Actually, I think the deal is good. Messi has 3 missions. Miami to qualification, Copa, and World Cup all in the same region. And he gets a decent lifestyle to boot.
Like he hasn't has a decent lifestyle since being 15 years of age valued at 20million at the La Masia. He's lived in 2 of the world most profoundly beautiful cities. And Saudi arabia has the best life style in the world.. strict law against drugs Saudi Arabia or a City built on drug money. I'm sure the latter has the better life style.
@@benjaminleo7011thing is Saudi is far from home, friends are far away, kids probably won’t like it, people will barely speak Spanish. In Miami family is close, people speak Spanish, he has gone to Miami multiple times and has friends there already. He can co own a team if he wanted to at the end of everything. Miami just made more sense to him dudes already rich lol
@@louisarroyo5255 so it's more convenient not better quality. Sorry but America is like the UK. Completely broken. A few nice places yes. But other than that. Its a shambles. Education, health care, roads, law, crime completely trumps the west. We had science and even that's in the shitter with all this 90+ gender bollox
@@louisarroyo5255 also his immediate family would have been with him in barca, no doubt Paris. He moved from Argentina whe he was 6, the dudes more European that what he is south American. The closest thing he has to Argentina is a passport.
He's not only the GOAT of football... Messi is the most popular person in the history of mankind and the numbers are there to prove it. He is incomparable to any other human being in terms of popularity.
When you are that rich already, the difference between the two deals (Miami and Saudi) won’t make much difference to the quality of your life; so you might as well choose based on where you would be happiest. Miami also enables Messi to invest in a project even beyond his playing days.
And the culture plays a important role, in one your wife can go and be herself wear a bikini, go to parties and all the Miami life style, in the other she can’t speak before men, she only has to show her eyes. And if you are thinking about retirement you want relax and not to be worried about the rules from other culture
Wrong. It's about the value of his brand and earnings from it. The percentage of Apple viewership and equity in the team will be worth billions over time. In Saudi his brand diminishes and he makes less over his lifetime.
Also to those who think he has sold out by moving away from Europe … you are wrong! This is a blue ocean strategy with greater upside. He has won everything in football and will never be matched - ever! He has earned the right to make bank and live comfortably for the rest of his life in a predominantly Spanish speaking area of America. You can’t make this up!
Deal or no deal, Messi will be HAPPY in America togther w/his family. Money FOLLOWS Messi, no matter what those deals you are talking about. It is not him who makes the deals. It is them who offer him. But Messi's priority is his family's convenience and peace. Others just follow.
Sounds to me like he will make so much money that once he retires from active soccer he can finally move back to Barca and buy the whole club. He can for sure then resolve all the issues with Barcas management.
Goodbye champions league. Will watch MLS from now on. ❤. If Messi is not playing champions league that should be called beggars league. Oh poor psg your farmers league status stays forever. Good luck with your farmer MBappe
@chavito777 ----- Not sure about 1/2 billion, but agree in principle that it's a great deal. The reason is more subtle and long term. Messi is a brand. His brand has a very positive image. He will be doing endorsement deals for the rest of his life. That is the real upside for him financially. Think Michael Jordan type ability to earn. But if he were to associate his brand with the Saudis. In much of the world the Saudis have an absolutely toxic reputation. That could badly damage Messi's brand over the long term. Smart decision on his part.
The Arabs are reall really not happy at all. To think Messi turned them down🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣. And nkw his future is more brighter pocketwise duh. That was really very wise for Messi . Kudos .
Football has been the laughing stock for americans for far too long. But you best believe that Messi will be the reason footballs explodes in the US and not only gets the recognition it always deserves but overtake other sport leagues in popularity. I can already see those NFL suits sweating bullets because they know having the most famous/greatest athlete in the WORLD make camp in America means they will lose market share and popularity.
Surely not. Pele and Beckenbauer played together in NYC and football remained small. Americans don't care about the rest of the world a lot. Still, it's gonna be interesting to see what the Messi effect will be over there.
