Even without a single American, Messi can fill out the stadiums in US with tourists alone. Most stadiums are very small anyways.
There’s probably playing in alternate stadiums, like probably playing in the dolphins stadium
Lets just say we didn't even knew there was a football club called Inter Miami 😂.
Now We not only know the club ,we support it😂
Who didn't know Inter Miami?? Who didn't knew Beckham's new club?? If you have been following Beckham, then you definitely know Inter Miami
Nawh, you don't know football if you didn't know Inter Miami man, CMON it's not that bad, just not popular....shesshh Americans are something man😂
I don't even watch MLS, but knew about Inter Miami because of Beckham
My son was losing his mind when he heard Messi was coming to America. He is looking forward to him coming to DC to play the DC United.
As someone from Argentina, let me just say that I love reading stuff like this. If Messi can inspire american kids to develop a love for this beatiful sport, then him going to the USA will mean something, regardless of his performance with Inter Miami.
We, Indians(true for all south Asians) have no idea what MLS is at all.. Now we are not just a staunch supporter of Inter Miami, but will also regularly start watching the whole series to figure out how it works.. And, i hope Messi plays for at least 4-5 years more..
Messi is the biggest thing that happened to sports, MLS is lucky to have him, i will be more than happy to watch him play there even though it will be at dawn.
@@markt.2850In terms of global reach the only athlete close to Messi is Ronaldo. Ya’ll american athletes are like regional stars.
@@markt.2850 your email thinking like a kid bro 🤣 If Messi was more flamboyant to blind people like you, you'd see Ronaldo has no influence. Nada! Imagine a guy who doesn't PR himself into people's minds and yet just his game wins him this many following ama compare to one who PRs himself so much, almost always bragging and chasing clout and yet is in a shadow
@@markt.2850 you're a funny dude, i'm talking real sport not tik tok people like you, Messi won everything in his sport and is regarded as the GOAT, ronaldo is great but not comparing to Messi.
The GOAT is gonna be playing in your city for your team guys. You can't ask for more. Enjoy every sec of it.
As a barca & messi fan basically my whole life, much rather MLS than Saudi or soulless PSG. You guys will be thanking him in 20 years, he's gonna raise the level of not just the league, but even the US national team talent level will be considerably higher in 10 or so years. The amount of little American boys that will take up soccer thanks to Messi..
But please. Cherish him. Treat him well. The shocking thing is, he's not just the best player of all time. He's also a GENUNLY good person. I wonder how many billinoaires you can say that about.
Judging from these past few games and the goats of other sports showing up to his games, the amount of people showing up and the hype: I think the USA is really loving Messi.
That free kick in the 1st game that won it for him was the thing that sealed the deal.
A lot of americans under the impression that Jordan is the most well-known sports figure in the world 😂
The greatest football player of all time and one of the greatest athletes of all time.will be playing in America where you can see him live, thats is amazing.
Weird,he has to play againts mls Football players....,You guys call it soccer🤮🤮🤮🤮🤮🤮
We all know Ronaldinho and the Brazil Ronaldo are the best ever.
The only bad thing about this deal is the stadium.
Messi playing at DRV PNK is humiliating, I mean he can fill that stadium just by sleeping on the pitch.
Maybe they make some deal with Hard Rock stadium for next couple of years
@@βαθύζhat still took too long. 2 years where he played half season in 15k stadium? It's insulting. Even college's stadiums are bigger and they're always full. Are you telling me Messi played in a league that lower castr than some college competition? 😢
Pretty surreal watching my favorite comedians podcast talking about my favorite sport and favorite player 😂😂
Messi is already a Billionaire.
@@juanmartindiaz4581avoiding tax and getting a couple hundred million a year for a few years. whatever you say.
Inter Miami just from Argentina will have more or less 45 million fans cheering for that football club, plus millions upon millions all around the worls.
Messi will become the face of MLS and the next world cup.
I was really impressed by the MLS after i checked it out recently. Most especially the atmosphere nd the fans and also teams play good football entertaining to watch.
With Messi's inclusion, the MLS is gonna be so much popular.
Even i'll be keeping track of the MLS fixtures starting next season.
Messi is the number one athlete in the world he just tripleted the price of tickets ofc
I saw Messi, I clicked 😊
Big big big W for Andrew calling it football not soccer ⚽
He'll be the highest paid athlete in North American sports 💵
@@mmor7380 bruhhh Messi earns Lebron current whole contract in a month.. The goat of the goat.
@mmor7380 dude soccer/football money is way way crazier then the money american sports make. In 2018 world cup in Russia made 6 BILLION dollars. And a world cup is just a 1 month tournament. Right now 18 19 year old "wonder" kids. Young player's with potential are worth 90 100 million dollars in Europe. Jude Bellingham is an 19 year wonder kid from England and he got signed by real madrid for 110 million dollars.
