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Meet the Billionaire Who Convinced Messi to Pick MLS Over Saudi Arabia

  • Jorge Mas say Messi will lure millions to Apple streaming
  • Messi was coaxed to the US with an unusual sports contract
WATCH: Soccer legend Lionel Messi was introduced as the newest member of Major League Soccer’s Inter Miami team on July 16.Source: Bloomberg
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Billionaire Jorge Mas persuaded the world’s biggest soccer star to join a bottom-of-the-barrel team that’s languishing in last place in its league.

Now he needs to make it pay off.

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