The Sun newspaper called Lionel Messi the ‘king of Catalonia’ even though it only glanced at this superstar’s private life in Barcelona, and the privileges that this famous Argentine player is enjoying.
This ‘kingly’ life has only been in turmoil in the last few days when Messi officially sent a fax requesting unilaterally ended his contract with Barcelona to leave, after spending almost his entire career with the Catalan team.Messi came to Barcelona from the age of 14, until now at the age of 33, this superstar has gone from being a sick and homeless boy.
has now become a global symbol, treated by the Catalan team with all the privileges that are considered untouchable while helping this club have the most successful period in its 120-year history.
Along with success on the field, becoming the player with the highest income in the world, Messi also has a life the most glamorous privacy and a family with a wife who is a beautiful childhood friend, Antonella Roccuzzo and 3 handsome sons .
In Barcelona, Messi lives in a luxurious villa worth 5.5 million pounds, located separately and very quiet, with a view of the sea in Castelldefels, and is also a no-fly area. Messi’s neighbors are all close teammates like Ivan Rakitic, Luiz Suarez or Philippe Coutinho.
Messi’s residence and familiar locations in Barcelona, a place that has become familiar to the Argentine superstar for nearly 20 years.
From Messi’s villa to Nou Camp is less than 20km, and there is a mini football field, swimming pool, gym… and most especially, this superstar has a private room used only to collect jerseys. of almost every reputable colleague.“Messi will not be able to have this place when he comes to Manchester, Paris or London,” The Sun newspaper said, implying that if this superstar leaves Barcelona to move to Man City, PSG or Chelsea as recently rumored.Not to mention in Barcelona, Messi also owns a profitable luxury hotel worth up to 26 million pounds located in the coastal town of Sitges, about 40km from the center of Barcelona city. This business investment shows that Messi is absolutely no worse than his longtime rival Cristiano Ronaldo, who also owns a hotel chain called CR7.
Also according to The Sun, Messi owns as much wealth as Cristiano Ronaldo, with a total assets of more than 310 million pounds and also has a hobby of collecting “super cars”.Few people know this, because Messi is different from Cristiano Ronaldo in that he rarely shows off his “huge car” collection in public or on social networks. If so, there are only a few rare times when his wife, Antonella Roccuzzo, posts on her Instagram page with more than 12.9 million followers.Collection of “supercars” Messi’s is worth more than 3 million pounds, including cars with “huge” value such as the Pagani Zonda worth up to 1.5 million pounds, or the Ferrari F43 Spider worth 173,000 pounds, or the GranTurismo S and Maserati’s GranTurismo MC Stradale, each priced from £100,000 or more…
Messi loves to collect “supercars”, but rarely shows them off to the public
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With these “supercars” every day, the image of Messi driving to the Joan Gamper training ground not far from the Nou Camp main field has become very familiar. His family, wife Antonella Roccuzzo and three sons Thiago, Mateo and Ciro are also very familiar with Barcelona fans because they have lived in Spain for a long time. Messi himself also has Spanish citizenship like his wife and children.
Messi has a very happy family life, and feels like a dream with his childhood partner, Antonella Roccuzzo, and his three handsome sons.
Antonella Roccuzzo/Instagram
Therefore, the change when Messi actually leaves Barcelona is whether this famous player and his family will leave Spain, which is their second home after Argentina. And it is also the place that helped Messi have a truly “royal” and privileged life.
