The Messi Effect: Inter Miami Ticket Prices Jump 1,000% After Messi Reportedly Joins MLS
Messi earned $130 million last year, split evenly between on-field earnings and multiple lucrative contracts off the field, making him the second-highest-paid athlete in the world, only behind longtime rival Cristiano Ronaldo.Messi confirmed Wednesday afternoon that he would join Inter Miami, saying he chose Miami “not because of money,” though he clarified the exact terms of the deal have not yet been completed.
Messi toldif he had made his decision in the interest of money he would have taken an offer to play in Saudi Arabia “or elsewhere,” adding he wanted to return to Barcelona, but did not want to leave his future “in the hands of someone else,” according to aSpeculation has been building for months around where Messi, a World Cup champion with Argentina and 10-time La Liga champion with Barcelona, would play at the end of the Ligue 1 season, his second with Paris Saint-Germain.
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