Yup. Exactly. I personally think the Saudi league is doomed to fail. There whole plan is to pay the biggest stars. We've seen that plan countless times. MLS has been going steady since 1996 and it has found a way to keep standing.
The idea that the Saudi League has more of a future than playing in the most lucrative media market in the world. Is absurd. Pretty much everything they said about MLS was wrong or ignorant.
Exactly, he just didn’t want to face the embarrassment of two years ago, again. It’s that simple. The deal would have been done, La liga and their own FFP, makes things unnecessarily harder..
@@henxietyOnly League with Harsh Salary Cap. Meanwhile PL is buying out all players. & dont forget Saudis. Its called common sense to update rules & regulations According to Market. Sports is business. & Business needs progressive mindset not some old people's old moral lecture.
@@darknebula455 What you're heading towards to is unregulated and an extremely fragile financial situation. If you can't see that then I can't help you. Go to an economics class
@@henxiety i am talking about Updated regulations not Unregulated market. You dont need Finance degree to understand market. Many billionaires didn’t went to Finance class. So dont use this excuse to cut off somebody. I do understand is that if Laliga was so caring.about regulation & laws to make the.League better why didn’t they gave proper share of TV deals to All laliga clubs like Premiere League? Where was your so called moral regulations then? First you give so much power to only 2 clubs then suddenly choke your one of 2 big clubs. Meanwhile all the competitors are buying out talents. When you want to save your League you have to give some incentives to your big players. Why do you Think Govt go & Save Big Banks if they go bankrupt? Not only Cuz they are too big to fail. But also cuz if they get hit whole.economy gets hit. Barcelona going bankrupt will just ruin Laliga more to doom already its dragged behind even Bundesliga this season in ranking. I am not saying don't regulate at all. But laliga harsh rules not only dragged Barcelona down but also hitting clubs like Villarreal, Sevilla. They couldn’t even hold to their players. & meanwhile PL teams are buying right & left. How can they do that? Doesn’t they have regulations? They do but those are more relaxed & most importantly they gave proper TV shares to all clubs for a long Time. So update rules. If you cant even Understand than i dont know What u were smoking during Economics class.
@@siiir1322unfortunately it is true. They do this to try and stop teams from paying for players behind closed doors. If mbappe came and wanted to play for free the league would come and set a minimum book amount that they believe the player is worth.
How does Messi not going back to Barca ruin his legacy? Messi is the GOAT. It makes Barcelona look bad, Messi wants his own club, and lets be honest America is probably better interms of investing and buisness ventures then the saudi league is. Geordie i don`t think it`s that easy too just ask for less money, after all Messi has his contract with his wages in it. and let`s not pretend that Messi didn`t try to take paycuts to stay at Barca, even with Messi trying to go as low as what was possible considering his contract it still wasn`t enough for Barca too keep him.
Messi couldn’t lower his wage any more cause of financial regulations. He brings in to much money and Barca couldn’t guarantee him getting a large enough % of the earned money back, required by the regulations.
Messi also said he just want to chill apparently. Ngl, seeing some of his psg games I’m thinking no ways he survives la liga. But then for Argentina he’s a beast again. But he is playing small sides.
0:50 well barca need to lower their wage bill by 100 to 150 mil and only then they can register messi so it is not about his wage demand bcs they weren't planning to give him that much around 10 to 15 mil a year and he earns more than a 100 mil so thats a huge decrease on his end
Something prem fans don’t realize is Messi could play for free but La Liga will set a minimum salary on the books of 25-35 million or whatever they think he should get paid and that’s what’s on the books. They have the money to do it, they just can’t because of la ligas financial rules.
@@aritraroy2701 your opinion that he has 0 Charisma and Personality yet millions..millions admire and respect him showcases how Big Messi is compared to Beckham.. Also, did u even watch Messi’s personality against Netherlands this WC OR his speech before the CA final against Brazil?? Messi doesn’t do it for the cameras…there is a reason why this Argentina team are ready to give their lives for Messi.. You can’t have people ready to kill themselves for you without Charisma or Personality 🤷🏻♂️
@@vb2388 that's because of the respect he has earned as a player. Not because of his personality. There's a reason why Maradona criticised his personality and leadership skills. He has none. Remember the 8 2 game? Instead of encouraging his teammates he had his head down from the very beginning. Same happened in the Roma and Liverpool comebacks.
He communicate in Spanish and he dont care much speaking in English and 70% of the population in Miami speak his language. And this Ninja with a semi cockney accent say he dont knows how to communicate well. Bruh.
