Galatasaraythe team where he plays Mauro Icardimade contact again with Lionel Messi after previous talks between the parties, in a movement that reactivated rumors about a possible arrival of the Argentine star to Turkish football.
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According to the journalist Levent Tuzementhe Istanbul club is analyzing the conditions of an eventual transfer and negotiations are progressing quickly, although it is a complex scenario.
As told in A SportsMessi would have made very specific demands to accept the proposal: not playing away games and only playing the 12 home games in Istanbul.
For the moment, the Galatasaray leaders are evaluating the viability of these conditions, in an operation that, if completed, would shake the market and have a historic impact on European football.
La Pulga during a friendly against Atlético Nacional. (Photo: REUTERS/Luisa Gonzalez)
Messi’s contract at Inter Miami
La Pulga has a current contract with Inter Miami until the end of the season 2028 of the MLS. The Argentine captain arrived in South Florida in 2023 and, since then, he became the great figure of the club’s sports project.
Under his leadership, the team won the first two titles in its history: the Leagues Cup 2023 and the Supporters’ Shield 2024. In that journey, Messi was decisive and also won individual distinctions, such as the award for Best Player and Top Scorer of the Leagues Cup 2023, a tournament in which he scored 10 goals in seven games, and the Landon Donovan Award for Most Valuable Player of the MLS 2024, thanks to his 36 goal contributions (20 goals and 16 assists) in just 20 regular season games.
With 29 goals, Messi won the 2025 MLS Golden Boot and became the first player in Inter Miami history to win that prestigious recognition.
