By committing to the United States with Inter Miami, Lionel Messi will join a new French player.
It could have been the saga of the summer, but Lionel Messi quickly put an end to the rumors by announcing Wednesday June 7 in an interview for the Catalan media Mundo Deportivo and Sport that he was going to take over the management of Inter Miami in the United States at the expense of FC Barcelona and Saudi Arabia. “I made the decision to go to Miami. It’s not 100% done yet, but we decided to continue there,” he explained.
La Pulga confessed to having received several offers from European clubs, including FC Barcelona, but he did not want his return to Barca to involve the departure of certain players and possible sacrifices. “I had European offers but the only European team I wanted was Barca. I heard that Barcelona had to sell players or lower player salaries and the truth is that I didn’t want to go through that.”
An unprecedented doublet with a French player
At Inter Miami, the seven-time Ballon d’Or will be very far from his former teammate Kylian Mbappé, but Lionel Messi will not be too out of place since he will play with another Frenchman… Corentin Jean! The striker has decided to leave RC Lens in 2022 to try the American adventure. As a reminder, the Frenchman had equalized at 10 against 11 at the Parc des Princes (1-1) during the 2021-2022 season, the Argentinian had opened the scoring. If the Inter Miami season is particularly delicate (last in the MLS ranking), Corentin displays rather shy statistics with 14 matches including 11 as a starter for a single goal scored.