Lionel Messi signs $20 million deal with Socios.com fan token
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Photo by Tim Clayton/Corbis via Getty Images Lionel Messi has signed a $20 million deal with Socios to become the fan token site's global brand ambassador, according to a report from Reuters. Messi, who plays for the Paris-Saint Germain soccer club and captains Argentina's national team, will promote the exchange for the next three years.
A source close to the situation told Reuters that the transaction will not involve cryptocurrency. When Messi transferred from Barcelona to the Paris-Saint Germain club last August, ESPN says he received a large number" of fan tokens from Socios as a part of his signing-on fee.
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