{"id":183575,"date":"2026-03-08T23:40:11","date_gmt":"2026-03-08T23:40:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/183575\/"},"modified":"2026-03-08T23:40:11","modified_gmt":"2026-03-08T23:40:11","slug":"lionel-messi-makes-70-million-to-80-million-a-year-from-inter-miami","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/183575\/","title":{"rendered":"Lionel Messi makes &#8216;$70 million to $80 million a year&#8217; from Inter Miami"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>There is Lionel Messi, and then everyone else in MLS.<\/p>\n<p>The international soccer superstar is paid between $70 million and $80 million per year \u2014 including ownership shares of Inter Miami \u2014 according to franchise co-owner Jorge Mas.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe reason that I need to have sponsors and for them to be world-class is because players are expensive,\u201d Mas told Bloomberg about the club\u2019s recent naming-rights deal for its soon-to-open stadium with the Brazilian financial services company, Nu. \u201cI pay Messi \u2014 worth every penny \u2014 but it\u2019s $70 million to $80 million a year. Across everything.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><img style=\"aspect-ratio:1.49926794;display:block\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-modal-image=\"38712897\" width=\"885\" height=\"590\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/inter-miami-cf-forward-lionel-123021040.jpg\" alt=\"Lionel Messi celebrates scoring a goal for Inter Miami against DC United on March 7, 2026.\" class=\"wp-image-38712897\"  \/>Lionel Messi celebrates scoring a goal for Inter Miami against DC United on March 7, 2026. Jamie Sabau-Imagn Images<\/p>\n<p>Nu Stadium, with a seating capacity of 26,700 near Miami International Airport, is slated to hold its first match on April 4.<\/p>\n<p>The 38-year-old Messi, the Argentinian legend who joined Inter Miami in 2023, earns the highest base-salary in MLS at $12 million per season with guaranteed compensation of nearly $20.5 million, according to the league\u2019s players association. <\/p>\n<p>The eight-time Ballon d\u2019Or winner signed a contract extension last fall through the 2028 season, but he also earns additional tens of millions each year in endorsements and in a revenue-sharing arrangement with Apple, the league\u2019s broadcast partner.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cLeo changes everything for the better, from one point of view,\u201d Inter Miami\u2019s president of business operations Xavier Asensi told ESPN recently. \u201cSince Lionel\u2019s arrival, we reached the US Open Cup final, won the Leagues Cup, won the Supporters\u2019 Shield, [recorded] a record number of points, qualified for the Champions League, won the MLS Cup, reached another Leagues Cup final, reached the Champions League semifinals and qualified for the Club World Cup.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI think it\u2019s quite obvious and evident that Lionel\u2019s presence on the pitch, along with everything that has surrounded him, has allowed the club to perform better, and this is what I told you before: As a football club, we depend on what happens on the pitch.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"There is Lionel Messi, and then everyone else in MLS. The international soccer superstar is paid between $70&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":183576,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[9],"tags":[1660,8003,123,125,124,2062,110],"class_list":["post-183575","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-miami","tag-lionel-messi","tag-major-league-soccer","tag-miami","tag-miami-headlines","tag-miami-news","tag-soccer","tag-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/183575","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=183575"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/183575\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/183576"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=183575"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=183575"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=183575"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}