Messi puts Miami ahead of Saudi petrodollars and the mysteries of Barcelona

Apart from an unexpected twist at the last moment, which cannot be ruled out in this football world, Leo Messi He has already taken off his daisy and will land in Major League Soccer to play for Inter Miami next season. The Argentine star has already made his decision, although the signing of the contract with the American club is still pending. In this way, 10 fulfills the goal of resolving his future as soon as possible and enjoys a championship that allows him to continue competing with the goal of reaching the Copa América in 2024, his last major date with the Albiceleste.

Messi, under the influence of his wife, who logically prefers to live in Miami than, for example, in Riyadh, finally rejected the juicy offers that poured in from Saudi Arabia, specifically Al Hilal, and the interest of Barcelona, ​​which did not materialize. in a good economic proposal. The Barça club wanted him for a long time, as president Joan Laporta and coach Xavi Hernández have repeatedly admitted, while Saudi petrodollars economically outweighed any other option.

The former Azulgrana and his family, however, decided to go to the United States, where the football is better and the league is more competitive. The decision was complicated. The idea of ​​returning to Barcelona was his favorite, but the operation represented too many unknowns in an economic sense due to the delicate situation in which Barcelona found itself.

No waiting In recent days there have been several talks between the player’s father Jorge Messi and Laporta. The club assured him that Xavi wanted him sportingly and that they could register him in this market, but it takes time. Rosario had the experience of two years ago, when he thought he would recover and ended up having to go to Paris, and he didn’t want to go on vacation restless.

“The situation is in the hands of the president and Leo’s father, but in the end Leo has the upper hand,” Xavi said on Tuesday after a friendly against Vissel Kobe. Coach Tarrasa already knew then that the decision would not last long and that there are several factors that affect Messi’s future. LaLiga gave the green light to the feasibility plan presented by the kulé club for the next two years, but that was only the first step for the Argentine’s arrival. The next, the longest, was to relieve the team to make room for 10 and thus meet the 40% rule required by financial fair play. Barcelona could agree with Messi, as well as Iñigo Martínez, but could not secure the registration until the players with a contract in front of the club.

They lured him from Arabia with an unbeatable millionaire offer, but the sports proposal was less interesting than the American one. Messi wants to play the next Copa América still in excellent physical condition, and for that it is better to go to the country that will organize the very tournament to which Scaloni’s team arrives as world champions and where ‘Messimania’ will break out very quickly.

Messi thus distances himself from the pressure of competition in major European football, where he is the focus of many eyes. His recent experience in Paris was far from satisfactory, to the extent that it did not go down well with the fans. It is clear that the MSL is not at the level of the major European competitions, but it is considered superior to the Saudi tournament. And in Miami, in addition, Leo, his wife and their children will be able to speak Spanish without problems, which is another advantage.