Lionel Messi is unlikely to win another Ballon d’Or but that will probably not matter to him.
It looks like it is only the Or he is interested in now. The gold. And there is plenty of it, according to the Forbes sporting rich list, which claims Messi - in the year ending May 1 2022 - earned £107million.
That is enough for him to be the highest-paid athlete in the world, ahead of the NBA’s LeBron James. Of course, his huge salary at Paris St Germain helps - conservative estimates suggest it is not far south of a million euros a week.
