Inter Miami are targeting Lionel Messi and are now ‘increasingly’ confident they’re going to beat Barcelona to his signature.
We’re hurtling towards the World Cup in Qatar and, sadly, what is almost certain to be the final World Cup of Lionel Messi’s career.
The 35-year-old has played at four World Cups before this but has never been able to claim the trophy; this is the last chance.
Messi is in ridiculous form over in France with Paris Saint-Germain, racking up seven goals and 10 assists in just 12 league games.
Messi is still a huge threat at the highest level and yet a move away from PSG could be on the cards.
Inter Miami are targeting Lionel Messi
The Athletic report that Major League Soccer side Inter Miami are now confident of signing Messi – so much so that they expect him to arrive in 2023.
It’s suggested that talks have been going on for years now but there is real confidence that a deal is on the cards.
Negotiations will continue after the World Cup but this could be an enormous coup for Major League Soccer.
Messi’s family allegedly own property in Miami, so a move does make sense and, yes, this means that Messi could end up playing under Phil Neville, a sentence few could have expected to read or write.
Barcelona are desperate to re-sign Messi themselves and may have been confident of an emotional return to the Camp Nou.
Messi left Barcelona for a two-year deal with PSG and with his contract running out in 2023, we’re now seeing three avenues emerge.
Stay at PSG, return to Barcelona or make a move to Inter Miami.
Barcelona’s chaotic project doesn’t exactly exude confidence right now and if PSG can’t win the Champions League with Neymar, Messi and Kylian Mbappe, they never will.
Messi may feel that, once his final World Cup is over, the time is right to back away from Argentina and European football as a whole.
That’s what Inter Miami hope and one of the greatest players in the world could be heading to the States in a massive coup for David Beckham and co.
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