You know you’re earning mega bucks when splashing out on a sports car that cost more than Michael Jordan’s earnings in an NBA season.
Just ask arguably the greatest player to ever grace the game – Lionel Messi – who can boast of doing just that.
Messi picks up a reported £43million a year whilst plying his trade for Paris Saint-Germain, and receives an additional £40m through endorsements.
The seven-time Ballon d’Or winner can afford to buy luxuries most of us can only dream of and that includes a stunning collection of sports cars.
The most valuable of those is a Ferrari 335 S Spider Scaglietti, with only four of the cars ever made.
Messi’s motor is valued at an eye-watering £29.1m, according to Goal.
The report adds Messi beat Cristiano Ronaldo to the car after winning it in an auction in 2016
Boasting a speed of 300kmph, the 4.0 litre monster is worth more than what Jordan earned during one single NBA season.
The former Chicago Bulls basketball star got his hands on six NBA championships, along with six NBA Finals MVP awards.
Jordan’s most profitable campaign came in 1997-98 after the now 60-year-old pocketed £27.7m.
Toni Kukoc, who played with Jordan at the Bulls, previously spoke with Ivan Rakitic, who played with Messi at Barcelona.
The Croatia international drew comparisons between the two sporting greats, Jordan and Messi, when speaking on NBA Europe’s YouTube channel.
“For us in soccer, what Messi means is Michael Jordan in basketball,” he said.
“With both these two guys, they know that without the team behind they’ll never get all they did in their career.”
Messi currently has 29 goals in 66 appearances for PSG since arriving from Barcelona in the summer of 2021.
