Lionel Messi’s future seems to be with Inter Miami. The Argentina famous person is in talks with the membership over his future, co-owner Jorge Mas mentioned on Wednesday in an interview with Futbol de Primera.
Among the many biggest to ever play, Messi joined the MLS facet in 2023 after his spell with PSG and a historic run with FC Barcelona, successful every thing conceivable with the latter. The legendary Argentine famous person, who gained the World Cup in 2022, has taken MLS by storm, scoring 40 objectives in 47 video games, main the workforce to the Leagues Cup in 2023 and the MLS Supporters’ Defend in 2024.
His present contract expires after this season, however as Inter Miami look to open a brand new stadium in 2026, they anticipate the icon to be there.
“My expectation is that we are going to see the workforce’s captain and quantity 10, Lionel Messi, within the new stadium. It is a determination. We’re speaking with him about his future on the membership,” Mas instructed legendary play-by-play broadcaster Andres Cantor on Tuesday forward of the second leg of the Concacaf Champions Cup quarterfinals in opposition to Los Angeles FC.
“All the celebrities are aligning for actually nice issues, an attractive future for the membership and for Lionel. It is as much as him, however I anticipate we are going to decide this within the subsequent 60 or 90 days as a result of it is necessary to start out planning forward.
“He shall be one other member of the membership [when he’s done playing], an appearing shareholder, and he desires to depart that as a legacy to his youngsters. We have now a really good, respectful relationship with him, and I let him reside his issues peacefully.”
Whereas Messi’s future by no means actually appeared unsure, there’s at all times been this perception that possibly sooner or later he would return to boyhood membership Newell’s in Argentina, the place he has not appeared in an expert recreation. No person is aware of what’s going to occur down the highway, however an extension with Miami would appear to lower the chance of that taking place. He’ll flip 38 this June, and staying in the US for 2026 makes all sense on this planet because the nation will host the 2026 World Cup alongside Mexico and Canada.
With an opportunity to defend Argentina’s title, staying in the US makes life simpler in loads of methods for the Rosario native. The Argentina nationwide workforce makes use of Miami as its base throughout competitions within the nation, and the Argentina Soccer Affiliation opened up an workplace within the Wynwood space of Miami in 2023.
