Sergio Busquets chose Miami. The still midfielder and captain of FC Barcelona is outlining the details to join the MLS and share a new dressing room with Leo Messi wearing David Beckham's team shirt. As La Vanguardia learned, the agreement is close to being sealed. Busquets will sign for at least one season, although the possibility of staying in the MLS for two years is also being considered on the negotiating table. It is ruled out that this possibility is raised as optional.
In the case of Busquets it will be a much simpler contract than Leo Messi's. That is, without the possibility of buying a Major League Soccer (MLS) franchise when he retires, as Beckham himself did.
It should be remembered that Messi's new contract, beyond the possibility of buying an MLS franchise, includes a salary of forty million dollars per course to which must be added a percentage of the income from the MLS pass, which is the package of transmission of the matches on television, and a percentage of the sales of Adidas, which sponsors both the MLS and the Argentine.
To the income from the broadcasts of the competition through Apple, we must add the documentary that the American company is making about its time at the World Cup in Qatar in which Argentina was proclaimed champion. The Argentine's contract, which he will sign for the next three seasons, includes a clause that would allow the Argentine soccer player to leave the American club at the end of his second season.
After saying goodbye to Barcelona, Busquets wanted to take his time to weigh all the possible scenarios. On the table he had the proposal of Saudi Arabia and that of Inter Miami. Although the Saudi offer was not ruled out at all, Messi's choice to join the MLS ended up tipping the balance. Having the Argentine's company is an important factor for Sergio Busquets and his family. Both are very close.
The decision to leave Barcelona has not been easy. Even less with Xavi, the current coach, asking him to renew for one more season. "But in December, when I saw that the team had a chance to win the League, I decided that my stage was over," he explained in the interview he gave to this newspaper. At that time, nothing was clear yet. But he did make it clear that he wanted to After living new experiences far from what he has always known, the captain will head towards a less demanding football. Far from Europe. He would not bear having to face his Barça, a club he hopes to return to as a coach.
