Lionel Messi earns £81m yearly at Barcelona and has several endorsement deals- Lionel Messi is leaving Barcelona this summer but it will be difficult for any club to match his earnings - Premier League side Man City are the only club to have tabled their interest in signing the 33-year-old - Messi is the fifth highest-earning celebrity in the world after Ronaldo, Federer, West and Jenner PAY ATTENTION: Click “See First” under the “Following” tab to see Legit.ng News on your Facebook News Feed! Lionel Messi's motive behind quitting Barcelona is not about money because the Argentine star has made more than enough that would feed him for a lifetime. The 33-year-old is not happy with the way things are going at the Camp Nou after failing to win a tropy last trophy and he believes its time to leave. Man City are the only club in Europe willing to match the attacker's wages and transfer fee deamaned by Barca. The SunSport has compiled what Messi earns in Barcelona too see if the Etihad outfit can match it. The Argentine captain currently takes home a salary of £54million and rakes in £24m each year from endorsements and sponsorship deals, according to Forbes. He further pockets £13m in bonuses taking the sum total to a massive £81m annually which makes him the fifth highest-paid celebrity in the world. The likes of Cristiano Ronaldo who earns £80m yearly and tennis star Roger Federer, Kanye West and Kylie Jenner are ahead of Messi whose net worth is believed to be around £309m. In 2017, Messi beacme the higehst-paid player in the Spanish topflight division after agreeing a deal to be worth £336,000-per-week. The former Newell's Old Boys academy product has a lifelong sponsorship deal with Adidas reportedly worth £9m a year. The six-time Ballon d'Or winner is also sponsored by Gatorade, Huawei, Mastercard, Pepsi and also did campaigns for Gillette and Turkish Airlines. Messi owns a luxurious mansion worth £5.5m in Catalonia, a private jet and £26m hotel wich has 77 bedrooms. PAY ATTENTION: Become a member of the leading sports Facebook group 'Naija Football Fan Zone' Meanwhile, Legit.ng had earlier reported that Lionel Messi has been on the news in the past few days after handing a transfer request to his boyhood club Barcelona. And despite having all of his investments in the city of Catalonia, the 33-year-old has asked to leave the Camp Nou. One of the things Messi will have to forfeit is his £5.5million mansion located in the exclusive suburb of Castelldefels. How we mistakenly celebrated Yakubu’s miss at 2010 World Cup – Brown Ideye | Legit TV Source: Legit.ng - Lionel Messi is leaving Barcelona this summer but it will be difficult for any club to match his earnings - Premier League side Man City are the only club to have tabled their interest in signing the 33-year-old - Messi is the fifth highest-earning celebrity in the world after Ronaldo, Federer, West and Jenner PAY ATTENTION: PAY ATTENTION: Legit.ng How we mistakenly celebrated Yakubu’s miss at 2010 World Cup – Brown Ideye