Argentine striker Lionel Messi, who became a footballer of the French club Paris Saint-Germain (PSG), will receive part of his salary in cryptocurrency. PSG clarified that the payment in this form was included in Messi’s signature bonus.
These are fan tokens that fans can receive. They can be traded on the exchange and exchanged for exclusive rewards. PSG tokens are traded on Socios.com.
The athlete will receive in tokens a part of the so-called welcome bonus, the payment of which is provided for signing the contract. How much Messi will receive in the form of digital assets is unknown. However, according to representatives of the club, the athlete will get a large amount of cryptocurrency. According to Le Parisien, Messi’s salary will be € 41 million per year, including all taxes.
Leonel Messi, who played for Barcelona since October 2004, was unable to renew the agreement with the Catalan club due to financial problems at Barcelona. The day before, the Argentinean held his first press conference in Paris as a PSG player. The footballer said that he was happy after signing a contract with the French club. The footballer will play in the new club at number 30. The president of the French club Nasser Al-Helaifi did not name the size of Messi’s salary.
More details – in the material of “Kommersant” “Lionel Messi was paid in digital”.
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