The Unveiling: Lionel Messi Joins Miami Inter as Club’s New Star

After a delay of approximately one hour due to an electrical storm, and with a previous one that had a strong aroma of Argentine festivities, Lionel Messi was the great protagonist of a night in which he celebrated his admission to Miami Inter, the club that will be the home of the world champion. The night promised to be auspicious despite the rain, and there were many postcards left by the party that celebrated the arrival of the Argentine.

FORT LAUDERDALE, FLORIDA – JULY 16: Lionel Messi speaks during “The Unveil” introducing Lionel Messi hosted by Inter Miami CF at DRV PNK Stadium on July 16, 2023 in Fort Lauderdale, Florida. Megan Briggs/Getty Images/AFP (Photo by Megan Briggs / GETTY IMAGES NORTH AMERICA / Getty Images via AFP)MEGAN BRIGGS – GETTY IMAGES NORTH AMERICA

During a relentless rain, the club’s fans and many Argentines sought refuge from the water, waiting for the festivities. Some very famous faces were seen, as was the case of Victoria Beckhamwife David Beckham, one of the owners of Inter Miami. Little by little and as the water subsided, all the attendees began to take their places, and the climate of enthusiasm grew. He “Chiqui” Tapia, Segui Agüero y Marc Anthony, among others, they also said they were present at the event. At that moment, Messi arrived at the stadium together with Antonella Roccuzzo and his sons, and greeted all his followers. When the first photographs of her began to circulate, soon there were many who underlined her look, pink pants in nod to the colors of Inter Miami.

Antonela Rocuzzo en la presentación de Messi en MiamiFORT LAUDERDALE, FLORIDA – JULY 16: Fans pose prior to Inter Miami CF hosting “The Unveil” introducing Lionel Messi at DRV PNK Stadium on July 16, 2023 in Fort Lauderdale, Florida. Mike Ehrmann/Getty Images/AFP (Photo by Mike Ehrmann / GETTY IMAGES NORTH AMERICA / Getty Images via AFP)MIKE EHRMANN – GETTY IMAGES NORTH AMERICA

Night began to fall and David Beckham went out onto the catwalk that served as the stage to welcome Messi. When he had the opportunity to address his audience, the man from Rosario expressed with joy: “I want to thank all the people of Miami for this welcome and the love they show me since I arrived in the city. I am very excited to be here with you. For us it was spectacular from the moment we arrived. I really want to train, I come here wanting to compete, I want to win and help the club continue to grow”.

FORT LAUDERDALE, FLORIDA – JULY 16: (Middle) Brazilian soccer player Camilo Sanvezzo arrives at DRV PNK Stadium prior to “The Unveil” introducing Lionel Messi hosted by Inter Miami CF on July 16, 2023 in Fort Lauderdale, Florida. Megan Briggs/Getty Images/AFP (Photo by Megan Briggs / GETTY IMAGES NORTH AMERICA / Getty Images via AFP)MEGAN BRIGGS – GETTY IMAGES NORTH AMERICA

Among the applause of his fans and a truly party atmosphere at the DRV PNK Stadium, Messi concluded: “I am very happy to have chosen this city with my family, this project. I have no doubt that we are going to have a great time”. Later, the star’s family joined the stage, and little Ciro wore a very Argentine detail on his cast: a drawing with the national flag.

Lionel Messi spoke for the first time as an Inter Miami player Captura TV

Among some of the most applauded moments of the evening, a brief musical moment by Camilowho performed a very personal version of “Muchachos”, the World Cup anthem that musicalized the great triumph of the Argentine team in 2022. On the opposite side, the interpretation of the Argentine anthem by Abel Pintoscould not be specified.

Messi with Beckham, when he went to visit him in a PSG training

When Lionel Messi surprisingly revealed that his next club would be Inter Miamithere were still many things to be confirmed to finish closing the agreement, but more than a month after that interview with Brand y Sports worldThose doubts have already been resolved. The number 10 will be again under the orders of Gerardo “Tata” Martino, will receive a salary that ranges between 50 and 60 million dollars a year that includes shares in the club and will be partially covered by Adidas and Apple. He will debut on July 21 in the Leagues Cup, against the Mexican team Blue Cross.

MLS has been trying to increase interest in soccer in Miami for at least 25 years, when Miami Fusion became the league’s first expansion franchise, but despite the fact that it featured a global star like Carlos Valderrama On his campus, attendance at Lockhart Stadium was always poor, and it disappeared in 2002, four years after it was founded.

The first official image of Lionel Messi as a new Inter MiamiTW player: @InterMiamiCF

Almost two decades passed before interest in having a club in the region was revived. By taking advantage of his clause to found a new American franchise for a reduced price, David Beckham chose to locate it back in South Florida, and in 2020 Inter Miami took to the field in the same place where Fusion had been based, but under the name of DRV PNK.

In football, Martino’s work to reverse the situation in a team that today has as figures Leonardo Campana y Rodolfo Pizarro it will take time but Jorge Mas, one of the owners of the franchise, plans to accelerate it in this pass market. Shortly after announcing Messi, the club made official the incorporation of Sergio Busquets, teammate of number 10 for 13 years in Barcelona. But it is expected that it will not be the last; on Friday, the American daily Miami Herald confirmed that an agreement was reached so that another ex cule, Jordi Alba, also finalize his arrival at Inter Miami. His arrival will have a particularity: he will not do it as a Designated Player (DP), the figure that his predecessors used to charge outside the salary limits assigned by the MLS, but will adjust his salary to these limits, which will mean a considerable reduction than he perceived in Barcelona and could give space to more stellar arrivals.

FORT LAUDERDALE, FLORIDA – JULY 16: Fans pose prior to Inter Miami CF hosting “The Unveil” introducing Lionel Messi at DRV PNK Stadium on July 16, 2023 in Fort Lauderdale, Florida. Mike Ehrmann/Getty Images/AFP (Photo by Mike Ehrmann / GETTY IMAGES NORTH AMERICA / Getty Images via AFP)MIKE EHRMANN – GETTY IMAGES NORTH AMERICA

The club that Messi arrives at is one that is very far from his previous two in terms of sporting glory. Inter Miami does not have the rich history of Barcelona, ​​nor the obligation to fight on all fronts like PSG, but one in its infancy, with a lot of promise, but whose first years of existence were dominated by chaos and mediocrity.

Those who know the Argentine captain, however, know that he will not arrive in the United States with the intention of resting and lowering his guard for the last years of his career, but rather that he will seek to maintain his level and competitive gene. The challenge will be to get the franchise out of its current state and squeeze a potential that, for now, is barely hinted at.

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