Lionel Messi and Cristiano Ronaldo’s first payslips at Barcelona and Manchester United have been compared.
, Messi earned a measly €600 a month as a youth player at Barcelona, which is just over £6000 per year.However, that wage reportedly skyrocketed to €3million-a-year once the Argentina star signed his first professional deal.claimed that Ronaldo was on €1million a year when he signed his first professional deal at Sporting.
claim Ronaldo’s salary more than doubled to £35,000-a-week, which is the equivalent of £1.82million-a-year.SPORTbible are on WhatsApp! We've launched a dedicated news channel to send you the latest news, features and plenty more directly on WhatsApp and all you need to do to sign up is click through to our one-way broadcast channel
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