@@philippluniak5855 but Pele was already washed up by the time he came to the us and there was no internet back then. So they did their best to supress football from becoming popular to make sure it didn't overtake the MLB, NFL etc and Beckham is no messi. Messi may not be in his prime but he is literally still the best player in the world with at least another few years left of elite level to show Americans why they should be watching the sport. Messi is literally the biggest and most famous athlete in the world right now. People are going to flock to see his every game and will draw attention to the MLS from investors etc. I hope that this is what it will take for football to finally become a staple in the us. We need more football stadiums and more tournaments here.
What do you mean he gets to play in the best league in the world? You’re totally wrong about this! That league needs Messi more than Messi needs that MLS league. If that league was the best in the world, you would already have other great players in it being developed from within organically and everyone would know about it!
What is interesting in rejecting the Arab countries is that it is also rejecting the way they govern the country ie with an iron hand over the money. Salute to Messi.
Yeah it’s a new league having started in 1993 with 9 teams, hard to get relegated when there aren’t hundreds of clubs. Now it’s at 29 and has been progressing over the years thanks to efforts by Beckham, Zlatan, Bale etc. and is only growing. But hey feel free to start your own league and do better
@@usarugbyleagueunionfan that's a dumb example because that's football in Italian.. that's like being mad at Spanish speaking countries for calling it "futbol" instead of football, even though that's the translation. The name of the sport is football, plain and simple
@@mrepix8287 yeah.. you might wanna check why it is called soccer in the first place. You might as well call it football since the word soccer is a short form of Association football
@@usarugbyleagueunionfan Well Calcio means Football in Italian Crack. it means more sense than soccer, At least Italians don't create sports (as usa) and steal names to call it Football
Messi gets the most interactions on almost all social media platforms. The MLS may be getting close as many as 500m- 1B viewers across the season. It's going to be shocking because soccer(football) will technically be the most watched sport in the USA, considering it's also now the most watched among both women and men under 25 according to a survey.
The best what?? well maybe we will start taking soccer seriously in USA since the goat himself will be joining the league. Saudi deal still sounds more attractive but what ever the magician wants we cool.
messi dont need money he made a wise choice for him and his family they allready have a house there and its better for their kids he has all the money in the world plus the whole world loves him because he is a good human .for usa its good because allot of kids will go and play soccer and usa will become stronger in this sport .we wish leo health health and health for sure he will give more special moments to all of us
Actually, he might stay to LIVE permanently in Miami...he has lots of property there. Lots of argentinians, many of his friends. And he can go back to Barcelona when a hurricane wipes out Miami.
It’s a better deal than Ronaldo’s deal in the long term … and it’s better in terms of living standards. He will retire as the 1st or 2nd wealthiest person in sporting history! Jordan better watch his back!
And he doesn't have to be in same league as ego maniac Ronaldo always kicking up a fuss and slagging Messi off! Id rather play in the MLS and enjoy seeing America, than kicking a ball about in giant Sand Bowl eating gritty food! 😂
USA killed football. I don't even understand why Messi agreed to do this. Inter Miami? He literally just won the World Cup and is only 35 years old. He has 2 to 3 more years playing in the European top leagues. Im disappointed.
You're not seeing the bigger picture. Messi has already won everything there is to win. He doesn't have anything to prove but yet he is going to a place where football is not even respected as the greatest port on earth that it is and he has the potential to finally put football on the map in the us because he is still in ELITE level shape to take the league into new heights.
@@HerotsLament he easily had 2 years of European football left in him in which he would've easily shattered all goal scoring records by CR7. Now he's gone to Maimi which is literally at the bottom of their league with zero defence and midfield to support him. He could've easily joined MLS after 1-2 years and nothing would've changed
@@Giggity_Giggless that's not true. He has 2 to 3 awesome deals that came to him, those opportunities will probably not come again 3 years from now and who knows how he will be then. He can still break records and even then, he has more and greater accolades than Ronaldo. Who cares about goal records when you won the world cup? And again, think about what the guys said too. Next world cup will be in America, he will be more comfortable and more familiar with the country here when the next world cup comes. PSG is trash and never delivered messi and mbappepe is overrated player who will fall off in the next 2-3 years 😴 barca is lale too for doing messi dirty so he couldn't go back there and would you have been happier he went to the camel league instead and see him even less?
