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Lionel Messi’s Ferrari worth more than Michael Jordan’s highest-earning NBA season

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According to reports, Lionel Messi has purchased a luxury sports car worth more than the salary Michael Jordan earned in a single NBA season during his celebrated career.

Despite his advancing age, the Barcelona legend remains one of the highest-paid footballers globally, having signed a lucrative deal with Paris Saint-Germain in 2021.

Messi’s yearly earnings reportedly amount to a staggering $110 million, with his salary from the French club standing at $62 million, and his endorsements contributing an additional $48 million.

Messi has an impressive car collection that includes a Ferrari 335 S Spider Scaglietti, which he acquired in an auction for $36 million.

The Ferrari has a 4.0 L engine, a top speed of 300kmph, and is worth more than the highest-earning NBA season of Jordan’s career, which was the 1997-98 season with the Chicago Bulls, during which he earned $33.1 million.

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Despite his achievements, Jordan’s salary was dwarfed by Messi’s earnings, who is now regarded as one of the wealthiest and most successful sportsmen globally.

Kunle Solaja is the author of landmark books on sports and journalism as well as being a multiple award-winning journalist and editor of long standing. He is easily Nigeria’s foremost soccer diarist and Africa's most capped FIFA World Cup journalist, having attended all FIFA World Cup finals from Italia ’90 to Qatar 2022. He was honoured at the Qatar 2022 World Cup by FIFA and AIPS.