Undoubtedly, his move Lionel Messi in the US on her behalf Inter Miamiwas one of the most talked about footballer transfers that took place during the last summer.
A few months after he managed to lead the Argentina national team to the top of the world by winning the World Cup, Messi decided to continue his career in MLS, with the owner of his new team and Manchester United legend, David Beckhamrevealing in an interview he gave how he managed to convince Leo to join his team!
What Beckham said in detail:
“When I started this journey, ten years ago, announcing that I was starting a team in Miami, my vision was to bring the best players. I guess as an owner of a team, you always want to bring in the best players, but the possibility of bringing in the best is difficult.
But then, I snuck into Messi’s father’s hotel about four years ago in Barcelona for a meeting with him and obviously, at that point, we weren’t ready to bring him and he wasn’t ready to come. I turned to his father and said, “we want your son, we want him to come to Miami when he’s ready,” and if that’s possible. We continued the discussions and with my collaborators, Jorge Mas, we just worked on it for about four years.
When he was at Paris Saint-Germain, we saw an opportunity. Either he would go back to Barcelona, ​​or he would come to Miami, but suddenly, everything aligned and we continued the discussions. To bring in someone like Meso, we knew he would change the club and we knew he would change the league and the sport – but he is beyond that. What he does on the pitch, what he does off the pitch, for the young guys – to bring in someone like him is the dream, also Jordi Alba and Sergio Busquets.
Bringing Leo changed everything. The academy kids have someone to look up to who has done everything, won everything and is teaching them, which is amazing.”
Source: Sport Fm
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