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I am convinced that Messi didn't want to lose out too much on his new contract compared to what he could have earned in the Saudi Professional League. I would also like to understand the specific details about the involvement of Adidas and Apple here, but I am sure there will be more details coming to light with more time passing by. For now he is making a decision also for life quality. He owns a huge luxury apartment in Miami and if someone has the choice between Saudi Arabia and Miami, it is probably not too hard to guess what the decision might be. Especially when he is still winning big time financially and that seems to be the case either way. Also, the news say that the Saudi deal is not cancelled, but put on ice or something.

Jude Bellingham officially Real Madrid and again Dortmund is another young talent,
I feel like Dortmund is making wrong decisions over and over. They lost Haalnd last time while he could be a great player to help Dortmund and now again they lost Bellingham while he could be a key for them to earn more achievements in the next season.



https://www.theguardian.com/football/2023/jun/07/real-madrid-jude-bellingham-seal-initial-100m-deal-borussia-dortmund

Definitely shocked to learn about Messi to Miami. Thats actually a pretty decent thing when all things said and done. First of all Miami is one of the most crowded Spanish speaking nations there is, and as we all know Messi speaks Spanish as well, which benefits him on his regular life, not like he goes to grocery store to buy a carton of milk, but it must come in handy. Secondly he is said to be paid based on revenue, he didn't leave for "a lot of money" that arabic teams offered, not because money didn't matter to him, it does, but he rather earn a share of the revenue he himself generates, Arabic teams offered him fix money, if they made more thanks to him, that's their profit, instead now Messi will earn his own revenue back. And lastly, MLS is just a bit more respected, lets face it, SPL is getting more famous due to ronaldo benzema etc etc, but MLS has been the "retirement home" for many, as old as Beckham getting record fee even all the way back. So I guess it should be fine, I don't think it would really change all that much.

The decision to buy Jude Bellinghan was a big step taken by Real Madrid. I think the value of the investment made by Madrid will not be in vain and I think that figure is very normal. For the midfield, Madrid already has a great midfielder and of course he can be relied on for the long term. But right now Los Blancos also have to add several players up front to fill the void. At the moment, only Rodrygo and Vinicius are the only reliable front line for El Real, while for the position left by Benzema, he must immediately find a suitable replacement because it will be very risky if the single striker position is not filled with players with enough flying hours.

Real Madrid thought that Harry Kane is someone that actually will perform really well as the main striker. After all, he has proved himself in the English Premier League. That it is not going to be a big problem for him to actually performed in the La Liga as well. It is actually a little surprising to see Real Madrid prioritizing experience over youth. Especially in this era where fast paced football is much more trending.

Manchester United are another interested team in Harry Kane these days. As we both said that his priority would be to stay in the English Premier League his first choice would be the Red Devils I guess. The only and important problem here is whether Manchester United are ready to pay a big sum of money to sign a 29-year-old striker now.

Of course it is still Kane we are talking about so I think he is worth it anyway. Because his age shouldn't mislead anyone. He has the capacity to play at his top performance for many more years. He can be like Benzema for Real Madrid for example. Football is an industry from now on so technically a sum around 100 million euros isn't that much enormous for rich teams.

They don't want to be caught off guard, so they dare to set a high enough price in the clause.
The move was actually quite good and also quite brave considering they also realized that prolonging the negotiations could actually make things complicated so that they immediately hit a fantastic price.
Actually I'm also not too surprised by this because of course seeing from some of the previous discussions about Jude it is indeed possible for him to be in Madrid next season.

I want to give my 2 cents too  
I just saw the news that Messi has signed with Inter Miami (Beckham's team).
As a fan and a supporter, I am sad for having practically ended the chances of seeing Messi play another Champions League with Barcelona, and with a strong team, to have a chance of winning the title, since Barcelona is already good, and will get reinforcements for next season.

In my opinion it doesn't make any sense to go to Saudi Arabia, Messi has already seen what happened with Cristiano Ronaldo and doesn't want to have the same experience.
The USA is a country that Messi already knows well, he has a house there in Miami, he has a lifestyle similar to the one he has in France and had in Spain. Besides the fact that the USA is closer to Argentina.

Besides this, we must also consider the fact that the next World Cup will be in the United States in only 3 years, and the Copa America will also be there in 2024.
Soccer in the country is developing, there is a lot of money to be made, the audience should increase with the arrival of Messi, and the player can still earn a lot with partnerships and sponsorships.
Even more with real chances of Messi playing the Copa America for Argentina, and who knows, maybe even one more cup.

A few days ago I made a post betting that he would go to Barcelona for a season and then go to the USA.
It was supposed to happen, but unfortunately Barcelona didn't get the necessary elements to close the contract with him.

Real Madrid don't chase twice, it gladdens mam to.see that he made the right choice choosing Real Madrid over, Manchester City, Liverpool and Manchester United.
Also, I'm happy to see that he'll work with players like Luka Modric and also Toni Kroos who are serial winners when it comes to the game. This has got to be the best decision he's taken for his career. Oke thing is sure for him, winning either of the La Liga and Champions League in the next five seasons ahead.

I wasn't expecting the switch to Saudi Arabia for Ngolo Kante, but it seems like Mauricio Pochetino already communicated with him already. Bunch of lucks to him as he moves over that league.

Even though it's still decent, the price is still quite debatable, I think because regardless of his performance, at his current age, the price for Kane is too high.
But this is Madrid with their money power which is sometimes as you say difficult to understand as long as their wishes can be achieved without obstacles they are ready to spend more in financial matters.

