Lionel Messi will reportedly make more than $830 million in City Football Group bucks if he ends up with Manchester City, then New York City FC as the Messi to MLS rumors may just be true .

The Daily Record’s Duncan Castles says Messi has agreed to spend three seasons with Man City in the Premier League before moving to Major League Soccer for the final two years of his deal.

This, of course, would be a very big deal, but has a major conditional; Barcelona is expecting the full cost of Messi’s massive release clause, a fee that could take CFG’s Messi outlay to well over $1.5 billion.

Messi, even at 33, remains the most effective attacking footballer in the world.