He did this because it's "his choice" not yours & he wants his family to be comfortable, something you seem to know nothing about. Don't question why he did the move, he made a choice to suit him & his family so live with it or just leave it ok. Messi doesn't need to live up to your expectations or anyone else's. Leave the man alone for GOD sake. Damn!!
*Remember, Messi at 35 is not Messi at 25. He can get hurt and all goes down the drain. By the time he recovers, he will seriously think about RETIREMENT. So, don't get too excited.* Besides, with the present team, Messi is not Merlin...the magician. Lots of IF's.
I am just in wonder why he choose Miami just for 45 million? 🤐🤐With Saudi 1.62 billion 💷 💰 deal....for 2.5 year... 💷?? And MESSI is already BRAND ambassador of ADIDAS from more than decade .. Its not new.. 😕😕... Still 1.6 billion is alot more than these deal for 2.5 years
He was miserable in Paris. I think he doesn't want to spend another 2 years in a place he and his family could not be comfortable. Being booed in Paris, he surely realized that it's not all about the money.
Actually, I think the deal is good. Messi has 3 missions. Miami to qualification, Copa, and World Cup all in the same region. And he gets a decent lifestyle to boot.
Like he hasn't has a decent lifestyle since being 15 years of age valued at 20million at the La Masia. He's lived in 2 of the world most profoundly beautiful cities. And Saudi arabia has the best life style in the world.. strict law against drugs Saudi Arabia or a City built on drug money. I'm sure the latter has the better life style.
@@benjaminleo7011thing is Saudi is far from home, friends are far away, kids probably won’t like it, people will barely speak Spanish. In Miami family is close, people speak Spanish, he has gone to Miami multiple times and has friends there already. He can co own a team if he wanted to at the end of everything. Miami just made more sense to him dudes already rich lol
@@louisarroyo5255 so it's more convenient not better quality. Sorry but America is like the UK. Completely broken. A few nice places yes. But other than that. Its a shambles. Education, health care, roads, law, crime completely trumps the west. We had science and even that's in the shitter with all this 90+ gender bollox
@@louisarroyo5255 also his immediate family would have been with him in barca, no doubt Paris. He moved from Argentina whe he was 6, the dudes more European that what he is south American. The closest thing he has to Argentina is a passport.
Messi is only human NOW. He can get hurt. Decent life style ...he will always have.
I’m new MLS fan coz of Messi. Wish you all the best in your new MLS club. ❤❤❤
Me too❤
Me too ❤😜
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He's not only the GOAT of football... Messi is the most popular person in the history of mankind and the numbers are there to prove it. He is incomparable to any other human being in terms of popularity.
1. Messi; 2. Jesus Christ
@@pilexaew😂
Yeah he's the most popular person on earth
When you are that rich already, the difference between the two deals (Miami and Saudi) won’t make much difference to the quality of your life; so you might as well choose based on where you would be happiest. Miami also enables Messi to invest in a project even beyond his playing days.
spot on.
And the culture plays a important role, in one your wife can go and be herself wear a bikini, go to parties and all the Miami life style, in the other she can’t speak before men, she only has to show her eyes. And if you are thinking about retirement you want relax and not to be worried about the rules from other culture
Closer to home too
Lpii
Wrong. It's about the value of his brand and earnings from it. The percentage of Apple viewership and equity in the team will be worth billions over time. In Saudi his brand diminishes and he makes less over his lifetime.
I. like most FOOTBALL fans, have never heard of Inter Miami, but if the GOAT plays there, Inter Miami will become my new favorite team.
How happy are you now?
