Lionel Messi has LANDED in Miami! Soccer’s biggest star arrives to complete his MLS move
Lionel Messi has LANDED in Miami! Football’s biggest star arrives to complete his move to the MLS and usher in a new era in the United States
Lionel Messi has landed in Miami to officially complete his move to Major League Soccer.
He is expected to sign a two-and-a-half-year contract with Inter Miami, with an option for another season with David Beckham’s team.
Jorge Mas, co-owner of Beckham’s Miami, says Messi will earn between $50 million and $60 million a year, with money contributed by adidas through the sale of Miami clothing and Apple TV, which owns the subscription rights to MLS.
He has been on holiday in the Caribbean with his wife Antonela and their three sons. The family was photographed Tuesday afternoon at the Miami airport as Miami fans gathered outside the team’s DRV PNK stadium to celebrate the historic move.
The Argentina World Cup winner, 36, will be officially unveiled by Miami on Sunday evening and is expected to play his first match on Thursday July 21 against Cruz Azul in the Leagues Cup.
Lionel Messi has landed in Miami to complete his stunning move to Major League Soccer
The 36-year-old Messi arrives with Argentina as World Cup winner in the United States
Fans gathered outside the DRV PNK stadium in Miami to celebrate Messi’s imminent arrival
The arrival of Messi will spark interest in football both in America and in Miami itself
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“My mentality and my head will not change and I will try, wherever I have to be, to do my best for myself and my new club, to continue to perform at the highest level,” Messi told television in his native Argentina . , through ESPN.
Speaking of his family’s move to the United States, he added, “We are happy with the decision we made. Prepared and enthusiastic to take on the new challenge, the new change.’
Messi’s move to MLS will take the sport to new heights in the United States. Former Barcelona teammate Sergio Busquets has already joined him in Miami.
Messi arrives in the United States as a World Cup winner after leading Argentina to victory in Qatar last year. It was the first time Argentina had won football’s biggest trophy since 1986 and it was the pinnacle of Messi’s international career.
The Miami team desperately needs an injection of star quality. The team is last in the MLS Eastern Conference, has gone 10 games without a win and is eight points from the playoffs.
Fans waited outside as DRV Pink Stadium was due to arrive in South Florida on Tuesday as Messi
Messi will reunite with ex-Barca teammate Sergio Busquets in MLS, as well as Jordi Alba
He will also rejoin Tata Martino, who coached him at both Barcelona and the Argentina national team. Martino was recently appointed as head coach of Miami.
And it could get worse before it gets better with a game against the Western Conference’s top team, St. Louis, on Saturday night.
New Miami coach Tata Martino – who once coached Messi at Barcelona – will take charge of the team for the first time in that game.
Another of Messi’s former Barcelona team-mates will also join Miami in defender Jordi Alba – yet another standout move from the team.
Miami is also in talks with Sergio Ramos, who, like Messi, left French PSG this summer when his contract expired.
Ramos and Messi were once sworn enemies as figureheads at Real Madrid and Barcelona, but became unlikely teammates in France.
The arrival of Messi is also the culmination of what should be a few golden years for football in the United States.
The country will host the 2024 Copa America next summer and then the 2026 World Cup together with Mexico and Canada.
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