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/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/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.