Al Nassr “empty-handed” in all competitions. If Messi really goes to Al Hilal, I wonder how much worse things will be for Ronaldo. However, Messi rejected that huge offer.
