Argentine star Lionel Messi, Inter Miami player, proves that he was a very successful deal for the American team at the sporting and commercial levels.
The Spanish newspaper “Marca” reported that Inter Miami, which was established in 2018, excelled in some commercial indicators on ancient European clubs in a short period of time, and this has increased since his contract with Messi in the summer of 2023.
She said, “It is evident that any club needs to win the history industry and win the fans, and therefore Jorge Mass thought one of the angel Inter Miami to include Messi to be the cornerstone of his sports project with prominent names such as Luis Suarez, Jordi Alba, Sergio Busquets, Oscar Ostari and Videy Redondo.”
But Messi, 38, alone had a major impact on Inter Miami and also benefited from the American League teams, which was confirmed by numbers and statistics.
Next, the records made by Messi since joining Inter Miami in the summer of 2023 and the US League benefited from:
- Inter Miami’s market value increased by 103% to $ 1.19 billion.
- Product sales jumped by 41% and the Messi shirt was the best -selling shirt.
- A record public presence in the American League 2023-2024 season of about 11.5 million spectators, an increase of 6% over the previous season and 15% over the previous season.
- The Apple TV platform has earned 300,000 new subscribers to the American League in one month of Messi’s accession to Inter Miami.
- Ticket income after reaching $ 265 million, while ticket prices increased by 1700%.
- The rest of the American League teams achieved an additional income from selling tickets of $ 84 million.
Messi’s perfect record
As for Messi himself, he is now seeking to maintain his ideal record in the group stage, with all the championships in which he participated, whether with the clubs or the team.
According to “Marca”, Messi was not excluded from the first round throughout his career from any championship in which he appeared with Barcelona, Paris Saint -Germain or the Argentine national team.
Inter Miami needs only one point of its last match in the group stage of the Club World Cup against Palmeiras, which is scheduled at 4 am Mecca and Doha time from next Tuesday, to ensure that it qualifies for the final price round, regardless of the outcome of the match between Al -Ahly and Porto Portuguese.
Last Thursday, Messi led Inter Miami to achieve his first victory in the World Cup clubs, at the expense of Porto by scoring the winning goal (2-1) from a direct free kick.
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Inter Miami is second in the Group A table with 4 points, goal difference from Palmeiras.