Yeah because 2022 is a different story, you know what I mean 😉

So glad they’re giving him Equity!!! With Messi, MLS will thrive even after he retires!!!

True have you guys seen those tickets lol

It was the best thing to happen to all sport

True, those are the only 3 that based on natural ability transcend the sport, almost God like status. They are from different generations so it's almost impossible to say which is the best. Ronaldo deserves a mention too based on achievement but his talent is more about hard work and winning mentality. He doesn't have anywhere near the natural/ special talents of Pele, Maradona and Messi.

Ronaldinho

@@sheffsteel7 Agree is the most human 😊

@gigasubhuman I agree

Nah pele and messi are at a seat by themselves. There is nothing that makes maradona be at a seat with them. Maradona is at the level of cristiano, ronaldo, cruyff, puskas..

Erm didn't he leave psg 😳 🤔 so it doesn't collerate

@@craigcassidy6078 But Barcelona was hoping to purchase him again

​@@craigcassidy6078he left for psg because of bad financial management in barca

Messi

He didn't leave because he wanted to, he was Forced To leave cause barca couldn't sign him under the new Fifa fair play rules, he basically came back from vacation, got a sorry from the president and got told he's gonna have to find somewhere else to play.

Well, if you wanna buy a business you don't tell the guy/s that's selling it to you how to make it much better and have huge profits. You'd be a freaking idiot if you do!

500 million in two years?? I'd say Inter already earned that much only since Messi was signed! 500 million is nothing in today's football, ESPECIALLY if Lionel Messi is in your team!

Messi is like throwing gasoline onto a fire. Massive effect but won't last for too long. However if the Messi effect starts wearing off in 2026, then the US will experience another "gasoline thrown on a fire" effect, when the mens World Cup starts. Don't think Americans understand how much "world attention" the Messi signing and the World Cup 2026 gives the USA and the MLS. Messi is much much bigger than Lebron, Brady, Tiger Woods etc and the World Cup is much much bigger than the Super Bowl, on the world stage.

@zeo4481 there are 2 more factors that could and should take the MLS to the next level. 1: Introducing a promotion/ relegation raises the stakes/ jeopardy to worrying but exciting levels. Every single result becomes massively important. Seeing big teams near the bottom provides ghoulish interest because that team could be relegated to the lower MLS tier. This system means it's less about entertainment and more about survival and theatre. 2: The MLS talk about potentially attracting elite level players in their prime, however all the best players want to play in the highest standard, most prestigious club competition, which is the European Champions :League, so somehow the MLS winners need to be allowed to play in this competition OR maybe after 2026 there may be talk of a world club competition that becomes more lucrative and more prestigious than the Euro league. Imagine MLS teams regularly playing home and away to clubs like Real Madrid, Liverpool, Inter Milan. Thats when you clubs are on the world map playing the best.

Well Jamaican, Haitian, and all Latin Americas love soccer.

@@Lele-lq3tx over 90 % of south florida is from cuba

Several years ago, the FC Cincinnati team paid well over $100m for the franchise and that didn’t include well over another $150m for the stadium and related property development, not even including players, coaches, training facilities, etc. i think its reasonable to suggest a small market team is worth $400m, so you take a Miami with the Messi effect in a couple years, why not $1b.

@@Gefionius arsenal just paid 105million pounds for declan rice that's one footballer.

Messi is not retired, and you're seeing it as we read each other. 36 years old and is making EVERYBODY in the MLS and the mexican league looked like amateurs! 36 years old and he has scored 5 goals in les than three games played and is making some of his teammates look like new versions of prime Dani Alves (Yedlin), Xavi (Cremaschi) and Neymar (Taylor).

Agree.....Beckham knows that when a footballer is incredibly wealthy it's more about the project, lifestyle, family life and legacy, more than pure money. Also Beckham knows that the US is still an untapped market with huge potential. So it's opportunism and makes sense to persuade the best player in the world to live in a country with plenty of Argentianians and Spanish speaking Latinos. Home from home.