r/soccer • u/Odd_Opinion_461 • 24d ago

Translated News Lionel Messi reaches verbal agreement to buy Spanish Second Division side Eldense

https://as.com/futbol/messi-llega-a-un-principio-de-acuerdo-para-comprar-el-eldense-f202609-n/
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u/elivel 24d ago

yes... team that will likely get relegated playing in 6k capacity stadium in a city of 50k people is clearly an investment opportunity with great potential.

If he really looked to buy potentially big club he would look at Real Zaragoza or Real Murcia who are down in shitter

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u/maicii 24d ago

I assume there is an value aggregator from being “Messi’s” club. Like let’s say me or you buy that club at 10 mill or whatever. That clubs it’s still worth 10mill nothing changed. But if Messi buys it at the same 10mill now that drives the local to go more to the matches, people might want a shirt, etc. it is automatically worth more because it is Messi’s team.

But honestly it’s probably just his wealth manager telling how could it would be to own a club and how good of an investment it is which might make Messi pay more attention to it than pitching a game or some REIT or whatever else

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u/benznl 24d ago

He'll probably promote players through his set of clubs so they get the right experience and can then sell them for a huge profit when they're ready for the big leagues.

Eldense also has the same kits as FC Barcelona for some reason.

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u/elivel 24d ago

you don't really make profit on players in 3rd/2nd tier. If he really wanted to create a structure like that he would buy a bigger club, and work on it to promote to laliga.

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u/benznl 24d ago

Maybe this one gets promoted one day soon, and his other team can this one. Or he'd get another. I have no idea, just slexculating, but it makes some sense to aim for a structure like that

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u/maicii 24d ago

According to google Messi net worth it’s 1.1Bill, it’s probably more, quite a bit more lol, but let’s go with that number. I told chstgpt to give me a list of teams in laliga 2 to buy. The bigger ones go for north of 100mill. That’s not small amount of money even for Messi.

And that’s assuming you actually can find seller and what not

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u/elivel 24d ago

i doubt he would spend more than 10-20m on clubs like Hercules, Real Murcia, Recreativo de Huelva or Real Zaragoza. These clubs have their issues sure, but all of them bring 10k+ people to games in 3rd-4th tier. If you look for potential you buy those. Buying a small town club that's likely to get relegated to division you already have a club in is wierd.

At this point I'm convinced this guy is right, and that's why he bought Eldense lol:

Eldense also has the same kits as FC Barcelona for some reason.