Catalan sports paper El Mundo Deportivo claims that a transfer of Barcelona right wing attacker and Argentinian international Lionel Messi (21) against the will of the club would cost more than 250 million euro.If Messi would find an agreement with another club and Barcelona wouldn't be willing to negotiate on a transfer, the player has to pay the buyout fee of 150 million euro plus 16 per cent value added tax.
Messi of course wouldn't pay this himself but his new club would give him the money to pay that sum of 174 million euro. On that 'new club-Messi' transaction, the player should pay income tax (46%), which should mean that the cost of a transfer would in the end be 254 million euro°.
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