FC Barcelona fan token falls after signing of Lionel Messi by Inter Miami
After rumors that the Argentine star of soccer , Lionel Messi, would arrive at the FC Barcelona club and later confirm that he would sign for the MLS club Inter Miami, the discontent of the fans of that sport transcended. Even, the fan token of Barcelona plummeted almost 13%.
After the announcement, the FC Barcelona fan token $BAR fell around 13% in less than 24 hours, going from $2.64 to $2.55. Not only that, the Barça fan token dropped drastically in the last week from $3.27 to $2.59, largely due to the expectation generated by a possible signing of the former Paris Saint-Germain footballer.
The Barça fan token $BAR has lost more than 10 times its value
The price of the fan token del FC Barcelona $BAR reached a price of up to 53.72 dollars, one of Lionel Messi's last seasons at the iconic club. From 2021 to date, the fan token has lost more than 10 times its value, as it is currently trading at $2.6. Since Messi's departure, Barça has been in a financial crisis, forcing it to sell 24.5% of Barça Studios to Socios.com for $100 million.
Until 2021, the $BAR fan token was of those who sold the most of Chiliz and its Socios.com platform, selling up to 600 thousand fan tokens in less than two hours. It was the time of the fan tokens, where clubs like FC Barcelona entered 1.3 million dollars in less than two hours just from the sale of their sports tokens.
In the last few hours it was announced that the Argentine star and current FIFA World Cup champion Qatar 2022 , Lionel Messi, was signed by Inter Miami, founded by former English footballer David Beckham. Messi's salary for three seasons will be 120 million dollars, 40 million dollars for each season.
Also, Lionel Messi will earn a percentage of the proceeds from broadcast rights, plus another percentage from the cost of MLS Game Pass subscriptions. In addition, the Argentine star will have the right to receive advice to be able invest in the stock value of any MLS club or team.
Messi could continue investing in Web3
Following the revelation of Messi's signing at Inter Miami CF, FC Barcelona he wished "good luck" to the Argentine star in his new stage. According to the club, there was a current proposal for Messi to return to Barça, but in the end he gave up and preferred to go to Miami.
The signing Messi to Inter Miami CF could be his last as a professional player, as he is 35 years old. Therefore, the president of FC Barcelona, Joan Laporta, announced the start of preparations for "a great tribute from Barcelona" to a footballer (Messi), who "will always be loved by Barça.
It would not be ruled out that Messi would now seek new income in the United States, even from the Web 3.0 , as he has shown himself to be sympathetic to the industry blockchain . In March, the fund of the Argentine star Play Time, was one of the investors seed for 21 million dollars of the startup Matchday.
BeInCrypto reported that the startup planned to combine Web 3.0 games and mobile games to design new soccer games, which would be licensed by the FIFA . The purpose was to attract more players and it did so with the help of its global ambassador, Alexia Putellas.