They definitely underestimate how many Spanish speakers are in the us. Even still he can just have a translator. Shohei ohtani doesn’t speak great English and he is one of the faces of mlb
MLS has started developing young talent in recent years. They're late in selling to the international market, but they understand it now. Look at Almiron. It took him a while to show his chops at Newcastle, but you can't deny he's got skills. And he first displayed them in Atlanta, in a part of the country not previously known for footballing fandom and talent. Opening up the South was huge for MLS, even more huge in the long run than Messi, I would say, at least outside of Miami and Fort Lauderdale. Old talent still has value in the league, and Messi's already turning heads in every city he'll be playing in, among people who'd have never paid attention before. He's already a modern-day Pelé in that regard, and he hasn't even stepped on the playing field yet.
@@genuardi22 I specifically mentioned Almiron because he plays for TTG's club, and I remember (bitterly) when Brian slagged him off for coming from MLS a few years ago when he was struggling. I don't hold their lack of knowledge about recent overseas trends against them, for the most part. It's hard enough following a single top-flight league, and it isn't a surprise that what they do know involves UEFA's big players, because of the Champions League. How could a league on another continent pique their interest? I'm sure that folks at Apple TV are asking the same questions, especially since most MLS games are night games here (it's our tradition) so they'd all start after midnight in the U.K.
Because their audience is predominantly English and PL fans. No one in Spain watches this. And the plastic Real, Barca bandwagoners might as well watch this coz they support players not clubs. 😂😂
@@aritraroy2701 Their audience being predominantly English doesn’t justify them putting little to no effort into researching what they’re being paid to talk about. Silly excuse. Also, by your logic, the vast majority of big English club fans are plastic.
A lot of rubbish was said in that pod cast. But one thing that stuck out was that the number one sport in the US is baseball. It's not. 1, NFL. 2, Basketball. 3, Baseball. 4, Hockey. 5 everything else.
0:43 Messi offered the Barca board a paycut back when they were forcing him to leave. It did not work back then. He was tired of the back and forth and did not want any players getting reduced wages or get cut to make space for him. Also, Barca only sent him a proposal, not a contract so it was the club that did not do enough. Above all, Barca cannot even guarantee his registration with Tebas as La Liga president.
I think the whole Wrexham thing will help as well. If they can get promotion and relegation into the MLS I think it’ll take off. The toughest thing for the American sports is half the teams stop caring once they realise they can’t make the play offs
Exactly. Raise the salary cap from 5M to 30M, increase DPs from 3 to 4, and implement relegation/promotion system. They’re wasting valuable time not doing these things especially with the WC being there in ‘26
It will absolutely grow the MLS. Because it grows interest in the sport in general. I think there will be a big boom in popularity of football in America and Canada following the 2026 World Cup, mainly in the development of youth. It’s not going to be instant but there will be a significant change. Baseball is dying, hockey is dying, these are sports that are down trending. Football can move up the ladder over there
According to his interview, he was told some players would have to be sold to be able to register him at Barca. As for Saudi, yea the money is amazing but he went with comfort it seems. He's also going to a heavy Spanish speaking part of Florida
The problem with America is that they don’t have the mentality from youth to pursue football (plus you have to have good money to play), meanwhile here in the uk, or Europe and south America we breathe football from the moment we touch one.
That used to be the case. A lot of bad attitudes against the game have melted away over the past 30 years, though, and lots of folks have taken note that soccer's biggest fans in the U.S. are under 30 years old, and many of those kids actually played the game, made part of their lives. It's a huge growth opportunity, and right now footballing culture has never been bigger here in the U.S. There's more to come, at all levels. Even pay-to-play academies are starting to open their doors and bring in kids who couldn't afford to join in the past.
@@eksortso which is great and if the US can get behind the machine of pumping out talent it might work, but once again its just a cultural thing, I cant see it for the next 10 - 20 years. hopefully, I mean it would be good to see the MLS hit top 10 leagues.
The ones doing it right are definitely playing the long game. For now, we got Messi, he's got us, and everyone wants to look good on the world's pitch.
@@TheJWRBthat's what people outside of US don't understand. America has been going through a demographic and cultural change that favors soccer. The huge immigration from south America is increasing the fan base of soccer. As this immigration continues over the next 5-10 years soccer will be the in top 3 of sports in America. As these people have kids there's going to be more and more players and fans. The rise of soccer in America already started. I see more and more people especially youth playing. Once it cracks the top 3 sports , the big money will start to flow and lead to even bigger growth and quality. 10-15 years mls teams will be as good or better than European.
There are no stars in La Liga? Did that guy really just say that? players like Lewandowski, Modric, Griezmann, Vini, etc don't exist? And didn't Real Madrid just sign the "next greatest" English player? C'mon man wtf 😂
MLS is growing over there & I watched a video saying MLS is already more popular than NHL & catching up to the MLB. Florida has a big Latino community so it doesn't surprise me that he went there!
