Soccer star <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/lionel-messi" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Lionel Messi</a>, 35, announced Wednesday that he is planning on signing a contract with Miami’s Major League Soccer team, Inter Miami CF, in what could be the biggest signing in MLS history.
Considered by many to be the world’s best soccer player, Messi confirmed reports from earlier in the day that speculated he was considering a move to Miami. Fresh off a World Cup win with Argentina in Qatar last year, he most recently played with Paris Saint-Germain in France. The news is widely expected to boost attendance and viewership of Major League Soccer.
&#8220;I have made the decision that I am going to Miami. I still don&#8217;t have it agreed upon 100 percent and a few things are needed, but well, we decided to continue my path there,&#8221; Messi <a href="https://www.espn.com/soccer/story/_/id/37772218/lionel-messi-join-mls-inter-miami-psg-exit" target="_blank" rel="noopener">told</a> reporters. &#8220;After winning the World Cup and not being able to return to Barcelona, it was my turn to go to the league of the United States to live football in another way and to enjoy the day-to-day more.”
“Obviously, with the same responsibility and desire to play well and do things well as always. But in a calmer way.&#8221;
Miami is co-owned by David Beckham, who <a href="https://bleacherreport.com/articles/2325972-remembering-david-beckhams-arrival-at-la-galaxy" target="_blank" rel="noopener">left</a> Real Madrid to play for L.A. Galaxy in 2007 — another major signing for MLS. Before Messi’s announcement, it was reported that he was also considering a move to Saudi Arabian club Al Hilal, ESPN reported.
The deal, if it goes through as reported, would be one of the biggest in MLS history. Portions of the deal that have been reported include Messi receiving a cut from Apple TV’s MLS Season Pass streaming service, which debuted this year, the option to purchase an ownership stake in the club after his career as a player, a collaboration with Adidas, and a potential exception to MLS’ salary rules, <a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2023/06/07/sports/soccer/lionel-messi.html" target="_blank" rel="noopener">according</a> to The New York Times.
“We are pleased that Lionel Messi has stated that he intends to join Inter Miami and Major League Soccer this summer,” MLS said in a <a href="https://www.cnn.com/2023/06/07/football/lionel-messi-inter-miami-psg-spt-intl/index.html" target="_blank" rel="noopener">statement</a>. “Although work remains to finalize a formal agreement, we look forward to welcoming one of the greatest soccer players of all time to our League.”
Since reports surfaced that the star was expected to come to America, ticket prices for Miami matches have skyrocketed. Forbes <a href="https://www.forbes.com/sites/brianbushard/2023/06/07/the-messi-effect-inter-miami-ticket-prices-jump-1000-after-messi-reportedly-joins-mls/?sh=7149fea8261d" target="_blank" rel="noopener">reported</a> that secondary market tickets for Miami’s Leagues Cup match against Mexican team Cruz Azul on July 21 — which would likely be Messi’s first — rose from $30 to $512. The club’s match against the New York Red Bulls on August 26 rose from $81 to $599, according to reporting from TickPick.
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Barcelona, Messi’s former team, reportedly tried to get the star back after his two-year stint at PSG, but couldn’t make it work financially, <a href="https://www.espn.com/soccer/story/_/id/37772218/lionel-messi-join-mls-inter-miami-psg-exit" target="_blank" rel="noopener">sources</a> told ESPN. Messi has seven Ballon d’Or trophies and was <a href="https://www.espn.com/soccer/story/_/id/37772218/lionel-messi-join-mls-inter-miami-psg-exit" target="_blank" rel="noopener">named</a> the best men’s player at The Best FIFA Football Awards this year, his second time clinching that title.

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Soccer star Lionel Messi, 35, who is thought by some to be the greatest soccer player of all time, received a <a href="https://www.foxnews.com/sports/gunmen-threaten-lionel-messi-opening-fire-family-supermarket-were-waiting-for-you?intcmp=tw_fnc" target="_blank" rel="noopener">chilling threat</a> after police say two gunmen opened fire at a grocery owned by his wife’s family.
Two men reportedly fired at least a dozen shots at a Unico supermarket in Rosario, Argentina, Argentina’s third-largest city, early Thursday morning, police said. They left a message behind written on cardboard at the store owned by the family of Messi’s wife, Antonella Roccuzzo.
“Messi, we’re waiting for you. [Mayor Pablo] Javkin is also a drug trafficker, so he won’t take care of you,” the message stated.
Prosecutor Federico Rébola said a “preliminary” investigation into the incident had been launched. Javkin visited the crime scene after the incident and criticized federal authorities for their failure to stop violence related to drugs in Rosario.
“I doubt everyone, even those who are supposed to protect us,” he told reporters, <a href="https://apnews.com/article/messi-supermarket-attack-gunmen-rosario-bullets-ce420f9d5d0daa06c3faccb8838b32d9" target="_blank" rel="noopener">adding</a>, “Where are the ones who need to take care of us?&#8221;
&#8220;It’s clear that those who have the weapons and have the possibility of investigating the criminals aren’t doing it, and it’s very easy for any gang to carry out something like this,&#8221; he said.
In December, Messi led the Argentinian team to its first World Cup championship in 36 years in Qatar. Messi has won the Ballon d’Or award, emblematic of the world’s greatest player, a record seven times. Although he has a home in Rosario’s suburb Funes, Messi is often overseas.
“With the mafia attack on the Roccuzzo family&#8217;s business, knowing that it will be an event of global significance, the aim is to instill terror in the population and unease in those of us who are in the battle against criminal violence. It is, neither more nor less, the definition of terrorism,” tweeted Celia Arena, the justice minister for Santa Fe province, where Rosario is located.
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Con el ataque mafioso al comercio de la familia Roccuzzo se busca, a sabiendas de que será un hecho de trascendencia mundial, infundir terror en la población y desazón en quienes estamos en la batalla contra la violencia criminal. Es, ni más ni menos, la definición de terrorismo.
&mdash; Celia Arena (@celiaarena) <a href="https://twitter.com/celiaarena/status/1631324538179932161?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">March 2, 2023</a></blockquote>
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“In a situation of this scale, unifying efforts is not an alternative: it is an obligation,” she continued. “As has already been said on countless occasions, Rosario lives in an exceptional situation that demands exceptional responses. There are successful antecedents that allow guiding the action.”
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Ante una situación de esta escala, unificar esfuerzos no es una alternativa: es una obligación. Como ya se dijo en incontables oportunidades, Rosario vive una coyuntura excepcional que exige respuestas excepcionales. Hay antecedentes exitosos que permiten orientar la acción.
&mdash; Celia Arena (@celiaarena) <a href="https://twitter.com/celiaarena/status/1631324540583432192?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">March 2, 2023</a></blockquote>
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“In 2014, a massive landing of federal forces was ordered to occupy the territories hardest hit by drug violence. That pacification operation had positive results, even celebrated by the provincial government of that time. That is the way we need,” she concluded.
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En 2014 se dispuso un desembarco masivo de fuerzas federales para ocupar los territorios más castigados por la violencia narco. Aquel operativo de pacificación tuvo resultados positivos, incluso celebrados por el gobierno provincial de entonces. Ese es el camino que necesitamos.
&mdash; Celia Arena (@celiaarena) <a href="https://twitter.com/celiaarena/status/1631324543863377921?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">March 2, 2023</a></blockquote>
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