Gerardo Molina, honourary profesor and specialist in sports marketing for the company Euromericas Sport Marketing, has written a report on the market value of Leo Messi and claims the Barcelona and Argentina star is worth 400 million euros.
Molina explained the findings of his report while speaking on radio station Cadena SER, and revealed that there is a club, which he implied was Paris Saint-Germain, that was ready to pay the astronomic fee for the Argentine.
“There is a club that is practically sponsored by a government that would be prepared to pay 400 million euros for Leo Messi,” said Molina.
“There are three European clubs that asked us to come up with this study in order to find out how much Messi was worth. We cannot say who the clubs are. The clubs wanted to analyse the viability of a possible transfer for Messi.”
Molina continued: “Messi is five times more marketable than Cristiano Ronaldo. According to studies, Ronaldo is worth between 150 and 160 million euros. Messi’s buy-out clause is 250 million euros, we believe that figure is obsolete and devalued. Right now there is no player in the world of sport that has a greater value than Leo Messi. According to market research in the last five years, Messi is worth 400 million euros.”