Lionel Messi’s arrival at Inter Miami – a young team and has not had much professional success – is the biggest event in the history of the American Professional Football League (MLS). It is expected that the Argentine supҽrstar will debut his new team in the match against CD Cruz Azul at 7 am on July 22 (Vietnam time) in the framework of the confederation cup.
The numbers 7 Ballon d’Or, 10 La Liga, 4 Champions League, 1 World Cup and hundreds of Messi’s goals seem to have nothing to do with America, but that’s the story when the Argentine supҽrstar plays in Europe. Europe. And when the world’s number 1 player came to the United States, Messi immediately became the top attention and the team of president David Beckham jumped a step into the clouds.
Due to the structure of the MLS season spanning the summer months, in contrast to most European campaigns, Messi signed a two-and-a-half year contract at Inter Miami. Messi’s contract will expire at the end of 2025, instead of July like those in Europe. Messi’s deal will be worth a total of $125-150 million, broken down at about $4.1 million a month. The agreement also has an option to extend for a further 12 months between the two parties.
Messi is one of the greatest players in history when he won a total of 43 titles and 7 Golden Balls so far. Messi’s 35 titles have come in the colors of Barca, where Messi has been with him for more than 2 decades (including the youth team) before moving to PSG in the summer of 2021. In 2 seasons playing for the French team, Messi also pocketed his pocket. 2 Ligue 1 championships. Leaving when his contract with PSG expired, Messi decided to move to Inter Miami and rejected an offer of 500 million/season from Al Hilal.
Messi’s arrival at Inter Miami as a gift not only to the Florida State Club, but also positively affects many other aspects, such as trade, the use of genuine products or other factors such as image copyright.. The appearance of Messi can make the value of Inter Miami Club increase sharply in the near future. The appearance of this supҽr striker made the whole US go crɑzy when everything related to the Argentine star created a fever.
On June 7 (the time Messi announced his decision to come to Inter Miami), Inter Miami’s Instagram account only had about 900,000 followers. In just one day, that number jumped to 4.5 million. To this point, it is 9.3 million, which puts Inter Miami ahead of every other club in the MLS (soccer league), NHL (hockey), MLB (baseball) and NFL (rugby) of the US. Notably, Messi has not even played his first match for the new team.
Lionel Messi’s debut ceremony at Inter Miami is not too grand and flashy but enough to show the greatness of the Argentine supҽrstar. As chairman David Beckham revҽaled on ESPN, the number of people watching King Leo’s debut at Inter Miami surpassed all previous records to go down in history with 3.5 billιon followers (the previous record). 3 billιon people watched Ronaldo’s debut at Al-Nassr in January).
Inter Miami has expanded 2 areas of DRV PNK stadium to increase the capacity from 18,000 to 21,000 seats to meet the demand of spectators buying tickets to see Messi play the team’s debut match. The original ticket for Messi’s debut match at Inter Miami against CD Cruz Azul team cost $30, and now it’s increased to $600.
Inter Miami’s sales increased 4,500%, making it the 3rd best-selling group on the Fanatics platform. Plus a 1,200% increase in ticket prices, according to economists’ estimates, all promise to bring in 2-3 times more revenue this year alone.
It was not until the end of August that the Tango striker could “debut” in the MLS. With a fever named Messi, the match between Inter Miami as a guest at the New York Red Bulls stadium on August 27 (Vietnam time), initially the ticket price was sold on the website for the amount of 269 USD. Now that number has grown to at least $400.
Even with Messi joining David Beckham’s team, many tickets have now been inflated to $ 2,000 for a spot at the stadium where Inter Miami plays.
Tickets to the match between this team and LAFC (the top club in the MLS in terms of ticket sales per season) are now up to 383 USD even though the match will not take place until September.
Tickets to the match against Orlando City are also sold for $ 206, while the match against New York City is currently priced at nearly $ 200.
Notably, before Messi landed Inter Miami, the matches of this team usually only cost about 25 USD. Now, with the arrival of the best player in the world, the amount of money fans have to spend to watch the team that this supҽrstar plays for has also increased unbelievably.