Real Madrid suspect Barcelona of FFP violation in Lionel Messi's mammoth contract

Over weekend, a report from a Spanish newspaper revealed that Barcelona captain Lionel Messi might be in possession of largest contract in sports history. w, Barcelona's arch-rivals, Real Madrid, have raised suspicion over wher Catalans breached UEFA's Financial Fair Play (FFP) rules while offering Messi his blockbuster contract in 2017. It is believed that reigning Spanish champions are miffed considering that y had gone to great lengths to remain within FFP requirements while selling ir star player Cristia Ronaldo in 2018 and trimming ir w bill, which saw multiple exits and major signings in summer.

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Real Madrid dubious over Barcelona breaching FFP violations with Messi contract leak

According to a report in Marca, 13-time European champions, Real Madrid, have raised question marks over Lionel Messi's blockbuster four-year contract with Barcelona. Earlier on Sunday, a leaked report from El Mundo regarding Lionel Messi's contract at Barcelona highlighted that 33-year-old might be highest-paid athlete in world of sports. report claimed that Messi is set to earn a whopping €555m by end of summer if all add-ons were met. 

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Messi's contract included a signing-on bonus of €115,225,000 and a €77,929,955 loyalty bonus for just putting pen to paper. A breakdown of Messi's contract highlights that Argentine earns a reported €138,000,000 per season plus bonuses. Messi and Barcelona were reportedly furious with contract leak and plan to take legal action against newspaper.

However, leaked report appears to have alerted Real Madrid, who have raised questions over wher Barcelona violated FFP rules with Messi's mammoth contract. report claims that Real Madrid were in fact confused as to how Barcelona are €1 billion in debt with €730 million of amount due in short-term despite  FFP rules in place. It is believed that Los Blancos w feel vindicated in ir long-held belief that Messi's contract was in severe breach of FFP rules.

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Sources claim that Neymar's contract with PSG and Cristia Ronaldo's agreement with Juventus are kwn to be two of biggest contracts handed out in recent years, but value of those deals doesn't even come close to what Barcelona agreed to pay Messi. Real Madrid eventually parted ways with Ronaldo in 2018 but it was in 2012 that club decided against offering Ronaldo a hefty deal in order to balance books. 

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