Lionel Messi and Inter Miami are finalizing a mega-deal worth up to $150 million to bring the superstar to MLS, Sportico reported Monday, June 18.
That figure consists of salary, signing bonus and equity in the club and runs through the 2025 season with an option for 2026, per Sportico. Revenue-sharing agreements with Adidas, Apple and Fanatics, all of which are MLS partners, are not included in the initial figure.
Messi already has a lifetime deal with Adidas, per Forbes.
Lionel Messi of Paris Saint-Germain during the Ligue 1 match between Paris Saint-Germain and Clermont Foot at Parc des Princes in Paris on June 3, 2023. (Julian Finney/Getty Images)
MLS is not subsidizing the contract, and Messi will not have the same option to buy an MLS team that David Beckham received when he moved to MLS in 2007, Sportico reported. That option turned into Inter Miami, of which Beckham is a co-owner….