Lionel Messi has a year full of commitments between the Argentine National Team and this Inter Miami that is about to start its season. The question is whether Messi will cross the doors that Javier Mascherano opened for him to be one of the three seniors who will seek Olympic gold in Paris 2024.

The fact is that the Olympic soccer tournament, the one that a young Messi won in Beijing 2008, overlaps with the Leagues Cup. And that overloaded schedule can conspire against Inter Miami's plans.