Lionel Messi was awarded the Ballon d’Or for the seventh time for his arts on the lawn – but the superstar suffered a serious bankruptcy in the real estate market.
In 2017, Lionel Messi, when the star striker was still playing for FC Barcelona, decided to buy a property. It was the four-star boutique hotel “MiM Sitges”, not far from his own home. The Argentine is said to have paid a proud price of 30 million euros for the facility, which has 77 rooms and a panoramic roof terrace.
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The problem: According to the Spanish “El Confidencial”, a court order for the demolition is pending. When the editorial staff, who had the documents, confronted the Messi side about it, there was no comment.
Messi apparently acquired the hotel without knowing that it was below city standards and that Sitges Town Hall had already ordered its demolition. And all because of non-compliance with building codes. Among other things, the balconies should be too big. This is problematic in that the entire construction depends on them – if they are downsized or if they are torn down, the house threatens to collapse. Likewise, the fire emergency plan should have failed with the authorities.
The previous owner knew
The icing on the cake is that the previous owner of the hotel complex, Francisco Sánchez Rodríguez, knew about the irregularities and the demolition order before the sale to Messi.
According to the court, the house will have to be torn down, so the 30 million euros would be wasted in one fell swoop …
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