Lionel Messi makes ‘$70 million to $80 million a year’ from Inter Miami

Source: New York Post

There is Lionel Messi, and then everyone else in MLS. The international soccer superstar is paid between $70 million and $80 million per year — including ownership shares of Inter Miami — according to franchise co-owner Jorge Mas. “The reason that I need to have sponsors and for them to be world-class is because players are expensive,” Mas told Bloomberg about the club’s recent naming-rights deal for its soon-to-open stadium with the Brazilian financial services company, Nu.