Messi gets equity, percentage and the possibility to buy stakes / part in MLS. He gets streaming revenue and a percentage of jerseys. Also Miami is the vacation capitol for Argentinians. I live here and people with money love to go there, because they can get away with only speaking Spanish, or castellano as it’s called here.
And to think that Antônio "cara de sapato" PFL fighter spoke in a reality show some time before that he had a friend who played for Inter Miami and he said that Messi was going there, insane
Messi already is getting paid a 100 million a year to be Saudi Arabia tourism ambassador
Messi becomes inter's partner and can also start his own MLS team. His own team is included in the deal, meaning him and his friends Sergio, Suarez, Jordi, etc will become CEOs of an MLS team
I pictured this conversation to go like it did on Fighter and the Kid 💀🤣🤣 “Nideymare” “Mbague”
I’m a Colombian living in LA, not even for FREE could you take me to attend a MLS game. Now, it’s a lot different 👀
Its a cultural thing, Miami is basically a latin american city
I watch basically every sport and I can tell you Messi is the greatest of them all. Basically in basketball terms imagine prime Curry but for a 15 year period.
Can’t wait to see Messi ❤
This is a show where comedians hang out and have the same conversations I have with my mates.
As someone who has worked in the game professionally, I am extremely excited!
Couple years ago I said this should happen to Messi and Ronaldo when friends were saying MLS couldn't afford em .
When that one guy said “he’s reached financial freedom” 😂😂😂😂 fucking had me laughing.
These guys don’t know he’s worth more than any nfl, or mba player, hell probably worth more than some teams.
Dudes, Im signing up everything Messi once he signs. Miami Insta went from 1mil to 8.3mil since the news of messi and he didn't even sign yet 😂... America is not ready for MESSI! I will definitely traveling abroad just to see him play again and I'm not the only one
Thing is, Messi already has generational wealth - he's always been known as a Family man - which would he rather? Go to Saudi, get 1.6 BILLION (mental lmao) but potentially have issues with his wife/kids in school / lifestyle. Or, go to America, play with his old friends (Busquets, Alba, Suarez etc), live in a far better country / to what he's normally used to, and have a far better life for his family and kids. But also getting a great paycheque, potentially shares to buy/create a club in the league, and furthering his global brand? Easy decision for me in his shoes.
Suarez ain't coming and not sure about Alba but Busquets is coming. But I get what you're saying. So many cultural roadblocks to go through with living in Saudi for the Messis
When you say live in a far better country, are you saying the US is far better than France or Spain?
@bt6862 nah, saying they are better than Saudi, US isn't better than Spain and France. Hard to quantify tbf, but deffo better than Saudi, especially as a non Muslim.
If you want to see him play live, you gotta book in weeks and weeks in advance.
Now, Messi will turn soccer into football 😊
Messi is the face of adidas soccer. The MLS is owned by adidas. Every football kit is made by adidas. Every player wears adidas boots unless they have their own deal. It exactly the same as when Beckham moved there.
Americans will see FOOTBALL finally 😂
My only push back on Akash’s point about setting a precedent is that the MLS is not the NBA. MLS is like D2 college basketball.. there could be deals like this in the future but the vast majority of players worth this kind of deal are staying in Europe.
These players come to MLS as a retirement process, because they cant play in high level clubs in Europe. It’s like Dwight Howard in Taipei with tons of money.
Guys, i would add that in the contract, messi achieved an agreement on building a Training facility for the national team of argentina...so in the copa america and world cup, the team will already have a place to stay and train, specifically for the team, and not an hotel or something like the other teams...
Messi is the heart of what it is to be a soccer star
For the fact that he turned down $1.6B offer from a Saudi pro league club.. YES... He's THE MLS hero
As an Indian I've heard only of MLS because of LA galaxy
and I've only looked for LA Galaxy because of David Beckham and Zlatan
Wait until you guys find out how football transfers work and how many tournaments and leagues they are😂
i have been to the inter fc stadium and its really small for a player of that level. They have to find a way to do the games at the hard rock stadium
No body have spoken about the “Messi movie”, the “Messi Nexflix whatever series”; the Messi commercials, the Messi cards, the Messi soccer schools, the Messi interviews, the Messi signing and speaking events, the Messi books, etc it gets crazy.
THE ONE can’t be bought just like that
Listening to these lads talk about football is hilarious. Clearly know nothing about the game but speak about it for views. Proof is how Schultz talks about the 'contract' metric he was told once, and brings it up every time football is the topic. 😂😂😂😂
So many levels to this deal though...
