PSG mercato: important clarification of the club on the arrival of Messi

By securing the services of Lionel Messi, PSG knew all the excitement that was going to be around the club thanks to the Argentine star. A week after its official signing, the capital club takes stock of this enthusiasm for the new dimension taken by the Rouge et Noir.

The focus of PSG on the madness Lionel Messi

The rumor has ignited the web in recent days on the web: Lionel messi has already sold to Paris Saint-Germain more than 800,000 jerseys flocked with the number 30 of the former FC Barcelona captain. This is the information that loops on social networks. Asked by the sports newspaper The team, Fabien Allègre, director of the diversification of the PSG brand, took stock of the effect of the name Messi on sales of Parisian shirts since the arrival of the Pulga. And according to the red and blue leader, the number of jerseys sold since the signing of the Pulga is far from the figures mentioned by the press.

“It’s crazy to come out with figures like this. Yes, the sales trend has been phenomenal (the best swimwear launch ever), but we are a long way from the million swimsuits sold ”, explained Fabien Allègre. Before adding: “The deal with Messi was made very quickly, it is not something that we could anticipate. So yes, we remain agile, but we have to do with our partner’s manufacturing times. Whether it is Nike, Adidas or Puma, they all have the same approach regarding the production and the number of jerseys put on the market. We are not magicians. “

Messi is expected to bring in nearly € 30m / year to the French state

Freshly landed from FC Barcelona, Lionel messi should soon make his debut in Ligue 1 with Paris Saint-Germain. In the meantime, his arrival in France is already blushing Emmanuel Macron and the French state. Indeed, according to BFM Business : “With an estimated salary of between 30 and 40 million euros per year, Lionel Messi will indirectly bring to the State coffers almost as much money between the wage and employer charges on the one hand, but also in tax taxes, taxes that are paid, we remind you by the club of the capital (15 to 20 million in charges, 10 million in taxes). And the case of the Argentine remains the same for all the Red and Blue players, to different degrees. “