In my opinion, this fee is still quite reasonable considering Bellingham is still 19 years old, especially since he is a talented player during this season. For Kane I don't think Real Madrid will spend more than 100 million euros because I read earlier in the news that Real Madrid have already made an offer for a transfer fee of 80 million euros, now the decision lies with Spurs and also Harry Kane how they respond.

For the midfield it seems that it is quite complete because there will be Valverde, Bellingham and Camavinga, while Modric, Kroos and Tchouameni will be the back-up. Maybe Ancelotti will buy an additional winger to replace Asensio. Real Madrid is not another Chelsea, as we know Real Madrid has the Los Galacticos project which appeared decades ago by bringing in several star players and for Real Madrid this massive player spending activity is normal. What's more, they buy players for long-term projects, not just for one or two seasons.

Fabrizio said Barcelona had no guarantees that Messi would return there, maybe that was what made it more difficult for Messi to join Barcelona again, after the meeting between Jorge Messi and Laporta could not change anything and Messi chose another league, namely MLS.

I think it will be closer to Al Hilal because as many media reports say, I would also like to see them duel again but that hope will be dashed because Messi prefers MLS to the Arab League.
The charm of MLS will increase again after Messi's arrival, because there are many Messi fans around the world.

I think it is a wise decision that Messi has made to avoid starting up a new rivalry that will make him uncomfortable in the Saudi Arabia league. Moving to a new region gives him an opportunity to be comfortable and have his own audience free from comparison with Ronaldo. With Messi's move to a new league, it will increase the number of people who watch the American League. For the club that has succeeded, it is good business for them, their fan base will increase.

I am a Barcelona fan as well as a Messi admirer. however, it seems that the agreement between the two parties has ended with no meeting points after the meeting between Jorge Messi and Laporta. As quoted by Goal, Messi's father admitted earlier this week that his son would prefer a return to Barcelona, ​​but their precarious financial situation has ultimately made a final deal impossible.  which in essence, it was Barcelona's financial problems that became an obstacle for Messi to return to Camp Nou.

in the end, Messi has reportedly decided to join Inter Miami. naturally, because Barcelona is experiencing problems as quoted from Goal. after all, Inter Miami's offer made more sense.
by the way, before that many of us thought that Barcelona could not bring Messi home to Camp Nou. that means, Messi is going to Al Hilal. but unexpectedly, in the end Messi chose to go to MLS. well, referring to what you said. apparently, with his contract with Inter Miami, I think Messi will spend his career in MLS.

To be honest, I prefer Barcelona with new faces. I mean, even without Messi Barcelona can achieve a return to its former glory.

I am beginning to think they’re lot of benefits with the MLS move compared to the Saudi Arabia contract. It’s been reported, that the deal will also include commercial contracts with Apple and Adidas, both of whom are key MLS partners. So I’m also looking at the big picture. If he goes to Saudi, that’s it for the salary but with MLS, he’s going to have a share of profit from Adidas, from Apple+ and also a new team that he can start upon retirement and more so, he’s going to bring new excitement about football to America.

This is correct but I couldn't find any information on the salary they are going to pay him. Not that it is particularly important, but I would like to know because the offer he turned down for the time being in Saudi Arabia is insanely high and Inter Miami must have offered something that at least made him delay his stay in the Saudi Professional League for some time. Apple and Adidas are also involved somehow and it sounds like an interesting deal overall.

But it came to my mind that I think he has a plan for the next three to four years and probably signed preliminary agreements for future seasons in the SPL. Everything else would be surprising as I don't think he would entirely forego a potential salary of 500 million per season. I guess he has a contract that predefines a certain period of time he is going to spend in the MLS and then moves on to the SPL. If anybody has more information to share on that I would be happy to read it.

Sometimes we don't understand how Madrid sign new players they must have made the calculations I mean Madrid understand the situation
when compared with age, $100 million is too expensive for old players but maybe they saw something in Harry Kane considered capable of replacing Benzema
remember that Harry Kane is 2nd in premier league top scorers 6 goals behind Haaland which means the ability is still feasible for at least the next 2 seasons.

That 103 Million € as transfer fee seem like a pretty weird number to me, but i guess that Real did not want to pay more than 100 M€ now and that 3 M€ on top are probably a nice bonus that Borussia Dortmund was able to achieve. If Real also needs to pay all add-ons then this would make it a deal that would cost them more than 130 M€ plus the salary of course.
I would guess that a big part of the money that is available for transfers this summer is gone for Real Madrid now. I doubt that they can do another deal of this magnitude (to get Harry Kane for example) if they are not selling one of their own players before. We will see what happens in the next weeks.

It was very surprising, I thought that if Messi didn't go to Barcelona, he would choose to go to the Arab league. But he not choose Al-Hilla offer and prefers to join MLS. In fact, if Messi goes to the Arab League, we will get an inte coresting matches, because we can see the rivalry between Messi and Ronaldo again at their no longer young age once again, and I'm sure it will be a exciting duel. Inter Miami is very lucky to be able to bring Messi.

Fabrizio Romano has said here we go!!! about this then I quite believe in the validity of this news of course this makes conditions where Barcelona and clubs from the middle east who are ready to bring Messi must bite the fingers now.
Honestly though I still don't really like the pro arab league in this case but I still expect Messi and Ronaldo to be rivals again in their old age but Inter Miami is now getting this player.
Still haven't found out about the contract given but according to some current rumors, but it is rumored that he has some advantages when playing in MLS next season because apart from the lifestyle there is rumored to be a deal with a big brand that goes beyond football but indeed this is still unconfirmed.