Superstar Lionel Messi will join American club Inter Miami, after the contract expires with PSG.
According to with the BBC, Messi will refuse to receive a salary of $ 430 million per year in Saudi Arabia, to choose an invitation from Inter Miami. To attract Messi to the American Professional Football League (MLS), Miami has collaborated with big brands such as Adidas and Apple.
Messi in the PSG match against Leipzig in the Champions League group stage on October 19, 10 in Paris. Image: Reuters
This will be Messi's first time playing outside of Europe. He had wanted to stay in Europe for another season, with a preference for Barca, but received no offers. Barca is having financial difficulties, so it is not possible to make an offer for the team legend. He could only choose between Inter Miami or Al Hilal.
Many people want Messi to join Al Hilal to reunite with Cristiano Ronaldo and Karim Benzema in the same tournament. The offer from the Saudi League is said to have a better regime than the MLS, but Messi wants to play more in the US for many reasons, such as life, and contracts with big brands that go far beyond football. The 36-year-old striker also owns a house in Miami, Florida, and is renting it out.
Messi scored 32 goals in 75 matches for PSG, helping the team win the French championship twice in a row. But his most significant achievement during his two years in Paris was winning the 2022 World Cup with Argentina. That title helped Messi break many records, and fulfill all his dreams with football. "I have no more goals in football," he told the Argentine newspaper TNT June 12.
Inter Miami was founded 5 years ago, started playing in the MLS in 2020, but stayed outside the Top 10 for three consecutive years. They are at the bottom of the table in the East of the US, in 15 teams. The owner of the team is currently the father and son of billionaire Jorge Mas, Jose Mas and famous player David Beckham. Beckham also holds the position of chairman of the team, having just fired coach Phil Neville six days ago. Neville and Beckham were longtime teammates at Man Utd from 1994-2003.
MLS was founded in 1993, started playing in 1996, there is no promotion or relegation. There have been many famous players in the MLS such as Hristo Stoichkov, Lothar Matthaus, Alessandro Nesta, Bastian Schweinsteiger, Frank Lampard, Steven Gerrard, Zlatan Ibrahimovic, Didier Drogba, Andrea Pirlo, Kaka, Gareth Bale, Wayne Rooney, Thierry Henry or Beckham himself. "King of football" Pele also played in the US for the New York Cosmos but at that time MLS was not yet established.
Hoang An