New subscriber here! Messi fan and now mls fan
Kudos to gent in blue for not flailing hands while talking ...!!!...u are a treasure ; clear , calm delivery ...BRAVO..!!!..
Buying the subscription at first day ..
Anything for the GOAT 🐐
Messi also has a lifetime sponsorship with adidas.
Also to those who think he has sold out by moving away from Europe … you are wrong! This is a blue ocean strategy with greater upside. He has won everything in football and will never be matched - ever! He has earned the right to make bank and live comfortably for the rest of his life in a predominantly Spanish speaking area of America. You can’t make this up!
It will also make it easier for his children to learn English. I hope his children and wife learn English.
Agreed but, his heart is still in Barcelona,
Deal or no deal, Messi will be HAPPY in America togther w/his family.
Money FOLLOWS Messi, no matter what those deals you are talking about. It is not him who makes the deals. It is them who offer him. But Messi's priority is his family's convenience and peace. Others just follow.
best believe i will be watching messi destroy that leauge with just one amazing pass
Sounds to me like he will make so much money that once he retires from active soccer he can finally move back to Barca and buy the whole club. He can for sure then resolve all the issues with Barcas management.
it was accually 600mln wich is accually crazy. he turned down being the wealthiest footballer and even a sportsman for passion.
It's not Soccer, it's football
The English who named it, "Association football of soccer." To differentiate from "association football of rugby."
Goodbye champions league. Will watch MLS from now on. ❤. If Messi is not playing champions league that should be called beggars league. Oh poor psg your farmers league status stays forever. Good luck with your farmer MBappe
Best deal ever! Messi will end up earning over 1/2 Billion dollars in two years!
@chavito777 ----- Not sure about 1/2 billion, but agree in principle that it's a great deal. The reason is more subtle and long term. Messi is a brand. His brand has a very positive image. He will be doing endorsement deals for the rest of his life. That is the real upside for him financially. Think Michael Jordan type ability to earn.
But if he were to associate his brand with the Saudis. In much of the world the Saudis have an absolutely toxic reputation. That could badly damage Messi's brand over the long term. Smart decision on his part.
The M of E=MC2 is coming to Miami baby, Messi is coming to America, so is my heart. How cool is that?
The Arabs are reall really not happy at all. To think Messi turned them down🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣. And nkw his future is more brighter pocketwise duh. That was really very wise for Messi . Kudos .
Iggy mich: Don't generalize by saying Arabs.
backwards....
@@terefefeyssa877 he is not wrong tho. They are arabs
@Flo : They are not the only Arabs. Did You understand?
@@terefefeyssa877 i dont care, they are arabs
Football has been the laughing stock for americans for far too long. But you best believe that Messi will be the reason footballs explodes in the US and not only gets the recognition it always deserves but overtake other sport leagues in popularity. I can already see those NFL suits sweating bullets because they know having the most famous/greatest athlete in the WORLD make camp in America means they will lose market share and popularity.
football is king here. It will never be second to soccer. ever. I love soccer, but football is my number 1.
Surely not. Pele and Beckenbauer played together in NYC and football remained small. Americans don't care about the rest of the world a lot. Still, it's gonna be interesting to see what the Messi effect will be over there.
@@philippluniak5855 but Pele was already washed up by the time he came to the us and there was no internet back then. So they did their best to supress football from becoming popular to make sure it didn't overtake the MLB, NFL etc and Beckham is no messi. Messi may not be in his prime but he is literally still the best player in the world with at least another few years left of elite level to show Americans why they should be watching the sport. Messi is literally the biggest and most famous athlete in the world right now. People are going to flock to see his every game and will draw attention to the MLS from investors etc. I hope that this is what it will take for football to finally become a staple in the us. We need more football stadiums and more tournaments here.
@@RobRuffMusic *Messi has entered the chat*
@@RobRuffMusic and football is the name of the sport. Your football is called American football* because you're the only ones that play it.
