Leo Messi is already in Miami

Lionel Messi was in Florida before being introduced as Inter Miami’s new player, as seen in photos released today by the American channel ESPN. With his wife and three children, the Argentine star arrived in the United States after a paradise-like vacation in the Caribbean and is preparing to start a new footballing and personal phase.

Messi arrived Tuesday by private jet at a small Fort Lauderdale airport next to the stadium of Inter Miami, a US Major League Soccer club that hired him after his contract with Paris Saint-Germain expired and the His return to FC Barcelona was unsuccessful.

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Fans have already started gathering 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. .

Inter Miami announced on Friday that Messi’s presentation will be held at its stadium on Sunday, July 16. in a work entitled ‘The Unveil’ (the inauguration).

It is expected that at this “great event” it will also be unveiled Sergio Busquets with whom Messi will reunite after spending time at FC Barcelona.

Messi will also be there as a coach Gerardo ‘Tata’ Martino, but the Argentine coach, who directed Leo at Barça and the Argentine national team, is not yet finished resolving the papers to sit on the bench, although on Monday he led his first training session.

Leo and Busquets will debut on July 21

Messi and Busquets will make their debuts on July 21 with Inter Miami against 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 is awaiting the arrival of its stellar reinforcements, which could be joined by Jordi Alba, as they are bottom of the MLS Eastern Conference after a streak of seven consecutive defeats and three draws in the last ten rounds.