The Argentine will open America

The football summer in the United States promises to be hot: Lionel Messi signed a contract with Inter. From Miami

Still, a 36-year-old man from Rosario-Dribbler and Playmaker from God. Fans of the blue-granatovs were waiting for the current off-season of the world champion in their native Barcelona. Sheikhs lured the star in Saudi Arabia and Qatar. The Argentines hoped that their idol, after the French tour, would return to the curtain of his career home (for example, in Newells Old Boys). And the parents even dreamed that the son, who won all the spotted trophies, would hang magic boots on a clove. But the atomic flea (Messi's nickname) focused and circled the journalists around the finger, who had already made him in Catalonia and the Middle East, and moored in a new light. Since July 1, he is a player of an outsider of the American Professional League (MLS) - the Inter Miami team.

In general, this whole story with the flight of the owner of the seven “golden balls” to a not too football America shows how one not too cautious movement can, in principle, change the usual course of things. Let me remind you that the last 24 months Lionel played in PSG. He played in the mood without proper feats: to bring Parisians to victory in the Champions League, which the Arab owners dreamed about, the Trio Neymar - Messi - Mbappe was not done this year. True, the ball behind the authorship of the 30th number in the goal of Benfica was recognized as the best of the main club tournament in Europe this season, but in general, I repeat, they expected more from Lionel. At the same time, the Argentine regularly showed dissatisfaction with his position in the team and threatened to leave the capital of France. But Sheikham every time managed to find a compromise with Messi, despite the fact that the audience on the "Park de Prens" Lionel with his nagging and not always branded skating brought to hatred. The President of the Club Namer al-Heelaifi and his assistants, in principle, were ready to preserve the newly-made world champion in the red-blue T-shirt for next year. However, Messi in early May, at the finish line, after the defeat of the PSG from Lorian decided to fly to Saudi Arabia and unwind. Fans of Parisians, dissatisfied with the impudent feint, arranged a demonstration and called on the leadership to drive Lionel out of the team to the hell. The leadership listened, and the most valuable player of the World Cup-2022 in Qatar turned into a free agent.

Someone will say: so Lionel turned a trick with a sudden “disappearance” specifically in order to finally get the authorities of PSG out of himself and get out of French shackles.

Such a version, of course, has the right to exist. But the thing is that the agreement with the Parisians with Messi has already ended at the end of June ...

In short, merchants from all over the planet immediately rolled up to the free Argentine. However, few doubted that Lionel would be in Barcelona, ​​in which he grew up in every sense of the word (how could not be recalled that the Catalan doctors made a 13-year-old little gearbox rate of the growth hormone). In the spring, information appeared that Barca offers its prodigal son a two -year contract with a salary of 25 million euros per year. Yes, and Leo himself never hid that he dreams of returning to Kamp Nou. But everything rested, oddly enough, on money. Catalans do not have unlimited means today (according to individual media information, they are even close to bankruptcy). And in order to urinate Messi, it was necessary to sell some players, and others to sharply reduce the salary. Lionel knew about this very well, and this option did not categorically arranged it. Plus, the coach of the Barca Havi, with whom they once raised the club to the top, did not guarantee a place in the starting line up.

And sitting on a bench even for 25 million euros is not about Messi.

By the way, he accused the journalists of the fact that there was a lot of lies around his failed Cambet in Barcelona, ​​and spoke quite briefly on this topic:

“In the future, my family and I are going to live in Barcelona, ​​and I can return to the club in any quality. And manager and an Ambassador. "

As soon as the Catalan page slammed, Messi surrounded the sheikhs from Saudi Arabia, who wanted to push his foreheads on the green lawn of his and running for al-Nasr (and 200 million euros) Cristiano Ronaldo, thereby switching all the attention of the football community to the east. “Al-Khilyal” went even further than his rival in the championship and posted an agreement in front of Lionel, which included the amount (attention!) Of 1.2 billion euros. And this is in two years of performances in a hot climate. They say that the Narcissus-Portuguese was almost enough Kondrashka when he found out that Leo could earn three times more than him and become the highest paid athlete of all time. However, Madeira to a certain extent saved ... Lionel’s wife from the Persian heart attack.

Messi, as it were, to put it so much, was very lucky with his wife, who is not like 99% of the companions of football players. Not similar both externally and internally.

Paper with the image of Franklin not to confuse her or seduce. Antonella Rokutzzo grumbled a fantastic option for the family budget, although Leo himself was almost ready to sign under a record contract. Yes, and all news agencies have already reported that Messi is a player of Al-Khilyal. But the noble, like a judge, spread her arms to the sides and fixed the “Hilage offside”.

