Federal agencies place orders against these contracts in many ways-through GSA customer representatives or catalogs, by phone or fax, charge cards, electronic requisitioning, in-person auctions, over the Internet, or by contacting suppliers directly.
At 22, Lionel Messi is the youngest player to make the top 20 list of highest-paid soccer stars. Messi's 2009-2010 contract is worth $13.74 million. Messi, a striker for Spanish champions Barcelona, will represent his home country, Argentina, at this year's World Cup.
The deal, which overtakes the Â£50m paid to Liverpool by Chelsea for Fernando Torres in January 2011 as the highest paid by a British club, takes Unitedâs summer spend to Â£130.7m, following the Â£27m spent on Luke Shaw, the Â£28m for Ander Herrera and Â£16m for Marcos Rojo.