The arrival of Lionel Messi to Inter Miami and Major League Soccer in July 2023, It completely revolutionized soccer in the United States, as well as the ‘Las Garzas’ club. The presence of the iconic player who made history at the Barcelona Football Club in Spain and Paris Saint Germain in France generated a large amount of positive comments and placed North American football in a great position in the world.
The majority partner of the shares of the pink club of Florida, Mr. Jorge Maslet know information about how the negotiations were so that the Argentine player could arrive at the Miami team.
In conjunction with the English and world football legend, the former Real Madrid and Manchester United, David BeckhamMas joined the Inter Miami project and was always clear that he wanted the best players in the world to make up the team’s squad and that is how in September 2019 contacts began with Lionel’s father and representative, Mr. Jorge Messi. . The meetings took place in cities such as Rosario, Doha, Barcelona and Paris.
After not accepting an offer from Al Hilal of the Saudi Pro League, who were willing to pay $400 million dollars a year, Inter Miami managed to do what was necessary to be able to reach an agreement with the Argentine and have him in their ranks.
Words from Jorge Mas about the signing of Messi and his contract
“Messi will earn between 50 and 60 million dollars annually, with the potential to earn more through individual income-sharing agreements with Apple and Adidas,” according to what the businessman told Forbes magazine. In addition, the agreement that was sealed with Lionel Messi has the option of becoming a shareholder of the Miami entity.
Inter Miami’s earnings due to the arrival of Messi
Thanks to Messi’s presence, Inter Miami managed to double its profits to $118 million dollars. In the Miami offices they hope that this figure can rise to a total of $200 million dollars this year due to the sale of tickets for the games, advertising and the team’s unprecedented world tour that it recently had through Central America and Asia.
To this we must also add that in 2023 subscriptions doubled to Apple TV from the league due to the large number of fans in Miami and around the world who do not want to miss a single ‘Las Garzas’ match.
Monetary projections in Miami
Forbes estimates that Inter Miami is today the second most valuable club of the entire Major League Soccer, with a value that exceeds $1,000 million dollars. He also held Mas, who holds 80 percent of the shares and his fortune had grown to $1.7 billion.
Regarding the future, Messi has a contract with Inter Miami until the 2025 season.with the option to extend it until 2026. We must remember that 2026 is a World Cup year, so Mas trusts that the Argentine can make use of this option with much more motivation.
The business also made the club grow at an advertising level and for example Inter Miami managed He managed to stamp his signature with multi-year agreements with JP Morgan Chase and Duracell, and also managed to sign a fairly juicy contract with Royal Caribbean. By 2027, Mas wants MLS to have “between 12 and 20 of the 100 best players in the world.”
While Mas wants to first help Major League Soccer in its growth and development, It is a fact that the presence of players of the stature of Messi, Luis Suárez, Jordi Alba, Sergio Busquets and others, is a profitable and positive business for the league: “This was not just a question of Inter Miami, it is a question from the entire league. “I will continue to strive as hard as I can for the overall benefit, health and growth of the league.”
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