Yeah. The doctors who performed his knee surgery and observed his recovery said that they never saw anything like it, and suspected that he may be a bionic man. They seriously requested to perform a scientific study on him because they were so baffled.
And exceeds both by an order of magnitude.
Ibra will play where Ibra wants to play - he gives zero fcks about what MLS wants. That's not commentary that he won't go to LAFC, he may very well want to live in the City of Angels, but he's going to decide his fate if there are multiple interested clubs.
We know Maxi has adapted to MLS. No idea if Iniesta would (not saying he wouldn't).
And he's still in the hungry part of his career, as compared to Iniesta who is past that (unless he is a Villa-like aberration in that department). And Maxi has the stamina to go 90/34 if necessary. Iniesta, may very quickly be a 60 minute guy, with some missed time. The idea of watching Iniesta in NY still is sexy, but I will take Maxi over that temptation.
In 2017, the 20th (according to some lists) highest paid footballer in the world, Ozil, made 10 million (including bonuses). In comparison, the NBA average base salary is close to 7-ish million. So professional soccer players generally do make less than you would think. Ronaldo was the highest paid athlete in the world for the past couple of years, and guys like Pogba make the news for the crazy transfer fees, but overall even the top tier of soccer players doesn't compare like you would think.
Probably because if revenue is equal between both sports, and not saying it is, but there are 5 starters and the bench in BB, whereas there are 28ish in soccer, so there's more $ to go around in BB but in soccer the slices are smaller save for the top guys on each team.