I think it’s hilarious people are acting like it’s a huge problem because they’ll have to watch their favourite players playing in Saudi Arabia on TV rather than at a stadium in Europe on TV
The argument for homegrown talent is spot on. We have had a few decent guys come out and the hype machine here blew them up. Christian Pulisic was blown up as Captain America and now he can't get a game in Chelsea. Messi will shine here, but for MLS to truly get world eyes, it'll need a star for multiple years. Probably more than one to create its own Messi/Ronaldo battle.
La Liga actually díctate player worth for clubs books. They can’t artificially lower a players “worth” to just save money on the books. If the pay Messi a Spotify subscription, la liga will erode barca to have him as a 20 mill a year player in their books. Add to this Spanish law doesn’t allow a person to be paid less than 50% of what they earned last year. It’s not as simple as “lower your asking” or “play for free.” I’m sure he did offer that, it’s not up to him or Barca at that point.
please get a lad like Jimmy Conrad on the cast if you ever want to talk about MLS/USA again. the current casts opinions and takes of the league in this video are very out of touch with current times
Im sorry but americans need to be quiet. How have no clue about the sport. At same time usa is trying to take over fifa. And plus nfl model on them. Americans wont speak on favoritism they have. They host leagues cup. All r in usa, they got gold cup, they got copa america. They know host club world cup, fifa world cup... now im hearing thet want to host champions league n copa libertadores final in usa. ALSO AMERICANS R TAKING OVER EPL. THIS WHY I GOT TO QUESTION THIS
I’m American and the MLS is getting bigger every year. There is a lot of South American young talent and American young talent. The only thing that is keeping the MLS from getting bigger is its wage structure. I’m a LAFC supporter and it’s one of the fastest growing clubs in America
Money doesn't create culture in football. I think people forget that these are investments for Saudi not just play money. The league at some point has to be stable for the future of the league and for Saudi. Home grown talent will need to flourish
MLS is growing a lot, especially when you consider for parents with their children & choosing sports.. it’s a far safer sport than 🏈 & it causes them to want their kids playing ⚽️ to prevent head injuries
The Saudi league isn't going to have the impact some people think it will, they can buy and bring all the big older names possible for ridiculous money, but if they are not attracting world class prime players or young up and coming prodigies, then nobody will really care. China already tried this with their financial boom, they got players like Ramires, Hulk, Oscar, Paulinho, Carrasco etc and ultimately they made their money and moved on. Saudi will just be the new retirement league. Nobody is going to be invested in the actual clubs, their reputation as a league will be based off players. The premier league's reputation is solely based off the clubs massive followings, even when the best players in the world were playing outside of England in spain/italy the premier league still was one of if not the most watched league in the world.
Nobody watched Chinese league after they got those players you mentioned. Do you truly think that people will watch a league because of Carrasco and hulk? Saudi league is doing the extreme. Buying ballon d'or winners superstars in a country where already football is super popular. Hence CSL comparison is useless.
Barça just signed Ilkay Gundogen, the name carries power greater than all English teams. Ask any player who they wanna play for it's either Barça or Madrid
Stats have shown, year on year since 2014, there is more participation in soccer clubs/teams at grass roots level in USA than any other...Football is the fastest growing sport in America
The MLS is decades ahead of the Saudis in terms of infrastructure and developing players. The Saudi league will be nothing but a retirement home for elite players.
Bayern Munich winger Sadio Mane has hinted at a possible move to Newcastle as he continues to be linked with a return to the Premier League this summer
Seeing what has happened in golf with PGA and Saudi backed LIV merging, It is possible a new European super competition is created with Saudi involvement.
I’m sorry, but sure saudi can raise the standard of the league, but no one wants to watch CR7 vs Benzema in a squad that eh or in a league that’s major eh. MLS hasn’t reached a high enough level yet, but that’s because they have fallen short in marketing their league to the world and I think the fact it’s about buying your place in the leagues is boring too. They should try to genuinely follow the promotion/relegation format or else there is nothing to really play for. But the MLS has been slowly progressing and better better all round. And US football is at a place where it could really explode more if the international team truly comes in and makes it far in the next World Cup when they are partly hosting. Another reason it’s hard for anyone outside Europe is because they can’t compete in the CL or European competitions. There is a lot of context around this.
the ONLY thing preventing Messi from resigning was La Liga… they have a rule where they determine if a player is being underpaid & they will mark the value as higher than he’s actually earning on the books for FFP
Paris Saint-Germain are prepared to sell Kylian Mbappe to Manchester United this summer should the Qatari-backed Sheikh Jassim takeover bid prove successful
Firstly, it is his life, and secondly, it is his life. Messi can do whatever he wants. 18 years of professional football in Europe. He deserves to rest.
