Messi effect, the fortune that will make Inter Miami win next season

The arrival of Lionel Messi to Major League Soccer was a great event for the United States. Not only was the sport revolutionized, but figures from different fields wanted to go see the Argentine star at the different stadiums where he played. Celebrities such as Kim Kardashian, Camila Cabello, Selena Gómez and LeBron James were on the court on several occasions, dazzling with the left-handed quality.

Recently, the owners of Inter Miami (David Beckham and brothers José and Jorge Más) gave an interview to The Times and left some interesting revelations. The former English soccer player revealed that he had a particular fear about Messi's arrival in Miami. Beckham thought that Barcelona's interest in repatriating his prodigal son was a blow to his dream of having Messi in the pink shirt.

Although he negotiated with the Catalan team, he ended up arriving in Miami. For his part, Jorge Más revealed what he told Messi to convince him, and it was not an exorbitant financial offer. “How many elite athletes have had the opportunity to change a sport in a country?” the businessman asked and convinced the man from Rosario. From there, Messimania began in Miami and the rest of the country.

Although figures such as Kaká, Zlatan Ibrahimovic and Gareth Bale, among many others, have passed through the MLS in recent times, none of them have been able to achieve the revolution that Lionel Messi represented in football. In the last century, a superstar like the Brazilian Pelé also played, who did it for the Cosmos, but nothing compares to what the Argentine's unmatched celebrity produces.

The money that Messi makes

Inter Miami confirmed that all the tickets it had available at the Drive Pink stadium in Fort Lauderdale for the next Major League Soccer regular season were sold. In addition, he announced that there will only be some tickets left to sell for particular matches.

Estimating that there were 20 thousand tickets sold (the capacity of the stadium is 21 thousand people) the collection would be around 17 million dollars, since each ticket cost, on average, around 870 dollars. Adding the tickets that will be sold during the season, the collection could rise to 20 million.