Lionel Messi-to-MLS began, sometime last decade, as a distant pipe dream. But after years of courtship and rumors, with Messi's impending departure from PSG all but confirmed, the possibility now seems as real as ever. Inter Miami, the five-year-old MLS franchise minority-owned by David Beckham, appears to be one of three key suitors for the greatest soccer player ever.
Messi's Miami salary would almost certainly be the highest in league history, well beyond the $14 million that Toronto FC currently pays Lorenzo Insigne. At PSG, Messi reportedly makes north of $40 million per season on a contract that also included eight-figure bonuses. Before that, at Barca, according to, he made over $100 million annually.
“Team equity ownership is gonna be a big piece of [a potential deal], there's no doubt in my mind,” says Jordan Gardner, a Bay Area-based soccer investor and consultant, who spoke to Yahoo Sports about Miami’s options but clarified that he has no intimate knowledge of negotiations.
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