The value of the MLS team has skyrocketed and this year they project to be the ‘richest’ soccer franchise on the entire continent.
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The effect Lionel Messi You don’t just live on the court. After the arrival of the Argentine to the MLS and to Inter MiamiSpecifically, the South Florida team has won Leagues Cup y MLS Cup in the last three seasons. The impact of the star is also experienced in the business world, since, according to a report from Sportyhe Inter Miami has become the most expensive soccer team in the MLS and America.
Valued at $1.45 billion dollars, the Inter Miami surpassed LAFC on the list of the sports publication specialized in finance. The club of Messi It is one of five in the league with an appreciation currently of more than a billion dollars. The two Los Angeles teams, Atlanta United and New York City FC complete the list.
This year, Inter Miami lives with long tablecloths. Not only are they the defending league champions for the first time in history, but they extended to Messi until 2028, they signed the Argentine-Mexican striker German Berterameand will inaugurate their new stadium, Miami Freedom Park on April 4.
And today, they can boast of being the most expensive team in their league, driven by the ambitious strategy of signing what, for many, is the best player in the history of football.
Leo’s millionaire earnings
In 2022, the last year before the signing of Messi in Miamithe club reported profits of $56 million. Founded by Jorge Más and David Beckham Eight years ago, the team stood out from the beginning for the promise of signing important and mostly Latin American players, reflecting the mixed culture of South Florida.
The initial arrivals of the Mexican Rodolfo Pizarro and the Argentine Gonzalo Higuaín, were the first manifestations of this strategy. In 2023, the arrival of Messirecently separated from Paris Saint-Germain, meant a radical change in the short history of the team, since he was accompanied by several of his former teammates from the Barcelona.
Luis Suárez, Sergio Busquets and Jordi Alba arrived shortly after to complete a quartet of culés in Miami which culminated with the title in 2025. The also former teammate of Messi in BarcelonaJavier Mascherano, took over as coach for that season. The influx of stars into the team, with Messi as the top representative, meant that the club’s profits rose from $56 million to more than $200 million.
The million-dollar investment in Miami Freedom Park, the team’s own stadium, significantly increased the value of the team, putting it in the same category as LAFC, LA Galaxy and Atlanta United, who also have properties owned by the club’s owners.
The building, which will have its grand debut on April 4 against Austin FC, will, without a doubt, have Messi as the main attraction at least for the next three seasons, a situation that will allow the Inter Miami continue billing.
The most expensive in the Americas
According Forbes y Sportythere is no other soccer team outside of the United States with a valuation of more than $1 billion. The internal economy of the country, the international projection of brands such as Inter Miami (by Messi, Beckham and others) as well as NYCFC (which is part of the City Football Group teams) and the internal expansion market of MLSwho earned $500 million for the newest team, San Diego FC, are the main factors for this appreciation.
Although there are teams with a much greater history and international influence in the rest of the Americas, such as Boca Juniors, River Plate, Flamengo, Fluminense, America o Chivas who enjoy having many more millions of fans than the Inter Miamithese are not considered by the aforementioned publications. In Mexico, the value set by the America is just under $500 million, thanks to the sale of 49 percent of the club to General Atlantic for $240 million last December. Other clubs in major markets that have their own modern stadiums include Chivas and Monterrey, although the total value of their assets is also unknown.
Messi increasingly linked to the US
For him World this summer, the selection of Argentina chose the Kansas City metropolitan area as its headquarters, in the heart of the country to face its defense of the title obtained in 2022. This will mean that, Messi He will practically not have to leave the country to go from his club to his national team heading to the World Cup.
In Miami, Leo’s home, the Argentine Football Association (AFA) has maintained offices since 2023, designed to serve exclusively as a base for the tournaments that have been and will be held in the United States in the coming years, including the America’s Cup and the World Cups both male and female.
Finally, with your team, Messi has managed to incorporate its cast into the structure of the Inter Miamiwith former Barcelona collaborators like Ángel Guillermo Hoyos and friends like Daniel Godoy, who are firmly involved in the club’s basic forces project.
The three children of Messiwhere they take their first steps as soccer players in search of, perhaps, one day emulating their father. Thiago, Mateo and Ciro Messi are already part of the team’s youth divisions, in which they will be with their father for at least the next two years.
Meanwhile, the club that was born just less than a decade ago, already enjoys being part of the billionaires’ club, and does so hand in hand with an ambitious vision that has brought them to Messione of the most brilliant figures in the history of football and organized sports.
