Yesterday, rumors spread about an agreement between Messi and Barcelona for a 10-year contract with the Argentine. According to Sport, the project involves 2 more seasons at Barcelona, then 2 seasons at Inter Miami to end his career + Barcelona's ambassador, and the remaining seasons would be spent solely as Barça's ambassador. In his 4 remaining seasons as a player, he would earn € 60M per season, a total of € 240M, which is much lower than what he earns nowadays.
According to other sources (like Sport), the negotiations are still open as Messi wants to higher his fixed salary for his last 6 seasons as an ambassador.
He could meet up with Gonzalo Higuaín at Inter Miami, as well as 5 other Argentine players. The club is also partially owned by David Beckham, who's their president as well. It would be an interesting experience to see someone as important as Messi playing in the MLS, similar to what Pelé did in his last years with the New York Cosmos.
According to Laporta, for Messi, it's a matter of the future and the project, not the money. He also said that he's in good talks with his agents. Everything seems to point towards Messi signing a new contract with Barcelona, after making his decision to stay at the club. But only time will tell what happens next. I hope you liked this entry, and as always, I'll see you in the next blog.
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