Lionel Messi must have seen the future. When Inter Miami was established in the North American professional league, MLS – it couldn’t start its first season until two years later, in 2020 – MLS commissioned a video in which world stars paid tribute to its part-owner David Beckham. Lionel Messi said: – First of all, congratulations. I wish you all the best with this project and your new role. Who knows, maybe in a few years you can give me a ring.
Five years later, he moved from conditional status to announcer: after the contract of the seven-time Ballon d’Or and the genius Argentine world champion with Paris Saint-Germain expired, he decided, to the surprise of many, to continue his career. in Inter Miami. In that club, which currently occupies the last place in the MLS Eastern Conference, out of twenty matches it won only five and lost thirteen, that is, it still belongs to the category of fugitives. However, this miserable present can be followed by a bright future, which can have a good effect not only on the Florida club, but on MLS as a whole.
How did David Beckham change the league?
David Beckham with this You can change it again Traditional soccer is played in North America. MLS, which was created after the 1994 World Cup in the United States, has been moribund in the years since the turn of the millennium,
But when Beckham signed a contract from Real Madrid to the Los Angeles Galaxy in 2007, putting the league on the former “galaxy” sky, his influence was fundamental and still affects today.
His arrival ignited interest in Major League Soccer, bringing packed stadiums across the country, and American fans spared no money to catch a glimpse of the former Real Madrid and Manchester United star.
We can be sure that Thierry Henry, Zlatan Ibrahimovic, Steven Gerrard, Andrea Pirlo, David Villa or Kaká would not have gone to MLS without him. The 32-year-old English footballer was also motivated by business considerations when he made up his mind, as his first contract with MLS included the fact that upon his retirement he would be given the right to create his own franchise at an entrance of $25 million in expenses. When David Beckham later retired from PSG, in January 2014 he officially announced with Carlos Jimenez, the mayor of Miami, that he was exercising his rights under the contract, and immediately began working with his co-investors, Simon Fuller, Jorge and Jose Mas to create the new club.
