Lionel Messi has made it among the big stars who won the World Cup and is now in the hall of fame of all time World Cup winners but with his age now means some US-based clubs are attempting at getting him on board to garnish and boost the Major League Soccer.
Phil Neville from Inter Miami CF is not hiding his aspirations to sign Messi if the club wants to aspire to bigger, better things and to become a leading force in the MLS in 2023.
“We need to bring in two or three starting players to take us to that next level,” the English coach said recently.
“I think last year was good,” Neville said. “We want this year to be great.”
It was a largely successful 2022 for the club that saw the South Florida-based club reach their first full-season Audi MLS Cup Playoffs.
Though it ended with a Round One loss to New York City FC, that does not mean the club should not think big. But as we know it all, big names like Messi does not come cheap. Whether the club can afford to bring Messi in or not will depend on what they have to offer the world champion.
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Now that there are other countries that are also coughing huge amount of cash to players like Cristiano Ronaldo to beef up their league and bring it to the international level, Messi could also be caught up in one of those incredible whirlwind.
Cristiano Ronaldo has signed a contract worth $75 million a year with Al Nassr FC, a team that competes in Saudi Arabia’s premier division.
According to earlier rumours, Ronaldo would earn $207 million annually. According to recent rumours, Ronaldo will receive a guaranteed $75 million annually for his on-field contributions, with the possibility of increasing that figure to almost $200 million through business deals with the club.
Besides Messi, the Miami CF is also thinking of Josef Martínez. Messi has not renewed his contract with Paris St Germain yet, a contract that at the end of Europe’s 2022-23 season.
“For us, the landscape’s not changed at all,” he said about the possibility of signing the former FC Barcelona superstar. “With any deal for any DP of the level you’re talking about is complicated, it takes time.
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