In May 2021, one of the best soccer players in the world announced he was coming to play Major League Soccer (MLS). Lionel Messi, currently 36 years old, rejected a record-breaking $400 million a year in order to come to play for Inter Miami Football Club. Messi’s deal not only includes a paycheck of $50-60 million dollars a year, but also revenue from the streaming and apparel contracts with Apple and Adidas, who sponsor Major League Soccer.
Messi is earning a lot of money on this deal, but why should we care about it? It is worth seeing first how much money Messi’s signing earned his previous club, Paris Saint-Germain (PSG), in just two years of his being there. In the first year, Messi’s arrival generated €700 million, improving PSG’s income by 13 percent. After he left, PSG is set to lose €800 million in revenue and from sponsors not renewing their contracts.
