LIONEL MESSI BECOMES THE SECOND FOOTBALLER TO MAKE A BILLION POUNDS.

  The Argentinian striker Lionel Messi has gone and written his name in the FORBES record book.

 As he becomes the only second footballer ever to reach that magical figure of earnings of one Billion pounds.

 The only other footballer to reach this magical figure is  Cristiano Ronaldo, who reached it first.

 The latest figure says Lionel Messi made 97, ninety seven million pounds, while Cristiano Ronaldo made  90,ninety million pounds.