Messi and Cristiano Ronaldo continue to compete at the same level also in terms of finances, although the Argentine leads the ranking of 'Forbes' magazine by a little. The data indicates that the player will become the second player, after CR7, to surpass the barrier of 1 billion in income.
Football has reached economic levels that were difficult to predict years ago. Now, the top players are billionaires, and if not tell that to Messi and Cristiano Ronaldo, who have also broken records in income.
According to 'Forbes' magazine, Messi will become the second player to have generated more than a billion euros in income. The first is Cristiano Ronaldo, as his career has been longer until now.
Regarding the last season, the 2019-20 one, Messi led the ranking of earnings, with 107 million. His wage is calculated at some 78 million euros at Barcelona, while the rest comes from publicity.
Ronaldo, for his part, earns less than 100 million, although not by much: 98, of which 58 are from Juventus and the rest, from his practically lifetime brand which is Nike.