The news of the possible arrival of Lionel Messi to Inter Miami caused a furor on Wednesday in South Florida, where many fans of the club have already begun to request the subscription for the 2024 season to prevent prices from skyrocketing.
After weeks in which speculation circulated about ultra-millionaire offers from Saudi Arabia and about a hypothetical return to Barcelona, this Wednesday different information was disseminated about Messi's decision to sign for Inter Miami and the American MLS.
Another sign of the fever that aroused the Flea is the sudden inflation suffered by the tickets for the next commitments of Inter Miami. The value of the tickets, according to the TickPick portal, for the July 21 match against Cruz Azul went from 29 dollars to 329 dollars; the August 26 against New York Red Bulls cost US $ 30 and now trades 401 and the September 3 against Los Angeles went 81 to 422 bills of US currency.
The fans speak out
"The Messi effect is going to be something too important for this city, we are super excited, imagine Messi in Miami. My friends have already started calling me, that they are going to buy the season tickets, that they are going to organize to see the best player in history," Venezuelan Leonardo Sassone told EFE.
The expectation for the possible arrival of the Argentine star, who did not renew his contract with Paris Saint Germain, skyrocketed in Miami, which was already living intense days for the NBA Finals that the Heat dispute against the Denver Nuggets.
This Wednesday will be played the third game of the Finals between the Heat and the Nuggets, but Messi currently monopolizes the spotlight on local fans.
"In the fans there are many Argentines, Venezuelans too. The bar of Inter Miami is Argentine, it will have a super positive effect on the team. He's not going through his best, but let's hope this goes forward," continued Sassone, a regular fan at Lockhart Stadium.
A club of just 5 years
Inter Miami, founded in 2018 and with David Beckham among the owners, had been dreaming of the addition of Messi for years and recently fired coach Phil Neville. The team is colista in the East, with 15 points in 16 games, and has in its template with Latin figures such as the Venezuelan Josef Martínez or the Ecuadorian Leonardo Campana.
Messi, who will turn 36 on June 24, would arrive at a football in enormous growth. MLS signed a 10-year contract with Apple to stream all of the league's matches live and in recent years has attracted stars such as Welshman Gareth Bale, Italian Giorgio Chiellini, Brazilian Douglas Costa or Argentine Sebastian Driussi, among many others.
A year before the Copa America and three years before the World Cup hosted by the United States, Mexico and Canada, Messi would give a vertical boost to soccer.
The Messi operation in Miami goes beyond sports because it is a project with different commercial legs that would serve for the Argentine to complete his salary.
Source: EFE
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