Messi refused 1.5 billion euros and became a teammate of the football player of the Ukrainian national team (video)

The world champion in the Argentina national team, Lionel Messi, who left PSG as a free agent, left Europe and became a teammate of the Ukrainian national team player Serhiy Kryvtsov in the American Inter Miami, owned by David Beckham. This information was confirmed by the 35-year-old footballer himself, who bought luxury apartments from Miami for $10 million back in 2020, and the official Twitter American League MLS. The official signing of Messi’s contract with Inter Miami for three years should take place on July 1.

At the same time, the seven-time winner of the Golden Ball turned down Barcelona, ​​where he spent most of his stellar career, and the Saudi Arabian club Al-Hilal, which, according to the latest data, offered the Argentine a three-year contract with a fantastic salary. - 500 million euros per year.

“I really wanted to return to Barça, I had such a dream, — confessed Lionel Messi in a joint interview with Mundo Deportivo and sport.es. - But after what happened two years ago (scandalous departure from Barcelona. — Auth.), I didn’t want to be in that situation again, leaving my future in someone else’s hands. So I decided to make my own decision, thinking about myself and my family.

I have heard the report that La Liga has given the green light, but the truth is that there was still so much more that was missing to make my return to Barça happen. I didn’t want to be responsible for them selling players or taking pay cuts. I’m tired of this.

I’ve been a Barça supporter for a year, I’m a fan of them. I talked a lot with Javi, we discussed a lot and always had frequent exchanges.

If it was about money, I would go to Saudi Arabia or somewhere else. I thought it was a lot of money. True, my final decision depends on something else, and not because of money. I will move to Inter Miami. The solution is 100% confirmed.

According to media reports, Messi, who scored 704 (!) goals in the leading European championships (Cristiano Ronaldo has 701 accurate hits), in addition to salary (60 million euros per year), will enjoy other benefits at a new job. In particular, Lionel will receive a percentage of the profits from new Apple + subscribers who start watching matches and content of the American MLS league, he will “drip” money from the sale of certain adidas products. And the legendary footballer will be able to buy any MLS team at the end of his career and even choose his coach for the club.

Recall that the Eastern Conference outsider Inter Miami is having a bad season, finishing 27th out of 29 teams. Most recently, the club sacked ex-England coach Phil Neville, who is likely to be replaced by Gerardo Martino of Argentina, who worked with Messi at Barcelona and the Argentina national team.

By the way, the first fans have already appeared in Miami who wear Inter Miami T-shirts with the 10th number and the inscription Messi. One of them lit up at the NBA Finals match between Miami and Denver.

Earlier reported that Cristiano Ronaldo became a football player of “Al-Nasr” from Saudi Arabia.

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