Leo Messi has signed a contract with Miami Inter and has said that his arrival in the US MLS is “a fantastic opportunity” for him.
“I am very excited to start this next step in my career with Inter Miami and in USA“, pointed out the Argentine star in a statement. “It is a fantastic opportunity and together we will continue building this beautiful project. The idea is to work together to achieve the goals we set for ourselves and I am very eager to start helping here, in my new home”, he added.
The 36-year-old Argentinian striker will occupy a position of designated playera contractual figure that allows MLS teams get around league salary caps for his flashy signings. Messi’s contract will end at the end of the 2025 season from MLS; that is, it will last two and a half seasons, taking into account that half of the 2023 season has already been played.
It should also be noted that the United States will host the Copa América in 2024, the Club World Cup in 2025, and the National Team World Cup in 2026 along with Mexico and Canada, so Messi will become a great ambassador for American soccer and MLS.
Jorge Mas, one of the owners of Inter Miami and the day-to-day executive in charge of the club, says he is “honored” to welcome Messi and his family “to their new home.” “In 2018 we made a promise to build an ambitious club that would attract the world’s elite players. A club that would transform the global vision of soccer in the US and that would guarantee that, wherever soccer is talked about, Inter Miami is part of the conversation. My sincere thanks to our fans, who never stopped believing. Together we will continue to turn dreams into reality,” he said.
For his part, David Beckham, another of the owners of Inter Miami, recalled that he always had the dream of bringing the best players in the world “to this incredible city.” “Players who shared the ambition I had when I joined the LA Galaxy to help grow US soccer and build a legacy for the next generation of the game we love so much. Today that dream came true. No I could be prouder to have a player of Leo’s caliber join our club, but I am also delighted to welcome a good friend, an incredible person and his beautiful family.”
The MLS was also “delighted”, in the words of its commissioner Don Garber, with the landing of Messi. “His decision for him (to go to Inter Miami and MLS) is proof of the drive and energy of our league and our sport in North America,” he said.
Messi is expected to be presented at a great event this Sunday, July 16 at the DRV PNK Stadium starting at 8:00 p.m. local time (2:00 a.m. Spanish peninsular time). It is expected that Spanish will also be presented at this event Sergio Busquetswho was Leo’s teammate at Barcelona.
Everything indicates that the debut of Messi and Busquets with Inter Miami will take place on July 21 in the Inter Miami match against the Mexican Cruz Azul in the Leagues Cup.
The Argentinian Gerardo Tata Martino, who has already trained Messi at Barcelona and the albiceleste team, led his first session as coach of Inter Miami on Monday and this Saturday he will sit for the first time on the bench of the Florida team in their away game against St. Louis City.
Inter Miami urgently needs all the reinforcements it can get to straighten out its season, since it is bottom of the East (18 points after 21 games) and accumulates ten games without knowing victory (three draws and seven losses).
2023-07-15 19:45:09
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