Moved from Paris Saint-Germain to Inter Miami during the off-season, Lionel Messi will allow Major League Soccer and US football to enter another dimension. To the delight of the leaders of the Miami club.
Lionel Messi to Inter Miam is the resounding transfer of the summer. After two more or less successful seasons with PSG, the 2022 world champion has decided to change air by leaving European football. Despite interest from Barça, who dreamed of bringing Messi back to La Liga, La Pulga chose to continue his career in the United States. A country where he will continue to write his legend with a certain pleasure. Already because he will feel at home in Miami, but also because the Florida club has wanted him for four years, as Jorge Mas tells it. It must be said that the arrival of Messi in MLS will change a lot of things for soccer in one of the biggest countries in the world.
“With Messi, it will take the league to another level”
But compares the cup of Inter de Miami con su Hermano y con Beckham. In this glimpse of the historia detrás del fichaje de Messi: “Hay un elemento familiar muy important. Messi estará en su hemisferio, casi en el mismo horario que su ciudad” https://t.co/8khuygk4VY
— EL PAÍS (@el_pais) July 2, 2023
“As early as 2019, we started thinking about how we could bring it to Miami, a booming global city. We want people, when they think of football in the United States, to think of Miami. It was more important to sell him the idea of football in the United States. It is the largest commercial market on the planet. Messi can make MLS one of the two or three biggest leagues in the world. With Messi, it will take the league to another level. I think he comes wanting to leave his mark and he can do that beyond football. When he retires, he will have a stake in the club. He will be able to continue his work in a market that will continue to grow. He will have opportunities that are not available in other places. There is also a very important family element. Messi will be in his hemisphere, almost in the same time zone as in Rosario. On our side, there is the marketing aspect. I predict that the club’s supporters will multiply by five or ten in three years. The average American is interested in the best player in the world”, explained, on El Pais, one of the owners of Inter Miami, who now wants to put Messi in the best position to perform. For this, Miami could recruit Busquets, Jordi Alba, Di Maria or Luis Suarez, all former friends of Messi at Barça.
