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The Messi Impact: New Inter star brings big business to MLS
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The new Inter Miami superstar has a great effect on the whole league.

Inter Miami, winning only 41% of its matches in its 4 campaigns since its establishment, is now the USA’s most popular side. It’s all thanks to their new Argentinian superstar – Lionel Messi. His effect is so huge that people are now discussing the MLS’s pre-and-post-Leo era.

“The future of football in the USA is so bright,” Inter Miami co-owner David Beckham claimed in an Adidas news conference before Lionel Messi’s debut with the team.

“I’ve seen the progress over the last decade … Bringing one of the best players in the world not just to Inter Miami, but to the league, to America, it’s so huge. Not only Latina America watches us closely now, but the whole world.”

The Miami club’s popularity in search engines increased by more than 1,200 percent after the news that Messi chose them to continue his career.

Inter Miami now sells tickets 10 times higher than the pre-Messi era of the club. The 1st day of Leo’s jersey sales was the best day of any player changing clubs across all sports as he topped Cristiano Ronaldo signing with Man. United in 2021, Tom Brady inked with the Tampa Bay Bucs in 2020, and LeBron James became a Los Angeles Lakers player in 2018.

Inter Miami was the top-selling club across all sports for 3 days between July 17 and July 20. “That is unheard of for an MLS side,” shared a source familiar with the trends.

The league’s official online store even said that their Messi kits may not arrive until the next 2 months.

Lionel Messi won everything in his career, but he continues to dominate on and off the pitch even at 36, and all eyes are on him wherever he goes.