Messi

[tomdalton22]

I don't follow soccer but I have been seeing all of these headlines and stories about Messi leaving the team he plays for now. It sounds like any team that he signs with has to pay the old team some outrageous amount of money...like $500M. Does anybody understand how this works?

 

[Mitchrapp]

I don't follow soccer but I have been seeing all of these headlines and stories about Messi leaving the team he plays for now. It sounds like any team that he signs with has to pay the old team some outrageous amount of money...like $500M. Does anybody understand how this works?

Nope.

 

[Michchamp]

yeah I seen somethin' about that on the TV

 

[tinselwolverine]

I don't follow soccer but I have been seeing all of these headlines and stories about Messi leaving the team he plays for now. It sounds like any team that he signs with has to pay the old team some outrageous amount of money...like $500M. Does anybody understand how this works?

A little bit.

I?m pretty sure it would be called ?contractual.?