Laliga wont let players get payed less than what they think a player is worth and will not allow deflated salaries to players. Since Messi has such a high value Barca will have to pay him a high salary.
Cool topic.
Though it shows the guys dont pay enough attention to football beyond england.
Yup
Exactly what I’m thinking
Yup. Exactly. I personally think the Saudi league is doomed to fail. There whole plan is to pay the biggest stars. We've seen that plan countless times. MLS has been going steady since 1996 and it has found a way to keep standing.
@@danielhuynh9368it happened in america before mls existed 😂, cosmos and the lot brought in old stars on huge wages and it went bankrupt.
The idea that the Saudi League has more of a future than playing in the most lucrative media market in the world. Is absurd. Pretty much everything they said about MLS was wrong or ignorant.
Stop spreading misinformation. Messi wanted Barcelona and Barcelona wanted Messi, the club just couldn’t guarantee his registration.
Exactly, he just didn’t want to face the embarrassment of two years ago, again. It’s that simple. The deal would have been done, La liga and their own FFP, makes things unnecessarily harder..
@@z3dda "unnecessarily" yeah that's called financial regulations
@@henxietyOnly League with Harsh Salary Cap. Meanwhile PL is buying out all players. & dont forget Saudis.
Its called common sense to update rules & regulations According to Market. Sports is business. & Business needs progressive mindset not some old people's old moral lecture.
@@darknebula455 What you're heading towards to is unregulated and an extremely fragile financial situation. If you can't see that then I can't help you. Go to an economics class
@@henxiety i am talking about Updated regulations not Unregulated market. You dont need Finance degree to understand market. Many billionaires didn’t went to Finance class. So dont use this excuse to cut off somebody.
I do understand is that if Laliga was so caring.about regulation & laws to make the.League better why didn’t they gave proper share of TV deals to All laliga clubs like Premiere League? Where was your so called moral regulations then?
First you give so much power to only 2 clubs then suddenly choke your one of 2 big clubs. Meanwhile all the competitors are buying out talents.
When you want to save your League you have to give some incentives to your big players. Why do you Think Govt go & Save Big Banks if they go bankrupt? Not only Cuz they are too big to fail. But also cuz if they get hit whole.economy gets hit.
Barcelona going bankrupt will just ruin Laliga more to doom already its dragged behind even Bundesliga this season in ranking.
I am not saying don't regulate at all. But laliga harsh rules not only dragged Barcelona down but also hitting clubs like Villarreal, Sevilla. They couldn’t even hold to their players. & meanwhile PL teams are buying right & left. How can they do that? Doesn’t they have regulations? They do but those are more relaxed & most importantly they gave proper TV shares to all clubs for a long Time.
So update rules. If you cant even Understand than i dont know What u were smoking during Economics class.
Spain has rules about cutting wages so Messi was only allowed to ask for 50% of his previous wage at a minimum
Messi’s legacy is already set in stone
Ronaldo hated for being too good
@@dragonplayz6606 I’m a Ronaldo fan, this comment didn’t have anything to do with him
True after the WC, Messi can lose every game 10-0…it wouldn’t make a difference 🐐
@@user-xj3ld1zj7f messi doesn't have the same affect because he fell off for most of his career
He should have gone premiership and proved him self
Spanish law doesn't allow Messi to play for free the lowest he can go would be 50% of his previous contract.
Not only that but Barcelona couldn’t guarantee his registration.
Isn’t that only when extending a contract. He’s coming from another team so that won’t matter right?
I am sure that isn’t true. I think that was the rule for contract extension.
This time he could have played for free for Barcelona
@@siiir1322unfortunately it is true. They do this to try and stop teams from paying for players behind closed doors. If mbappe came and wanted to play for free the league would come and set a minimum book amount that they believe the player is worth.
no u
How does Messi not going back to Barca ruin his legacy? Messi is the GOAT.
It makes Barcelona look bad, Messi wants his own club, and lets be honest America is probably better interms of investing and buisness ventures then the saudi league is.
Geordie i don`t think it`s that easy too just ask for less money, after all Messi has his contract with his wages in it.
and let`s not pretend that Messi didn`t try to take paycuts to stay at Barca, even with Messi trying to go as low as what was possible considering his contract it still wasn`t enough for Barca too keep him.
