Inside the luxury mansions of football’s richest players – where do Lionel Messi, Manchester United’s Cristiano Ronaldo and PSG superstar Neymar spend their time off?

Dec 7 , 2021

Football’s richest players Neymar, Lionel Messi and Cristiano Ronaldo live it up in luxury mansions.
Photos: @neymarjr, @leomessi, @cristiano/Instagram — Football’s richest players Neymar, Lionel Messi and Cristiano Ronaldo live it up in luxury mansions. Photos: @neymarjr, @leomessi, @cristiano/Instagram

Real Madrid star Eden Hazard, one of the highest-paid football players in the world, dropped US$12 million on a futuristic mansion in the Spanish capital

Neymar has a built-in helipad at his Rio de Janeiro, Brazil house, while 2021 Ballon d’Or ceremony’s striker of the year Robert Lewandowski owns a luxury flat in Poland

With as many as 60 games played every season, professional footballers are often on the road, spending the better half of a year travelling to stadiums across different cities and countries.

Playing for a foreign club also means that home games aren’t really at home. Such is the case with superstars such as Brazil’s Neymar, who plays for Paris Saint-Germain, and Portuguese prodigy Cristiano Ronaldo, who plays for Manchester United.

For most top flight football players, visits home are reserved for the off-season. Here’s a look at the luxury mansions where they spend their time off.

Lionel Messi

Although he’s Argentinian by heritage, Lionel Messi moved to Barcelona at the age of 13. The 34-year-old lived there for two decades before joining PSG and moving to France this year.

Once the season comes to an end, Messi’s expected to head back to his US$7 million mansion in Bellamar, Barcelona. The Mediterranean-style property offers stunning views of the Catalan hills on one side and the coastline on the other, reports Architectural Digest.

Paris Saint-Germain football player Lionel Messi and his family. Photo: @leomessi/Instagram

The stunning mansion includes a swimming pool, a tennis court and also a football pitch – of course. Messi bought the house in 2009 – the same year he won his first Ballon d’Or, an annual award declaring the world’s best footballer.

Cristiano Ronaldo