Introduction

Lionel Messi signed a contract with FC Barcelona on the back of a napkin when he was just 13 years old. With Saudi $620 billion sovereign wealth fund taking over country's four largest soccer teams this past week, Messi was reportedly offered a three-year $1.6 billion deal to play in the Saudi Professional League. That is not only the largest contract in sports history, but it's significantly larger than Chris Huron over all those deals he got from Saudi himself. And we'll talk through what this means for the future of MLS.