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Lionel Messi Now Reportedly Gets Paid More In 12 Hours Than Canadians Will In A Year

Not too shabby that, eh?

Lionel Messi Now Reportedly Gets Paid More In 12 Hours Than Canadians Will In A Year
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Western Canada Editor

Soccer icon Lionel Messi has just signed a new contract with French team Paris Saint-Germain worth more than $51 million CAD each season, according to reports.

Journalist Fabrizio Romano, who specializes in soccer transfers, posted that the former Barcelona star accepted a two-year deal and has completed his move to Paris.

The average salary in Canada is $62,900, according to Statistics Canada data from 2019. That means Canadians would have to work for 810 years to match Messi's annual salary.

It also means that approximately every 11 hours, Messi earns around $2,000 CAD more than the average Canadian will.

Since Messi joined Barcelona at the age of 13, he has scored a club-record 672 goals and also captains his national team, Argentina.

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      Western Canada Editor Daniel Milligan was the Western Canada Editor at Narcity Canada. He was responsible for developing trending news strategies and managing a team of writers and editors. Originally from the U.K., Daniel holds a Bachelor of Arts (Hons) in journalism from Staffordshire University. Over the past decade, he has worked on major news stories including terror attacks in London, England, and Manchester, along with royal weddings, Brexit developments, the Canadian federal election and the Nova Scotia mass shooting. Daniel was a senior editor and newsroom leader at Trinity Mirror, one of the U.K.'s largest regional news websites. He would later move to Toronto and work at Yahoo Canada and CTV News/CTV National News.

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