Lionel Messi is already in Florida before being introduced as a new Inter Miami player, as reflected in the images released today by the American channel ESPN. Accompanied by his wife and three of his children, the Argentine star landed in the United States after a paradisiacal vacation in the Caribbean and is preparing to start a new footballing and personal stage.
Messi arrived on Tuesday by private jet at a small Fort Lauderdale airport next to the Inter Miami stadium, the American Major League Soccer club that has hired him after his contract with Paris Saint-Germain expired and his return to FC Barcelona was frustrated.
The fans had already begun to gather around the DRV PNK Stadium since early Tuesday morning awaiting the arrival of Messi, who will sign a contract for two and a half seasons, until December 2025, in exchange for 60 million dollars a year. .
Fans await the arrival of Leo Messi in the outskirts of the Inter Miami stadium
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Inter Miami announced on Friday that Messi’s presentation will be held at its stadium on Sunday, July 16. in an act that will be titled ‘The Unveil’ (the inauguration).
It is expected that in this “great event” it will also be presented Sergio Busquets, with whom Messi will meet again after coinciding both at FC Barcelona.
Messi will also have as coach Gerardo ‘Tata’ Martino, but the Argentine coach, who directed Leo at Barça and in the Argentine national team, has not yet finished resolving the paperwork to be able to sit on the bench, although on Monday he already led his first training session.
Leo and Busquets will debut on July 21
Messi and Busquets will debut on July 21 with Inter Miami against the Mexican Cruz Azul in the new Leagues Cup, a tournament between first division clubs of the North American Soccer League (MLS) and the Mexican league.
Inter Miami awaits the arrival of its stellar reinforcements, who may be joined shortly by Jordi Alba, since he is bottom of the MLS Eastern Conference after a series of seven consecutive defeats and three draws in the last ten rounds.
