David Beckham given Lionel Messi headache after confession over his future plans

Lionel Messi spent much than 20 years with Barcelona earlier securing moves to Paris Saint-Germain and Inter Miami wherever helium has go Major League Soccer's astir prestigious star

David Beckham and Inter Miami whitethorn person to interest astir the adjacent measurement successful Lionel Messi's career.

The 37-year-old Argentina icon joined the Major League Soccer broadside successful 2023 from Paris Saint-Germain. The eight-times Ballon d'Or victor has truthful acold won the Leagues Cup and Supporters' Shield successful his clip successful Florida but the team person fallen abbreviated in their bid to sensation MLS glory frankincense far.

Messi's declaration runs until the extremity of the 2025 play and the seasoned earns a basal wage of £9.58million, with his full guaranteed compensation successful the portion of £16.28m. Unsurprisingly, the superstar is the highest paid subordinate successful the league but soon the Herons whitethorn beryllium required to tempt him to stay successful the United States.

The World Cup-winner has spoken of his tendency to instrumentality to the metropolis of Barcelona to unrecorded with his family. Messi spent much than 2 decades with the Catalan broadside earlier departing having established himself arsenic 1 of the champion players ever.

"We had to permission the metropolis and Catalonia, but my children are Catalan and I person lived determination each my life," Messi told 3cat. "I consciousness similar I beryllium to Barcelona, successful our caput [we are] ever going to unrecorded determination again successful the future.

"My children, my woman and I miss beingness successful Barcelona, we near a batch of things there."

Inter clasp assurance they tin unafraid Messi's aboriginal however. Beckham's co-owner Jorge Mas believes that the diminutive superstar volition inactive beryllium contiguous for the broadside successful 2026.

"Messi is nether declaration done 2025; Leo and I volition beryllium and sermon the future," helium said. "As I person said before, and I volition repetition it now: I afloat expect that successful the opening of our caller stadium successful 2026 and the opening of our 2026 MLS play aft a trophy-laden 2025 season, that Leo Messi volition beryllium our No. 10."

The adjacent trophy that Messi and Inter Miami volition beryllium afforded the accidental to triumph volition beryllium the Club World Cup. The broadside was gifted a astonishment introduction into the competition.

FIFA handed the nine a spot arsenic a typical of the big state for their efforts implicit the regular play successful MLS. Despite winning the shield they were past knocked retired successful the play-offs of the competition.

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