He's still getting 50 million a year at miami apparently, he's not losing out
Messi couldn’t lower his wage any more cause of financial regulations. He brings in to much money and Barca couldn’t guarantee him getting a large enough % of the earned money back, required by the regulations.
that's when he was extending the deal and it was, that the law in Spain prevents any wage from being cut by 50%. He is coming from abroad now.
absolute bs, pessi is just money hungry
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@@VitoCorleone66 even then La liga has system of they can set a player wage, if they think the club isn’t paying then to their value
Messi also said he just want to chill apparently. Ngl, seeing some of his psg games I’m thinking no ways he survives la liga. But then for Argentina he’s a beast again. But he is playing small sides.
0:50 well barca need to lower their wage bill by 100 to 150 mil and only then they can register messi so it is not about his wage demand bcs they weren't planning to give him that much around 10 to 15 mil a year and he earns more than a 100 mil so thats a huge decrease on his end
Hey you know this is a vibes only podcast hahaha no facts
Something prem fans don’t realize is Messi could play for free but La Liga will set a minimum salary on the books of 25-35 million or whatever they think he should get paid and that’s what’s on the books. They have the money to do it, they just can’t because of la ligas financial rules.
Saying Beckham is bigger than Messi should be regarded as a crime
As a brand outside of football Becks could be bigger. He’s done so much to build his brand after retirement
Well Messi has ZERO charisma and personality so outside Football, Beckham is far more of a poster boy.
@@aritraroy2701There are people that dont know who the fuck is Beckham. That just doesn't happen with Messi.
@@aritraroy2701 your opinion that he has 0 Charisma and Personality yet millions..millions admire and respect him showcases how Big Messi is compared to Beckham..
Also, did u even watch Messi’s personality against Netherlands this WC OR his speech before the CA final against Brazil??
Messi doesn’t do it for the cameras…there is a reason why this Argentina team are ready to give their lives for Messi..
You can’t have people ready to kill themselves for you without Charisma or Personality 🤷🏻♂️
@@vb2388 that's because of the respect he has earned as a player.
Not because of his personality. There's a reason why Maradona criticised his personality and leadership skills. He has none.
Remember the 8 2 game? Instead of encouraging his teammates he had his head down from the very beginning. Same happened in the Roma and Liverpool comebacks.
Lionel wants his own club.
@darthpepe2994 since he put it in his contract. That was apart of the MLS deal.
@darthpepe2994I mean does he need to?
He communicate in Spanish and he dont care much speaking in English and 70% of the population in Miami speak his language. And this Ninja with a semi cockney accent say he dont knows how to communicate well. Bruh.
😂😂 why the violence
They definitely underestimate how many Spanish speakers are in the us. Even still he can just have a translator. Shohei ohtani doesn’t speak great English and he is one of the faces of mlb
MLS has started developing young talent in recent years. They're late in selling to the international market, but they understand it now. Look at Almiron. It took him a while to show his chops at Newcastle, but you can't deny he's got skills. And he first displayed them in Atlanta, in a part of the country not previously known for footballing fandom and talent. Opening up the South was huge for MLS, even more huge in the long run than Messi, I would say, at least outside of Miami and Fort Lauderdale. Old talent still has value in the league, and Messi's already turning heads in every city he'll be playing in, among people who'd have never paid attention before. He's already a modern-day Pelé in that regard, and he hasn't even stepped on the playing field yet.
they clearly no nothing about mls or even attempt to. their opinions are comically outdated
@@genuardi22 I specifically mentioned Almiron because he plays for TTG's club, and I remember (bitterly) when Brian slagged him off for coming from MLS a few years ago when he was struggling. I don't hold their lack of knowledge about recent overseas trends against them, for the most part. It's hard enough following a single top-flight league, and it isn't a surprise that what they do know involves UEFA's big players, because of the Champions League. How could a league on another continent pique their interest? I'm sure that folks at Apple TV are asking the same questions, especially since most MLS games are night games here (it's our tradition) so they'd all start after midnight in the U.K.
He wanted Barcelona and that couldn’t happen, so he chose sunny America.
Comparing Beckham to Messi when it comes to fame should be a crime... Jesus how delusional can u be
When beckham went to la galaxy he probably was the most marketable player on the planet at the time
Beckham is more famous. Messi is just famous in football.
Messi can’t speak English and won’t go on them American talk shows
@@VWR7.5😂😂😂😂😂
@@siddey9782 truth hurts. Even Brooklyn beckham is more famous than Messi outside of football
@@VWR7.5 😂😂😂😂😂🫡🫡🫡
Messi could go play in Antarctica, his legacy is already set
This lot is so uninformed about the MLS. It's the 3rd highest attended sport in the country behind NBA and NFL.