- Becomes part owner upon retirement
- Adidas is heliping pay some of the salary
- Got his current lifetime deal with Adidas amended to take share of each unit sold
- Had influence on incoming signings (Busquets, Alba, amlost Suarez lol)
His management is next level. Better deal than the Saudi money
As an Argentinian i take offense to the thumbnail but ill let it slide for now. You talked good about my boy.
Messi still making that much if not more. Hes getting percentage of new Apple subscriptions, percentage of new Adidas sells, part ownership of Inter Miami/right to buy a MLS teams
Every ticket sold out like immediately
Hopefully Messi can buy a team for Vegas 🔥🔥🔥🔥
The undisputed goat Lionel The Goat 🐐
Under is what Nike was in the 90's not sure if Curry's will become like Jordans but its crazy how two start-up shoe brands have two generational goats as there main blue chip clients.
Messi earns atleast 100 million every year from brands, andorsments etc. Plus few mills he gets from the club he plays for. So he gets around 130 to 150 mill every year. And Ronaldo gets even more then that so money was never a "issue" for messi.
Very true, and yet he could've taken the obsecene amount of money that the arabs offered him. That, to me, counts for something. Most player would've taken that offer in a heartbeat.
@@lizardman1303 Neither do I. The man can do what he wants. These are his last years playing the sport after all, and he won everything there's to be won.
@@matics898 when messi was a youngster he did got an offer of 300 million this was when he just started playing as professional so he never really cared about money because he is already in the top 0.000001% of people in the world the only ppl that are richer than messi are people like Billionaires Elon musk, bill gates or the Royal families or politicians so messi has already got generational wealth and he earned it. Unlike many ppl i listed up there messi earned his bread.
I’ve never watched soccer in my life and now I wanna go to a game
Well,footbal (soccer) i think its not a sport for americans to watch in stadiums or even in tv,they play 90min +10 and who divide in two time of 45min and theres no time out,can b rly anoying for americans who like the time out and 4 quarters to eat and drink
It’s not about the money??😂😂
Messi is actually getting more money in the U.S since he will receive part ownership in Inter Miami??
So it is about the money, do not kid yourself..
Its not about money he just said it, it was for his family he leave europe because the inly team he wated to play for was barcelona so he had two options: arabia and usa where do you think his family are going to be more comfortable, all day usa bro it was about his family he doesnt give a fuck about earning more money bro is not broke he is lionel messi dude, he has money for 4 generations 😂
I am pretty sure that messi could do Miami business after 2 years as well. He could earn 1.5B dollars for 2 years and then go to America, there is no way he is gonna get that money in America
He will not get to 1.6b that Saudi is offering...Maybe in 5 or 6 year playing he might get there. If it is for money joining Saudi is a guarantee money
@@federicocarnebale last place i would want to raise my family is USA he has enough money to retire if he truly wanted to raise his family he would've done so
This is a huge deal for american football
Messi the biggest sport star in America
You were correct about everything you said about the deal he had with apple and jerseys, atc... just one thing though. Messi and adidas have a loooong partnership. Just look up the cleats he uses when he plays, adidas and messi came up with a sick "messi" logo using the 3 adidas stripes. 🤪
I watched this video just because Messi mentioned in it. Don't know who are all these gentlemen in this video, sorry for my ignorance!
So we got Messi and tiger woods who have turned down over a billion of blood money, thats outstanding
Bouta watch games at 4am now💀
This is my first time hearing of Inter Miami, but I’ll check it out. I heard that UNC hosted Chelsea FC vs Wrexham AFC the other week. Seems the sports gaining some traction here.
Jordans last contract was the league minimum if im not mistaken.
David Beckham made 500 million from his MLS career I’m pretty sure Messi can quadruple that with all the incentives the league is willing to give him
Damn he's got the NIKE SB DUNK SEND HELPS I had those in high school my favorite dunk of all time. Mad props. those are clean fix your laces tho!
also the lvl of foorball in USA is scandalous. so regardless he will only do good plays. this man played real madrid most of his life. that team has always been packed with top notch players in each position
Now these guys are a good podcast!
Apple will definitely make a documentary on the team as a part of the deal, Messi will have to feature a lot also.
I heard rio say in a aftershow Messi had a camera crew follow him around during the World Cup
Messi is adidas, 🤷🏽♂️ he makes their money let alone his name so mls belongs to Messi 😂
Just that you know, Messi is from America. Hispanic or Latin America, however you want to call it. Américo Vespusio was an Italian born Spanish explorer.
