Lionel Messi To Sign For Inter Miami
Inter Miami have been linked with Lionel Messi since the first days of the franchise. It always seemed like a fantasy, that the best player in the world and World Cup winner would leave Europe for MLS. But according to popular Argentine journalist Hernan Castillo the fantasy is about to come true as Lionel Messi has agreed to join Inter Miami.
That news has also been confirmed hby FC Barcelona transfer market expert Gerard Romero also implied the move will come to fruition.
Last week, SPORT reported that the Inter Miami had made a formal offer to Messi which will pay him $54 million per season for four years.
Messi’s contract with Paris Saint-Germain contract expires at the end of the month and until now, he has been most strongly linked to former club FC Barcelona and Al-Hilal in the Middle East.
On Sunday, Footmercato reported how the Messi camp had accepted a ($1.3 billion, two-season offer from Al-Hilal that would have him top Forbes’ list of the World’s Highest-Paid Athletes in 2024.
On Monday, however, Messi’s entourage told a Saudi delegation which traveled to Paris to close a potential deal that they wish to delay the move until 2024 according to GOAL.
Messi and his father and agent Jorge Messi have been reported by Joan Fontes as preferring Al-Hilal despite Jorge being recorded by Romero’s Jijantes FC outlet saying they “would love” a second stint at Barca.
Messi’s wife Antonella apparently wants a move to Miami, however, where the Messis own a luxury condo, and it appears that the Qatar 2022 champion has heeded her wish.
In late 2020, Messi revealed that he has always “had the dream” of being able to live in the United States and “experience what the league there is like”.
If these reports are accurate, it is a dream that is finally about to become a reality.