Let’s be honest none of us are watching either league
Exactly, like the ronaldo Hype lasted a week and now nobody checks for his games 😂😂😂😂
@@mxchael_0385 I click the highlights only
But skip 90% if them 😭
Good for you. But for a lot of us, this is what we needed, especially with two major tournaments being played out here in the next two to three years
I genuinely knew that either CR or Messi was going to Galaxy or Miami. It was just written in the wall for me.
Super happy to have him here
MLS is 4th is the US. Already passed NHL and is closing in on MLB. With Messi coming , itll pass to 3rd easy
You’re paid to talk about football and still don’t make any effort to educate yourselves on non-English topics.
Because their audience is predominantly English and PL fans.
No one in Spain watches this. And the plastic Real, Barca bandwagoners might as well watch this coz they support players not clubs. 😂😂
@@aritraroy2701
Their audience being predominantly English doesn’t justify them putting little to no effort into researching what they’re being paid to talk about. Silly excuse. Also, by your logic, the vast majority of big English club fans are plastic.
I’m actually kind of excited to see Messi in MLS. Like how far can he turn around the worst team in the league.
yh it will be interesting to see how it pans out
The MLS is way fucking more popular today than it was even just 10 years ago. Stadiums are now filling up pretty consistently.
American here. MLS has grown a ton in the past 20 years and so has football in general. Come and visit, see for yourselves.
No one can question Messi's legacy at Barcelona. He is THE biggest Barcelona legend ever.
A lot of rubbish was said in that pod cast. But one thing that stuck out was that the number one sport in the US is baseball. It's not.
1, NFL.
2, Basketball.
3, Baseball.
4, Hockey.
5 everything else.
Messi chose a happy life over money.. the correct choice in my book. His legacy is already set. Hes the goat.
0:43 Messi offered the Barca board a paycut back when they were forcing him to leave. It did not work back then.
He was tired of the back and forth and did not want any players getting reduced wages or get cut to make space for him. Also, Barca only sent him a proposal, not a contract so it was the club that did not do enough. Above all, Barca cannot even guarantee his registration with Tebas as La Liga president.
I think the whole Wrexham thing will help as well. If they can get promotion and relegation into the MLS I think it’ll take off. The toughest thing for the American sports is half the teams stop caring once they realise they can’t make the play offs
Exactly. Raise the salary cap from 5M to 30M, increase DPs from 3 to 4, and implement relegation/promotion system.
They’re wasting valuable time not doing these things especially with the WC being there in ‘26
It will absolutely grow the MLS. Because it grows interest in the sport in general. I think there will be a big boom in popularity of football in America and Canada following the 2026 World Cup, mainly in the development of youth. It’s not going to be instant but there will be a significant change. Baseball is dying, hockey is dying, these are sports that are down trending. Football can move up the ladder over there
They speak about MLS like it hasn’t made significant progress since it’s inception
According to his interview, he was told some players would have to be sold to be able to register him at Barca. As for Saudi, yea the money is amazing but he went with comfort it seems. He's also going to a heavy Spanish speaking part of Florida
Manchester City have agreed a £30m deal to sign Chelsea midfielder Mateo Kovacic
can't wait to see Messi documentary fck football we've seen him win everything just want to see him play around for fun
I love when English people talk out of there ass , it makes for good content 😂
Messi to MLS is a great money move
The problem with America is that they don’t have the mentality from youth to pursue football (plus you have to have good money to play), meanwhile here in the uk, or Europe and south America we breathe football from the moment we touch one.
That used to be the case. A lot of bad attitudes against the game have melted away over the past 30 years, though, and lots of folks have taken note that soccer's biggest fans in the U.S. are under 30 years old, and many of those kids actually played the game, made part of their lives. It's a huge growth opportunity, and right now footballing culture has never been bigger here in the U.S. There's more to come, at all levels. Even pay-to-play academies are starting to open their doors and bring in kids who couldn't afford to join in the past.
@@eksortso thats good to hear but i dont think the benefits will actually become apparent for a few decades yet
@@eksortso which is great and if the US can get behind the machine of pumping out talent it might work, but once again its just a cultural thing, I cant see it for the next 10 - 20 years. hopefully, I mean it would be good to see the MLS hit top 10 leagues.
The ones doing it right are definitely playing the long game. For now, we got Messi, he's got us, and everyone wants to look good on the world's pitch.
@@TheJWRBthat's what people outside of US don't understand. America has been going through a demographic and cultural change that favors soccer. The huge immigration from south America is increasing the fan base of soccer. As this immigration continues over the next 5-10 years soccer will be the in top 3 of sports in America. As these people have kids there's going to be more and more players and fans. The rise of soccer in America already started. I see more and more people especially youth playing. Once it cracks the top 3 sports , the big money will start to flow and lead to even bigger growth and quality. 10-15 years mls teams will be as good or better than European.
