MIAMI.- Causing a seismic movement in the world of football, Lionel Messi elected in 2023 to Inter Miami to continue his legendary career and lead the long-awaited takeoff of football within the largest sports market in the world.
The Argentine star landed in the North American league in July (MLS) turned 36 years old, but with all his influence intact, just seven months after he was crowned with the selection of Argentina raising your desired World Cup.
With the victory in Qatar 2022Messi ended his time in the Paris Saint-Germain and, once confirmed that the FC Barcelona couldn’t rehire him, he decided to move to a less competitive league.
The Saudi league tried to attract him with an unattainable financial offer, but in the end the family decision to settle in Miami.
David Beckham and the other owners of the Inter They had been working discreetly for years to seduce the star of Rosario, who opted for the lifestyle of one of the most Latin cities in USA and for a project on which to build his future when he retires from the grass.
To the Argentine, who does not feel the attraction for the benches of other giants like Cruyff or Zidane for nowhe Inter guarantees you a future ownership stake in the franchise.
Apple TV, owner of the broadcast rights to the MLSwas also involved in Messi’s contract, in a sign of the expectations that the arrival of the new king of ‘soccer’ has generated in different sectors.
The conquest of America of Messi had a ‘Hollywood’ start in the Leagues Cupa new tournament that brings together the 47 teams of the MLS and the Mexican league.
In his debut against Blue Cross, The Argentine came on as a substitute and, when the clock showed minute 90+4, he placed the ball on the grass and scored a spectacular goal from a free kick that gave the home team a 2-1 victory.
American sports icons, such as LeBron James y Serena Williamslived the moment from the stands of the DRV PNK stadium, where from then on celebrities of all kinds parade every time Messi puts on his new pink uniform.
Messi exceeded expectations:
Without the need for preseason or any type of adaptationthe attacker made the then worst team in the league champion for the first time MLSscoring in the seven games of the Leagues Cup until adding 10 goals and 4 assists.
“Messi’s arrival is a unique event and I think unrepeatable, especially because of how it happened.“his compatriot told AFP Diego Valeriformer soccer player and now Apple TV commentator.
“Everything he expected from his election manifested itself in a very short period of time.. From that first moment when he walks onto the court as if he were a kid and scores the winning free throw, until he lifts the trophy in Nashville,” described Valeri, winner of the award MVP from MLS in 2017.
“Messi said: ‘I come to enjoy’ and it seems to me that there was nothing better. He enjoyed it, the spectator enjoyed it, He was honored in every way possible and he showed a level of commitment as if he were not already the best player in history.“, he pointed.
Source: AFP
