Lionel Messi has shown that money is far from everything for him. He turned down an astronomical sum from Saudi Arabia, but unfortunately he is not even returning to Barcelona. After finishing in Paris, he will head to Miami. What awaits him at Inter there?
The American Football League has a lot to look forward to. A huge star will join the ranks of Inter Miami. The best player in football history. Lionel Messi is thus leaving Europe and European football at the age of 35, it is the end of a great era.
Although the Argentinian phenomenon can look forward to a relatively comfortable life, hopefully he will not have a bad life in Florida with his family. But what about the sports side?
MLS is still on the rise. This is confirmed by new and new sponsorship contracts and various agreements. In addition, there is an increasing interest in soccer in the USA. More people go to football matches here than, for example, to the NBA or MLB.
Last season, the attendance record even fell here. On average, 21,033 spectators attended each match. In total, over 10 million fans came to the stadiums.
On average, more than 16,500 spectators go to Miami this season. With the arrival of Messi, this number can be expected to rise significantly.
American teams can be proud of modern facilities, beautiful new stadiums and overall the environment there is simply different.
According to the Global Football Rankings server, the American MLS is currently the sixteenth best competition in the world. According to the mentioned website, Inter Miami is the worst team in the entire league.
What awaits Messi directly in Miami?
Inter Miami is in its fourth season in MLS. So far it hasn’t been much glory. The Florida team made it to the playoffs twice, both times they finished in the first round.
And this year is not developing well either. Miami is the third worst team in the entire competition. They are last in their Eastern Conference, they have collected only 15 points in 16 duels, they have already lost five games in a row in the league. Only two Western Conference teams are doing worse.
Although the team is owned by David Beckham, many of the more prominent names have not yet been at the club. So far, Gonzalo Higuaín has been the biggest star here, Blaise Matuidi also deserves a mention.
Even the current roster does not offer well-known names. European fans can more or less only remember DeAndre Yedlin, who worked in Newcastle, Corentin Jean with experience in Ligue 1 or the former player of Shakhtar Donetsk and the Ukrainian representative Sergiy Kryvtsov.
The average age of the team is 24.2 years without Messi, so it will be a big deal for his new teammates. None of them had ever met a player of his caliber. Not even close.
However, the whole story will be all the more interesting. Can Messi lead Miami to success? Can he lift this team? And how will he actually approach football? Any looseness in his personal life could move him a bit further in terms of performance.
Source: Inter Miami, Transfermarkt, Global Football Rankings
2023-06-08 08:37:30
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