There’s less and less to go see Lionel Messi step on the field again. In advance of the start of its preseason at the Florida Blue Training Center, Inter Miami gave know the friendly schedule that they will have prior to the start of Major League Soccer.
The team led by Javier Mascherano – who arrived to replace Gerardo Martino – will have an intense journey in which they will travel 11,000 kilometers in 26 days to compete against each other. 5 different teams. Meanwhile, the managers of the pink team are looking for extend Messi’s contractwhich will end in December of this year.
Lionel Messi and Inter Miami prepare for the start of their preseason:
With the beginning of the Major League Soccer (MLS) just over a month away and in a special year that will see them compete in the first Club World Cup in historythe set of Lionel Messi It will begin its preseason next Monday at the club’s sports complex, located in Fort Lauderdale. Before the start of the official competitions, the Argentine star will have 5 friendly matches to get ready.
The first test will take place on Sunday, January 19 from 00:00 (Argentine time), where Inter Miami will face the Americacurrent three-time Mexican soccer champion. The event will take place at the Allegian Stadium in Nevada, in the United States.
Then the pink team will board a plane to head to Lima, Peru, to face each other at the Monumental Stadium in front of the University Sports Club. The duel will take place Wednesday 29th from 10pm (Argentine time) and will pair the North American club with the current two-time champion of the Peruvian First Division and top league winner in that country.
After this, On Sunday, February 2, from 7 p.m., Messi will face Sportin San Miguelito at the Rommel Fernández Gutiérrez Stadium in Panmá City, Panama. Just six days later, the Saturday the 8th, the Olimpia Sports Club and Inter Miami will face each other in Honduras, at the Metropolitan Olympic Stadium.
The end of the preseason will arrive on Friday, February 14 when Argentina’s No. 10 faces Orlando City SC, starting at 9:30 p.m.in what is known as the Florida Classic. This will be the last friendly before the team owned by David Beckham has its first official match of the season.
The same will be against Sporting Kansas City por the first qualifying round of the Concachampions. With a round-trip format, both teams will face each other on February 18 and 25. ANDIn the middle, the debut for the American league will come against New York City in Miami.
Lionel Messi to Newell’s?
In the middle of the preseason, Inter Miami managers are preparing an offer for the Argentine star to renew his contract – which ends in December 2025 – for one more season. It should be noted that in 2026, The United States will host the twenty-third edition of the Soccer World Cup organized by FIFA.
David Beckham and Jorge Másowners of “Las Garzas”, want nothing to do with losing their franchise and star player. For this reason, they are thinking of making the renewal proposal after the preseason tour that Mascherano’s team will have ends.
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In this scenario, Newell’s Old Boys fans are closely following what happens with the Argentine star. It is expected that Messi’s new contract includes a clause where the player can be transferred to another institution so as not to lose activity when there is no competition in the MLS, something that happened to the ten in this last extended break with his current club, after being left out in the first round of the Playoffs.
This is no surprise, since it is something that was done by other football figures. Such are the cases of French Thierry Henry or Swede Zlatan Ibrahimovicwho left for two months to Arsenal in England and Milan, respectively. Thus, the fans of Newell’s Old Boys are excited about the return home of their prodigy son.
Source: Ambito
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