Soccer fans call for Lionel Messi to ‘announce Inter Miami’ after MLS celebrate World Cup final goal
‘MLS tweeting this is funny’: US soccer fans call for Lionel Messi to ‘announce Inter Miami’ after Major League Soccer celebrate his World Cup final goal on Twitter, as the Argentina hero could join David Beckham’s team next year
- Lionel Messi could join Inter Miami in 2023 when his contract at PSG has finished
- Messi scored Argentina’s first goal in the World Cup final against France in Qatar
- Major League Soccer celebrated the goal with a tweet saying ‘This Guy’
- Soccer fans thought it could have been a hint about Messi joining MLS
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American soccer fans spied what they hoped could be a subtle hint that Lionel Messi might be on his way to Major League Soccer during the World Cup final.
The Argentina hero put his team 1-0 up in the final against France with a sublime penalty after Angel Di Maria had been fouled.
And the MLS Twitter account marked the moment by sending out a picture of Messi celebrating his goal with the caption: ‘This guy’.
But with Messi and Inter Miami in talks over a sensational move to the United States next year, US soccer fans thought there might have been a hidden message in the tweet.
US soccer fans hoped an MLS tweet on Lionel Messi’s World Cup goal was an Inter Miami hint
Messi put his Argentina team into the lead with a penalty in the final against France in Qatar
‘MLS tweeting this is funny,’ said one fan in response, noting the links between Messi and David Beckham’s Miami team.
Another simply said ‘announce Miami’ while a different fan responded with: ‘Messi to Inter Miami – can you imagine what the jersey sale numbers will be?’
One other soccer fan wrote: ‘Photoshop the Inter Miami jersey on him already’.
Sportsmail reported on November 27 that an agreement between Messi and Miami is close, with Beckham playing a key role in organizing the deal.
Messi currently plays club soccer with Paris Saint-Germain but his contract expires at the end of the European club season in July 2023.
The MLS side believe the Argentina legend will formalize a switch on a free transfer to become the highest-paid player in the history of the sport in the US.
Messi, 35, is currently understood to be on a salary of around £1.2m-a-week and would take a pay cut at the Florida franchise, which is co-owned by David Beckham.
David Beckham has apparently been a key figure in trying to get Messi to join Inter Miami
He would still be the best paid player in MLS history, however.
But for now, Messi’s world revolves around World Cup glory. He scored the first goal in the final for Argentina from the penalty spot and his team then went 2-0 up with Di Maria rounded off a sweeping move.
The World Cup has been the one trophy to evade Messi across the course of his glittering career, with many believing glory in Qatar would also make him the best to have ever played the game.
