2023-06-07 18:59:08
Messi, who led his country to the world title late last year in Doha, aims to play in the Copa America competition in 2024.
Several foreign media outlets, including the Spanish newspaper Marca, the English Independent and the British BBC, announced on Wednesday that Lionel Messi, the star of the Argentine football team, will join Inter Miami, following his departure from the French club, Paris Saint-Germain.
Spanish journalist Guillem Balag, who is the author of a biography on Messi, said in a BBC report that the former Barcelona captain would reject the offer made to him by the Saudi club Al Hilal to sign with Miami.
Although the contract offered by Al-Hilal is materially higher than the Inter offer, the transfer to the latter will include cooperation contracts between Messi and giant American companies such as Adidas and Apple.
The well-informed independent journalist Fabrizio Romano also said that the world champion and seven-time Ballon d’Or winner chose to play for Inter Miami.
And the media reports added that the American club benefited from the revenues generated by the new subscribers to “MLS Season Plus” on “Apple TV Plus” to complete the deal.
Apple and the Major League Soccer signed a 10-year, $2.5 billion agreement in the spring.
This will be the first football adventure for the 35-year-old world champion outside the European continent at the club level.
Messi wanted to return to Barcelona this summer, but the financial fair play restrictions that will be in effect for the next season in the Spanish League made it impossible to bring him back while maintaining what he would like as an annual salary.
Messi left French Saint-Germain following two disappointing seasons, with the end of his contract with him.
For several months, the Saudi club Al-Hilal has shown interest in contracting with Messi and offered an annual salary of 400 million euros to join him, according to many media outlets. Even club officials traveled to Paris on Sunday to try to conclude the deal, according to Agence France-Presse from sources close to the negotiations.
Messi, who led his country to the world title late last year in Doha, aims to play in the Copa America competition in 2024.
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