This foreign born permanent A+ list soccer player has an endorsement deal in place here in the US which would make up for the salary he would be missing out on by joining a team in MLS.

In the first part of the Spring, he wants to play for a team in his home country to say farewell.

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Lionel Messi MLS Transfer Eyed by Inter Miami, Team Co-owned by David Beckham

Inter Miami CBO Xavier Asensi was asked during an interview with El Mundo Deportivo whether he was prioritizing landing high-profile players from Europe like PSG superstar Lionel Messi, and suggested that was the club’s ambition.

“Yes, with some caveats,” he said (h/t ESPN). “You can’t compare Leo Messi with any other player; he’s different. Having said that, what we’re looking for is to be the reference point for football in the U.S., and to do that, the important thing is the players and the show that you can put on. To do so, you need the best players, and having them is a genuine objective at this club. In terms of Leo Messi, there’s him and then there’s everyone else.”

Messi, a seven-time Ballon d’Or winner who is arguably the greatest footballer to ever live, would undoubtedly be the biggest star in the history of the MLS were he to ever join Inter Miami, surpassing former league greats like the club’s co-owner David Beckham, Zlatan Ibrahimovic, Thierry Henry, Wayne Rooney, Kaka and Frank Lampard.

The superstar has been linked to Inter Miami in the past. In May, there were reports that Messi would join the club in the summer of 2023, landing a 35-percent ownership stake in the process. Inter Miami officials denied the report.

An eventual move to Inter Miami would be just as impactful and noteworthy for the MLS, a league that has struggled to gain the same prominence in world football as European giants like England’s Premier League, Spain’s La Liga, Germany’s Bundesliga, Italy’s Serie A or even France’s Ligue 1. – Source

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