The Argentine player, today at Inter Miami, received important and well-deserved recognition for his great soccer season.
Lionel Messi He has just been chosen as the athlete of the year by the renowned American magazine Time. With this new and recent achievement, the star manages to end the year in a very special way after having also reached the Ballon d’Or in Paris.
In past statements to the prestigious magazine United States, Messi reviewed his arrival Inter Miami and he slipped: “The truth is that fortunately I had several options on the table that were interesting, and I had to analyze them and think, even weigh them with my family, before making the final decision to come to Miami”.
“My first option was to return to Barcelonabut it was not possible,” added the world champion footballer. And he remarked: “I tried to return and it did not happen. It is also true that later I was thinking a lot about going to the Saudi league, where I know the country and they have created a very powerful that can become an important league in the near future.”
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On the other hand, Messi recognized that “as the country’s tourism ambassador it was a destination that attracted me, especially because I have enjoyed everything I have visited, because of how football is growing in the country and because of the effort they are putting into creating a first-class competition. level”.
“Was Saudi Arabia or the MLS“, and both options seemed very interesting to me,” acknowledged the Argentine ten, who after rejecting a million-dollar contract with a Saudi club in June announced that he would sign with Inter Miami. In that framework, time He recalled that in addition to the more than $20 million a year that Inter Miami would pay him, he would be granted an ownership stake in the team upon retirement and an unprecedented cut in revenue earned by a league media partner. in this case, Apple. An impressive agreement that exceeds football.
David Beckham, excited about Messi’s debut at Inter Miami
David Beckhamformer soccer player and one of the owners of InterMiami, He also expressed his feelings about the arrival of Messi with time and he couldn’t contain his excitement. “I remember getting in the car on the way back and saying to Victoria, ‘I’m not even sure I can drive home. You couldn’t have written it better. It was for the MLS and for América. “It was for the future of the game,” she concluded.
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