David Choe did it with Facebook 300-400Ms later it paid off
Messi got same deal Beckham got😂😂he can start a MLS club😂
You guys should watch the MLS banger goals that seem to happen every week.
Feminist US female soccer player wants same salary as messi
And Messi has a lifetime contract with Adidas
1 month later and Messi is absolutely blitzkrieg'ing through the league at 36
Only my opinion!
I was a Ronaldo fan.
But NOW!! I am a MESSI fan!!
Why, because to me a GOAT is a person who sets an example for other people!
And the fact that MESSI turned down that money he was offered, makes him more of a person to look up to!
MESSI is now going to make soccer hopefully more known in the USA!
To me, soccer should be more bigger than football! My opinion!!
Soccer is played world wide!!!!!!!
I am a proud female MESSI fan!!!!!
¡Viva MESSI!!
@@3way456difference is in mls the money is ' potential' but in saudi the money is 'guarantee' in cash.
Schulz needs that faded in, hair looking weak 😂
Can’t wait for Messi to come to Atlanta and get locked up
He said " Would you like to go see a Messi game"😂 good luck getting tickets, they sold out for the next 3yrs.😭
Messi just went grocery shopping yesterday in Miami . He can live a normal life in USA simply because the beautiful game isn’t as popular here so his face isn’t that well recognized
He lives in Miami now. Football here among latin americans is very popular. More so than american football and even baseball.
@@ellenripley4837 Yet he walks around a supermarket and only a handful of people knew him. Back home that supermarket will need to close down
@@dr.hero18 Yeah, messi said in the past that apart from the sport, one of his dreams was to being able to go to watch a movie in the theater with his kids. now he can do those things.
He's making more money than Saudi offers
The problem about trying to convince Messi only with money is he is so widely recognised as the best player of all time that he doesn't need to be the best paid one to assert his status.
Only american calls ronalno "cristiano" :v
I think Messi was offered 300M per year (tax free in Saudi Arabia).
messi ronaldo neymar are 5 times popular than any american superstar or athele outside USA
The greatest player ever in the history of mankind! 🐐
More of an American hero than lebron
Well Messi is rich enough to put others things before a lucrative offer like the saudi one .
1-The way of life in Saudi Arabia is a whole different thing, and is more strict than how people live in the US. We got some report about how Ronaldo’s family have some hard time. Messi is a true family guy , the well-being and comfort of his family is on top of his priority.
2-The USA is the closest point to South America compare to Saudi Arabia. He is now closer to his home country.
3- There is a huge community of South American in the US , especially in Miami where speaking Spanish is almost mandatory 😂.
At this point of his Goatest career, when he has accomplished everything in his sport , those a the things he will look to over money.
Sure the deal form Apple, Adidas etc is one of the biggest contract he ever had , but the others things put a great amount of weight when he makes the decision.
By the way, it's not us dollar, it's 1.6 billion EURO😊
I've only been to one MLS in myblife. GOT DANG old Wayne Rooney was still next level..
The real question is not what Messi could give american,but do american ready for the impact.yall talk about Jordan,is okay good,but for icon capacity,he is nowhere near La Pulga.
Just get the 1.6b and you're set for life. But in the US Messi will be god.
Soccer is barely noticed in the USA, but it's the biggest sport in the world. But, the USA is starting to notice it, started with the Qatar WC and with the next WC being hosted in the USA? It will explode. Messi and his dad are geniuses - going to become the face, the brand of soccer/football for the USA, just as it explodes in the USA. The only shoe to wear for soccer will be Messi shoes. And once it explodes in the USA, it's gonna change the sport worldwide. Perfect timing in all respects.
How would it change the sport worldwide? It’s already the biggest sport in the world by far in terms of financial and overall popularity.
The biggest sports brands are already built on football gear……all that happens is some corporations make more money as they have the American market too.
Will make no impact on the actual game geez
The power of Messi
He said imma make the major league in america big for the right reason. Bigger than nfl in a few years. I mean this the f goat. And f all that f w my loyalty in Europe.
It will never be bigger than NFL in America....but it surely will bring alot of eyeballs to MLS
He gets a similar deal to Jordan. On top of everything else..
Messi coming to MLS was not just about turning american attention to Football but turning the world attention to MLS.
@@fathertime9703google it
I disagree. Only because psg had mbappe Messi and Neymar. And people weren’t watching the French league.
@@wariocheats9701 The whole world was watching PSG, as disastrous as it was, because everyone had the highest expectations for that trio, that means watching (as painful as it was) the matches against the lower bracket teams, seeing him play it's a show on it's own, and that is what it's gonna happen to MLS, hopefully it's gonna be fun.
@@JonatanXaD the data doesn’t back up your statement
@@wariocheats9701 ?