The Saudis offered him 1.3B for 2 years
What do you mean he gets to play in the best league in the world? You’re totally wrong about this! That league needs Messi more than Messi needs that MLS league. If that league was the best in the world, you would already have other great players in it being developed from within organically and everyone would know about it!
the saudi's final offer was $1.6b for 3 years. i don't think it's money he wants though
An avid fan of Messi here ❤
What is interesting in rejecting the Arab countries is that it is also rejecting the way they govern the country ie with an iron hand over the money. Salute to Messi.
I’m moving to Miami to see you goat ❤
Do they realize he rejected fu*kin 1.2 Billion$ to play in MLS?!?!!?????? 💀💀
He rejected, why?
Because Americans offered him stocks and shares that surpass what Saudis pay in long-term.
@@sawmar1 Long term bro?! Messi was gettin that ridiculous amount for just 2 seasons nd then he could have easily joined the MLS nd earn the same....🤯
The lack of relegation in your league is one reason why it isn't competitive.
Yeah it’s a new league having started in 1993 with 9 teams, hard to get relegated when there aren’t hundreds of clubs. Now it’s at 29 and has been progressing over the years thanks to efforts by Beckham, Zlatan, Bale etc. and is only growing. But hey feel free to start your own league and do better
@@Kevsterkicks I thought we were going to have a thoughtful conversation until the later part of your post says otherwise.
@@nakdickson That conversation is the same as asking us to call it football.
It is necessary to attract investors. People won't invest when thier team gets relegated within a year.
@@steve4812 why it works in the rest of the world?
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Aonde o Messi for eu forei❤😂🎉😊
I won't suscribe untill you call the sport by it's right name
If you went to Italy would you say the same thing since they say Calcio? I’m just curious.
You can cry more but we aren’t going to change for you
@@usarugbyleagueunionfan that's a dumb example because that's football in Italian.. that's like being mad at Spanish speaking countries for calling it "futbol" instead of football, even though that's the translation. The name of the sport is football, plain and simple
@@mrepix8287 yeah.. you might wanna check why it is called soccer in the first place. You might as well call it football since the word soccer is a short form of Association football
@@usarugbyleagueunionfan Well Calcio means Football in Italian Crack. it means more sense than soccer, At least Italians don't create sports (as usa) and steal names to call it Football
Messi gets the most interactions on almost all social media platforms. The MLS may be getting close as many as 500m- 1B viewers across the season.
It's going to be shocking because soccer(football) will technically be the most watched sport in the USA, considering it's also now the most watched among both women and men under 25 according to a survey.
The best what?? well maybe we will start taking soccer seriously in USA since the goat himself will be joining the league. Saudi deal still sounds more attractive but what ever the magician wants we cool.
I really wish it had been a club outside of Florida. That place is going to hell in a hand basket.
Money cant buy our Messi ^.^
Franchise".. in Europe we call that clubs.. and some are over 100 years old...
Clubs and franchises are different.
The team will win and win as Messi will attract other renowned players to MLS and Argies will wear pink
I subscribe to ur channel cuz of messi
That’s crazy 🤯🤯🤯
plus Miami city is best suitable place for his wife and children and spanish speaking community as oppose to sauidi
I m not following barca.
Now I will follow messi n iner miami
Hope messi wins his 8th balon dor
messi dont need money he made a wise choice for him and his family they allready have a house there and its better for their kids he has all the money in the world plus the whole world loves him because he is a good human .for usa its good because allot of kids will go and play soccer and usa will become stronger in this sport .we wish leo health health and health for sure he will give more special moments to all of us
Actually, he might stay to LIVE permanently in Miami...he has lots of property there. Lots of argentinians, many of his friends. And he can go back to Barcelona when a hurricane wipes out Miami.
ADIDAS
All Day I Dream About Soccer
By the way i have already MLS pass 😂
Bro turned down 1.2 billion euros bro 😂
Why didn't you make him the mayor of the city?
It’s a better deal than Ronaldo’s deal in the long term … and it’s better in terms of living standards. He will retire as the 1st or 2nd wealthiest person in sporting history! Jordan better watch his back!