There are no stars in La Liga? Did that guy really just say that? players like Lewandowski, Modric, Griezmann, Vini, etc don't exist? And didn't Real Madrid just sign the "next greatest" English player? C'mon man wtf 😂
Well just forget the 670 goals, 6 ballon d'ors, 34 trophies, his legacy is ruined apparently 😂
7 Ballon D'or, 43 trophies
Miami is all Spanish there’s no need to speak English
Real Madrid have reached an agreement with Espanyol for the season-long loan of forward Joselu, with an option to buy
MLS is growing over there & I watched a video saying MLS is already more popular than NHL & catching up to the MLB. Florida has a big Latino community so it doesn't surprise me that he went there!
Lol theyre not bringing the entire league to Saudi get a grip
I think it’s hilarious people are acting like it’s a huge problem because they’ll have to watch their favourite players playing in Saudi Arabia on TV rather than at a stadium in Europe on TV
Al-Hilal have agreed personal terms with Senegal defender Kalidou Koulibaly, 31, over a potential move from Chelsea
Messi has the best option
The argument for homegrown talent is spot on. We have had a few decent guys come out and the hype machine here blew them up. Christian Pulisic was blown up as Captain America and now he can't get a game in Chelsea. Messi will shine here, but for MLS to truly get world eyes, it'll need a star for multiple years. Probably more than one to create its own Messi/Ronaldo battle.
Bournemouth are on the verge of signing forward Justin Kluivert from Roma
I lost brain cells listening to this lot talk 🤣
Toni Kroos has signed new one-year deal at Real Madrid until the summer of 2024
La Liga actually díctate player worth for clubs books. They can’t artificially lower a players “worth” to just save money on the books. If the pay Messi a Spotify subscription, la liga will erode barca to have him as a 20 mill a year player in their books. Add to this Spanish law doesn’t allow a person to be paid less than 50% of what they earned last year.
It’s not as simple as “lower your asking” or “play for free.” I’m sure he did offer that, it’s not up to him or Barca at that point.
Chelsea forward Kai Havertz 'agrees personal terms with Arsenal
Arsenal are closing in on a £65m deal to sign Chelsea forward Kai Harvertz
Manchester City, Chelsea and Liverpool have all made attempts to sign Real Madrid and Uruguay midfielder Fede Valverde, 24, this summer
Manchester City are close to agreeing personal terms with RB Leipzig's 21-year-old Croatia defender Josko Gvardiol
Ngl the takes on this were bad
Chelsea have confirmed the £52m transfer of France forward Christopher Nkunku from RB Leipzig.
please get a lad like Jimmy Conrad on the cast if you ever want to talk about MLS/USA again. the current casts opinions and takes of the league in this video are very out of touch with current times
Im sorry but americans need to be quiet. How have no clue about the sport. At same time usa is trying to take over fifa. And plus nfl model on them.
Americans wont speak on favoritism they have. They host leagues cup. All r in usa, they got gold cup, they got copa america. They know host club world cup, fifa world cup... now im hearing thet want to host champions league n copa libertadores final in usa.
ALSO AMERICANS R TAKING OVER EPL. THIS WHY I GOT TO QUESTION THIS
@@kem1233 you've said so much while also saying so little
Nope he would have made mistake by going to Saudi respect to him
He wants to go to Saudi but next year. The Saudis want him this year. Thats the only issue. Dont project ur agenda on Messi 🤡
I’m pretty sure that non of you guys is going to live in Saudi Arabia for more then a year even if the double your income.
Hakim Ziyech appears to be the latest Premier League player headed for the Saudi Pro League
I’m American and the MLS is getting bigger every year. There is a lot of South American young talent and American young talent. The only thing that is keeping the MLS from getting bigger is its wage structure. I’m a LAFC supporter and it’s one of the fastest growing clubs in America
Money doesn't create culture in football. I think people forget that these are investments for Saudi not just play money. The league at some point has to be stable for the future of the league and for Saudi. Home grown talent will need to flourish
David Raya 'agrees personal terms' with Spurs
These guys have no clue about the mls unfortunately.
Newcastle have added Chelsea's Spain left-back Marc Cucurella, 24, to their list of summer transfer targets
Arsenal are expected to make a formal bid worth £90m for West Ham captain Declan Rice
Arsenal are in talks with Ajax over the signing of defender Jurrien Timber
MLS is growing a lot, especially when you consider for parents with their children & choosing sports.. it’s a far safer sport than 🏈 & it causes them to want their kids playing ⚽️ to prevent head injuries
KD is wrong soccer is growing in America fast. The league in 1970 is not the same league.
