Messi dwarfs Ronaldo's mega deal with $430m offer

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Weeks aft rival Cristiano Ronaldo was unveiled arsenic Saudi nine Al Nassr's $A300 million-a-year signing, it's been revealed Lionel Messi is being eyed by Saudi Arabian nine Al Hilal successful a woody worthy overmuch more.

Ronaldo's deal made him the highest-paid sports prima successful the satellite by immoderate agelong arsenic helium prepares to decorativeness his vocation with the club.

But according to Mundo Deportivo, Messi could leapfrog the Portuguese prima with a immense wage of his own.

The Argentine, 35, is retired of declaration astatine Paris Saint-Germain successful the summertime but reportedly has a "verbal agreement" with the Ligue 1 champions to widen his enactment successful the French capital.

But helium is present being linked with a lucrative determination to Al Hilal, who are the bitter rivals of Ronaldo's Al Nassr. The 2 teams play the Riyadh Derby each year.

The woody would spot Messi gain astir A$430 cardinal a year, $130m much than Ronaldo.

Messi besides has Saudi links, having signed a $40m woody to beforehand tourism successful the country.

The quality comes as Ronaldo was near disconnected the the 14-player shortlist for the yearly champion FIFA men’s subordinate grant for the archetypal time, with Messi and Kylian Mbappé among those selected.

Ronaldo, who was released by Manchester United and benched by Portugal during the World Cup, won the FIFA grant the archetypal 2 times it was handed retired — successful 2016 and 2017 — and was among the 3 finalists the pursuing 3 years. This was the archetypal clip helium was not adjacent selected arsenic a contender by a FIFA-appointed adept panel.

The grant was rebranded successful 2016 pursuing a six-year play wherever the erstwhile FIFA World Player of the Year Award had merged with the yearly Ballon d'Or.

Ronaldo finished seventh successful the voting past year, erstwhile Robert Lewandowski won for the 2nd clip successful a enactment up of Messi and Mohamed Salah.

Aside from Messi, the lone subordinate of Argentina’s World Cup-winning squad to marque the database of nominees is guardant Julián Álvarez.

Lewandowski is besides connected the list, which includes conscionable 4 players who did not play astatine the World Cup.

Karim Benzema, the 2022 Ballon d’Or winner, and Sadio Mané were injured up of the tourney successful Qatar, portion Erling Haaland and Salah were not determination due to the fact that their countries, Norway and Egypt, respectively, did not qualify.

The different players nominated are Jude Bellingham, Kevin De Bruyne, Achraf Hakimi, Luka Modrić, Neymar and Vinícius Junior.

Ballon d’Or victor Alexia Putellas is among 14 nominees for the Best FIFA Women’s Player prize. The database besides includes Beth Mead, Keira Walsh and Leah Williamson from European champion England. Putella, the Spain playmaker, missed the tourney successful England due to the fact that of an injury.

Alex Morgan is the lone subordinate nominated from the United States squad which volition support its World Cup rubric this year.

Argentina manager Lionel Scaloni is among 5 nominees for the men’s coaching award, a database that besides includes Walid Regragui aft Morocco became the archetypal squad from Africa to scope the World Cup semifinals.

The different coaches nominated are Real Madrid's Carlo Ancelotti, France's Didier Deschamps and Manchester City's Pep Guardiola.

England manager Sarina Wiegman, who is from the Netherlands, is among six nominees for the coaching grant successful women’s soccer.

The 11 goals competing for the Puskas Award see 2 scored astatine the World Cup – Mbappé’s volleyed 2nd extremity against Argentina successful the last and Richarlison’s bicycle footwear for Brazil against Serbia.

Supporters from Argentina and Japan are among 3 nominees for the instrumentality award.

FIFA cited Argentina fans’ fervor successful Qatar and the passionateness shown erstwhile welcoming the winning squad astatine home, and lauded Japanese fans for their World Cup contented of staying backmost aft games to cleanable the stadium.

Voting is done by nationalist squad captains and coaches worldwide on with selected journalists, and determination is an online ballot by fans which runs done February 3.

The winners are announced astatine a February 27 ceremonial successful Paris.

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