For me, MLS is now replaced the French and La Liga.
I will never get use to the word "soccer"
Its Football
It's football not soccer
Bro, it's football.
SUAREZ should join him...they would be great together...that INTER MIAMI team is really weak just with MESSI
Lol 😆 how Apple help Miami to bring messi
in America
Wasn't it $1.2 billion?
Hes not your goat if you call the game soccer. Its FOOTBALL amigo.
It’s soccer
No one watches MLS outside of the USA. Now they will, and all that money is going to come through Apple TV.
And he doesn't have to be in same league as ego maniac Ronaldo always kicking up a fuss and slagging Messi off! Id rather play in the MLS and enjoy seeing America, than kicking a ball about in giant Sand Bowl eating gritty food! 😂
Football !!!! Not sucker.
SOCCER???WTF??
Como los va a hacer facturar messi.
They've got to go out and get 2 other top names... You cant put messi on a team with a bunch of garbage cmon man.
Its not official
If he is your goat out of respect call it football not soccer... it's ⚽⚽⚽ football
FUTBOL MTF'S😂😂
FOOTBALL…
He most definitely would have been miserable in SA
lost me at soccer
It's not Barcelona it's not Saudi Arabia and It's not called soccer either 😅
Suck soccer, its football
USA killed football. I don't even understand why Messi agreed to do this.
Inter Miami? He literally just won the World Cup and is only 35 years old.
He has 2 to 3 more years playing in the European top leagues. Im disappointed.
Exactly😢. Me too
You're not seeing the bigger picture. Messi has already won everything there is to win. He doesn't have anything to prove but yet he is going to a place where football is not even respected as the greatest port on earth that it is and he has the potential to finally put football on the map in the us because he is still in ELITE level shape to take the league into new heights.
@@HerotsLament he easily had 2 years of European football left in him in which he would've easily shattered all goal scoring records by CR7.
Now he's gone to Maimi which is literally at the bottom of their league with zero defence and midfield to support him. He could've easily joined MLS after 1-2 years and nothing would've changed
@@Giggity_Giggless that's not true. He has 2 to 3 awesome deals that came to him, those opportunities will probably not come again 3 years from now and who knows how he will be then. He can still break records and even then, he has more and greater accolades than Ronaldo. Who cares about goal records when you won the world cup? And again, think about what the guys said too. Next world cup will be in America, he will be more comfortable and more familiar with the country here when the next world cup comes. PSG is trash and never delivered messi and mbappepe is overrated player who will fall off in the next 2-3 years 😴 barca is lale too for doing messi dirty so he couldn't go back there and would you have been happier he went to the camel league instead and see him even less?
He did this because it's "his choice" not yours & he wants his family to be comfortable, something you seem to know nothing about. Don't question why he did the move, he made a choice to suit him & his family so live with it or just leave it ok. Messi doesn't need to live up to your expectations or anyone else's. Leave the man alone for GOD sake. Damn!!
Stop saying soccer 😢😭😭
It’s just our U.S. “term”. On Mars, we call it “Kerflupis”.
*Remember, Messi at 35 is not Messi at 25. He can get hurt and all goes down the drain. By the time he recovers, he will seriously think about RETIREMENT. So, don't get too excited.* Besides, with the present team, Messi is not Merlin...the magician. Lots of IF's.
Lol... You know Zlatan 😅😂
I am just in wonder why he choose Miami just for 45 million? 🤐🤐With Saudi 1.62 billion 💷 💰 deal....for 2.5 year... 💷?? And MESSI is already BRAND ambassador of ADIDAS from more than decade .. Its not new.. 😕😕... Still 1.6 billion is alot more than these deal for 2.5 years
He was miserable in Paris. I think he doesn't want to spend another 2 years in a place he and his family could not be comfortable. Being booed in Paris, he surely realized that it's not all about the money.
He hasn't retired from international football. So he needs stay fit.
MLS is basically Ligue 1 without PSG. Whereas Saudi league is like Ligue 2.