Huge wealth estimated at 21 billion pounds sterling, A retired player is 40 times greater than Ronaldo!

The British newspaper "Daily Mail" highlighted the success of Frenchman Mathieu Flamini outside the football field, after he, along with one of his partners, established a company called "GF Biochemicals", which deals with biochemistry.

According to press reports, Frenchman Mathieu Flamini, a former Arsenal and Milan player, has achieved great success outside the world of football, surpassing the wealth of Portuguese star Cristiano Ronaldo by a huge margin.

Mathieu Flamini played for the Arsenal football team in 246 matches in two different eras between 2004 and 2016.

The British newspaper "Daily Mail" highlighted Matteo Flamini's success beyond the football field, after he, along with one of his partners, established a company in the field of biochemistry called "GF Biochemicals."

Matteo Flamini and a friend founded the company in 2008, investing millions in research, experiments, infrastructure and employee fees, with the hope of producing levulinic acid, an alternative to synthetic oil made from wood and corn waste.

In 2015, the company became the first on the planet capable of producing acid that can be used to replace oil in the manufacture of medicines, plastics, cosmetics, and others in large quantities.

According to the newspaper, about 15 years after its founding, the company succeeded in becoming worth 21 billion pounds sterling, about 40 times more than Cristiano Ronaldo’s staggering net worth of 500 million.

The retired French player, who now holds the position of CEO of the company, said in a recent interview: “When I was a child, I had two passions: football and sustainability.”

“I grew up in Marseille near the sea, and was aware of environmental issues related to ocean plastic and chemical pollution from a very early age,” he added.

In an interview with the Sunday Times, the Frenchman said: “Sometimes I had to go to the training field wearing a suit, and when you go to training most of the time, you wear tennis shoes, a tracksuit and a T-shirt.”

“So we were all laughing with the boys, and they were making jokes (Oh, you are the best businessman!), but obviously biochemicals are not always what we talk about in the dressing room,” concluded Mathieu Flamini.

Saudi Arabia, Club World Cup 2023 awards

The curtain fell on the latest edition of the FIFA Club World Cup in its current form, with Manchester City winning the title over Brazilian Fluminense (4-0) yesterday, Friday, in Saudi Arabia.

Manchester City dominated the FIFA Club World Cup awards, which took place in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia, during the period between December 12 and 22, 2023.

Manchester City won the Club World Cup for the first time in its history, in its first participation in the tournament, and became the last World Cup champion in its current form.

While the Spanish Rodri, the Manchester City playmaker, won the Best Player award in the 2023 World Cup, his English teammate Kyle Walker, the City captain, ranked second, followed by the Colombian John Arias, the Fluminense player, in third place.

Argentine Julian Alvarez won the title of man of the final, after scoring two goals in it, becoming the tournament's top scorer, equal to Tunisian Ali Maaloul, defender of the Egyptian Al-Ahly team, and Frenchman Karim Benzema, striker of the Saudi club Al-Ittihad Jeddah.

While the bronze medal went to the Egyptian Al-Ahly club, and the silver medal went to the Fluminense team.

While Ittihad Jeddah Club won the Fair Play Award in the 2023 Club World Cup.

In addition to winning the championship title, the Manchester City team received a financial prize estimated at five million dollars, while the Brazilian team Fluminense, the South American Cup Libertadores champion, settled for the silver medal and four million dollars.