The arrival of Lionel Messi to Paris Saint Germain of France has paid him, so far, a profit of 6 million euros to the former NBA star, the American Michael Jordan.
The thing is the sportswear brand that bears his name is printed on the PSG jackets, with which the arrival of the star resulted in that benefit, according to the French press on Tuesday.
Jordan, a six-time NBA champion with Chicago, owns the sports brand Air Jordan, and the arrival of Messi serves as a source of income to increase his already remarkable fortune.
This is because The American has his brand imprinted on PSG uniforms, and the agreement with Nike provides for a 5 percent profit for Jordan on sales. of each official shirt of the club of the French capital.
Last week, the agreement with Messi mobilized a crowd in search of the uniform of the new number 30 jersey and on the official site of PSG, they are sold for 87.99 euros in children’s version; 107.99 euros in its female version; and 157.99 euros in the male.
The figures disclosed estimate that the value acquired by the sales involving the Argentine has already generated 120 million euros of profit for PSG.
Messi in the winning team
Besides, Messi joined the “winning” team of the Paris Saint Germain practice on Tuesday while intensifying his preparation for debut that could happen next Friday against Brest, as a visitor.
In the second workout of the week, Rosario’s crack went back to work alongside the group and was one of the “winners of the day”, as published by the official account of the French club.
The new PSG number 30 shared the winning team of the day together to french Kylian Mbappé, the brazilian Neymar, the German Julian Draxler, Angel Say Maria and the Costa Rican archer Keylor Navas.
In the videos broadcast by the official channels of the club it can be observed that Messi shared the exercise of two attackers against two defenders with Mbappé and they excelled with goals and assists.
Monday, The former Barcelona had also excelled in a football job in confined spaces and in France there is speculation that he may have his first minutes in Friday’s game against Brest, as a visitor, for the third date of League 1. The other possibility is that DT Mauricio Pochettino does not demand it and reserves it for the August 29 commitment against Reims, also as a visitor.
Later, The captain of the Argentine team will join the team led by Lionel Scaloni to face the triple date of the South American Qualifiers for the Qatar 2022 World Cup.
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