MLS commissioner not worried about 出現 of Saudi league
The 新規加入 of the Saudi プロの／賛成の League to the サッカー scene won't 危険にさらす the 井戸／弁護士席-存在 of Major League サッカー, commissioner Don Garber said.
Speaking to reporters Sunday night at the welcoming 儀式 for Lionel Messi to his new MLS club, の間の Miami CF, Garber said he isn't fazed by the かかわり合い made by the Saudi Public 投資 基金 to プロの／賛成の サッカー.
"I've seen it happen with 中国, and I wasn't 関心d about that any more than I'm 関心d about what's happening in Saudi Arabia. It's やめる the opposite," Garber said.
Just as the Saudi 基金 poached 星／主役にするs from the PGA 小旅行する and 誘惑するd them to the LIV ゴルフ League with the 約束 of millions, Cristiano Ronaldo has chosen to play in the Saudi League. Other 星／主役にするs playing in Europe have followed 控訴.
Still, MLS has 控訴，上告 to both 国内の and 全世界の audiences, Garber said, touting the league's broadcasts in other languages. Already, games are broadcast in Spanish and French.
"The fact that we can spread the 力／強力にする and 影響（力） of professional football around the world, I think, gives us all who are in 現れるing markets an 適切な時期," Garber said.
He 追加するd: "I think there will be more 適切な時期 for us to be very, very 的d to 明確な／細部 audiences, whether that's in Portuguese or other languages."
Garber said the 連合させるd value of the league's teams is $15 billion, up from $250 million when he took over in 1999.
Bringing Messi, a native of Argentina but a 全世界の superstar, to the league won't 傷つける.
"When you have the best player of all time making Major League サッカー his league of choice, I think it's a real testament as to where MLS is and where it's going in the years ahead. "
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