Inter Miami failed to make the MLS Cup playoffs, meaning they have the entire month of November off, while many players still need to play to stay fit for international matches in the middle of the month. Among them, Messi plays for Argentina.
David Beckham, co-owner and chairman of Inter Miami
The idea of David Beckham and the businessmen who co-own Inter Miami is to organize a tour of China, for the team to play friendly matches. In addition, they will use the attraction of Messi to increase the team's market outside the US.
Messi has just won the Ballon d'Or for the 8th time. The Argentine star also has a huge fan base in China and caused a huge stir there when he visited with the Argentine national team in mid-June.
After the agreements for the tour in China were reached, Inter Miami scheduled two friendly matches against Qingdao Hainiu on November 5 and Chengdu Rongcheng on November 8. However, according to the latest news, the organizers of the matches in China continuously changed the match venue and other problems arose, causing Inter Miami's tour to fail.
"There were some commercial and bureaucratic issues that occurred. Inter Miami Club, after re-negotiations, failed to reach an agreement. In the end, Club President David Beckham decided to cancel the tour," Gaston Edul shared, in the online comment section on his personal social network account X (formerly Twitter) on November 1.
Messi (middle) returned to the US right after the Golden Ball award ceremony and immediately trained with his teammates at Inter Miami.
"Inter Miami now has to switch to Plan B. They will continue to train in Miami until mid-November and are looking for opponents to organize at least one friendly match during this period. Messi also returned to the US right after the Golden Ball award ceremony and quickly went to the training field," Gaston Edul added.
Messi has only returned to play 2 matches near the end of October after a long period of injury. He still needs to train more to regain 100% fitness, preparing for 2 key matches with the Argentina team in mid-November in the 2026 World Cup qualifiers in South America, against Uruguay on November 17 and Brazil on November 22 (Vietnam time).
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