Ruben Neves looks set to move to Al Hilal after Wolves agree £47m fee with Saudi Arabian
I think Saudi Arabia will try lobby to get registered with Uefa to access the UCL. Think about it, Israel already competes in European competitions.
If they register with Uefa they will have to abide to ffp..never gonna happen. The Saudis just want an exception, also never gonna happen.
Manchester United are preparing a £45m bid for Everton's England goalkeeper Jordan Pickford
Chelsea are in talks with Villarreal over the signing of forward Nicolas Jackson
The saudi league will not be a top 5 league
But it’s way better than mls
With enoguh money it wont be impossible to reach the French level.... "Clermont Foot 63" isn't exactly insurmountable
Paris Saint-Germain have held initial talks with Mikel Arteta over the Arsenal manager potentially becoming the club’s new head coach
The Saudi league isn't going to have the impact some people think it will, they can buy and bring all the big older names possible for ridiculous money, but if they are not attracting world class prime players or young up and coming prodigies, then nobody will really care. China already tried this with their financial boom, they got players like Ramires, Hulk, Oscar, Paulinho, Carrasco etc and ultimately they made their money and moved on. Saudi will just be the new retirement league. Nobody is going to be invested in the actual clubs, their reputation as a league will be based off players. The premier league's reputation is solely based off the clubs massive followings, even when the best players in the world were playing outside of England in spain/italy the premier league still was one of if not the most watched league in the world.
Delusional
Nobody watched Chinese league after they got those players you mentioned. Do you truly think that people will watch a league because of Carrasco and hulk?
Saudi league is doing the extreme. Buying ballon d'or winners superstars in a country where already football is super popular. Hence CSL comparison is useless.
Messis legacy is set, what are you talking about
Barça just signed Ilkay Gundogen, the name carries power greater than all English teams. Ask any player who they wanna play for it's either Barça or Madrid
Lads the MLS is a far better league then you give them credit for cringe conversation
mls is bigger than nil and will pass mob in 5 to 10 years
The Saudi League is the new Chinese League.
Stats have shown, year on year since 2014, there is more participation in soccer clubs/teams at grass roots level in USA than any other...Football is the fastest growing sport in America
Speaking out there ass about the US sports culture lmao. Every ticket for inter Miami is sold out away games included
Also no one cares about baseball
3:50 LMFAO did this guy compare Beckham to LEO MESSI? This is the best player the continent has seen since Pele.
The MLS is decades ahead of the Saudis in terms of infrastructure and developing players. The Saudi league will be nothing but a retirement home for elite players.
Bayern Munich winger Sadio Mane has hinted at a possible move to Newcastle as he continues to be linked with a return to the Premier League this summer
Seeing what has happened in golf with PGA and Saudi backed LIV merging, It is possible a new European super competition is created with Saudi involvement.
Messi in Ted Lasso season 4
In terms of revenue, 1. American Football, 2. Baseball, 3. Basketball, 4. Football, 5. Hockey
People forget messi is very introverted, so America suits his living style more while being close to home aswell
Need more signings like Thiago Almada for the league along w Messi
You guys.... really, REALLY don't know what you're talking about when it comes to MLS or American soccer 😂😂
All good, lol.
I’m sorry, but sure saudi can raise the standard of the league, but no one wants to watch CR7 vs Benzema in a squad that eh or in a league that’s major eh. MLS hasn’t reached a high enough level yet, but that’s because they have fallen short in marketing their league to the world and I think the fact it’s about buying your place in the leagues is boring too. They should try to genuinely follow the promotion/relegation format or else there is nothing to really play for. But the MLS has been slowly progressing and better better all round. And US football is at a place where it could really explode more if the international team truly comes in and makes it far in the next World Cup when they are partly hosting. Another reason it’s hard for anyone outside Europe is because they can’t compete in the CL or European competitions. There is a lot of context around this.
the ONLY thing preventing Messi from resigning was La Liga… they have a rule where they determine if a player is being underpaid & they will mark the value as higher than he’s actually earning on the books for FFP
Paris Saint-Germain are prepared to sell Kylian Mbappe to Manchester United this summer should the Qatari-backed Sheikh Jassim takeover bid prove successful
Firstly, it is his life, and secondly, it is his life. Messi can do whatever he wants. 18 years of professional football in Europe. He deserves to rest.
Laliga wont let players get payed less than what they think a player is worth and will not allow deflated salaries to players. Since Messi has such a high value Barca will have to pay him a high salary.
Nop no mistake
The lack of ball knowledge beyond England is major with these guys.