Lionel seemed to remain in the Old World. He himself said that he did not want to fall out of the European field of view to the America Cup - 2024, in which he plans to take part. But there was no suitable for all parameters of the club, and Messi, having analyzed all the schemes, sailed to America. Here you need to open a little secret. Even during the Qatari mundial, people from the Inter Miami jumped up to the Argentine, the co-owner of the team David Beckham (yes, the same) and the Masa brothers-and invited him and his family to anchor in Miami. Then the striker reacted calmly to the American dream. But after he was promised closer to summer from half a dozen of various nishtyaks and bonuses (not only financial), he agreed.

Well, now let's specifically about what awaits Lionel, who has already acquired elite real estate in Florida, in the overseas league.

To begin with, the club is headed by the former coach of Barcelona and the Argentina national team Herardo Martino. Secondly, in the near future, the leadership of Inter Miami (and in the club the positions of the commercial director and vice president are now occupied by people from Barcelona-Havi Asensi and Viktor Oliver) plans to lure the resort of Sergio Buskitts, Zordi Alba and Luis Suares-blue-border roots of Messi. Thirdly, the World Cup-2026 will be held, as we know, in the USA, Canada and Mexico, which means that a lot of attention will be focused on the MLS championship, which is important for Messi. Well, the bizarre tournament itself, whatever one may say, is stronger than the Arabian competition. And in Spanish, the player will be with someone to chat on the coast-there are many migrants in Miami and a similar Latin American freedom.

As for the salary and fees, then the picture is very complicated. Calculating the exact amount of Lionel earnings is quite problematic.

If you believe the Spanish publication AS, then a three -year Messi contract involves 120 million euros (that is, 40 million a year). Other media reports 50-60 million for the same period.

At the same time, the agreement provides for an early break in the contract after the first and second season without any compensation. But this is only a fixed part of the income. And there will be, let's say, the “left” benefit. Lionel will receive a percentage of the profit of new Apple TV subscribers who will begin to watch matches and consume all MLS content. Plus, in the Argentine pocket there will be a percentage of profit, which Adidas will extract from its cooperation with SLS. Messi will also get either part of the Inter shares, or the share of real estate near the new arena of the club, which will be erected by 2025. And dividends from the aforementioned advertising things may well block the salary history.

Indeed, even before the official debut of Goleador (it is still scheduled for July 22 in a match for the Lig Cup with the Mexican “Cruise Azul”) in America there was a real football boom. Lionel made a real tsunami. Neither Pele, nor Beckham, nor Runi, nor Lampard, nor Zlatan Ibragimovich, who played in the United States, caused such a stir.

Judge for yourself. The international authority of MLS has already increased at times (many European stars already want to pull up in the company to Messi). Advertisers line up. And the inter-Miami itself, the composition of which was estimated at 34 million euros (24 out of 29) immediately escaped to the leaders in this indicator. Together with Lionel, which now costs 45 million euros, the cost of the team increased to 79 million (by the way, before Messi the most expensive player of the club was the Venezuela Martinez - 4 million euros).

And let the beach “gang” now take 27th place in the standings (15 points after 18 matches: 5 victories, 1 draw and 13 defeats; the difference of the balls is 18–29), the fans “sorcerers”, as they say, attack the cash desks by storm.

And the cheapest ticket for the first home match with the participation of Lionel grew from $ 29 to 520. This, for a minute, is more expensive than the passages to the playoff finals in the NBA!

And this, as experts predict, only the beginning. And if the old Miami stadium accepted not 18,000 spectators, but at least 40,000, then only on tickets (not to mention attributes) could be welded for the rest of his life. But imagine how ticket prices will increase from other teams that will accept the Messi team on their arenas ...

The billionaire and co -owner of the club Horge Mas admitted that he was chasing Lionel and persuaded the football player and his entourage to settle in the United States for a total of three years. But how the idol of millions commented on his ambiguous decision:

“I decided to go to Miami. Yes, leaving Europe, I leave the focus of attention ... I really had suggestions from other continental clubs, but I did not even consider them, because my only thought was to return to Barcelona. After the Triumph at the World Cup and without the possibility of Cambema, it was time to go to the American League, live football in a different way and enjoy literally every day. But definitely with the same responsibility and the desire to win. Just in a calmer mode. ”

Former captain of Barcelona and Comrade Messi Sergio Buskitan signed a contract with Inter Miami until 2025.