MIAMI – Argentine celebrity and new striker for Inter Miami CF Lionel Messi arrived Tuesday afternoon at Fort Lauderdale Executive Airport.
Cameras captured the star receiving off a aircraft along with his spouse and small children.
Inter Miami is targeting a July 21 debut match for Messi.
Some tickets for the July 21 Leagues Cup match towards Cruz Azul are on the secondary markets for far more than $10,000 apiece, obviously in anticipation of it remaining Messi’s debut with the club.
He shocked the planet when he declared that he would be becoming a member of MLS.
The seven-time Ballon d’Or winner – the trophy given per year to the world’s ideal participant – made the decision to make his move to MLS soon after two many years with Paris Saint-Germain.
Messi, who just turned 36, loaded the only significant unchecked box on his resume back in December by major Argentina to the World Cup title.
He is expected to make involving $50 million and $60 million annually with Inter Miami, the club verified.
Messi was in Argentina recently, the place he played a couple of helpful matches – farewell celeb video games to honor former Argentina teammates Juan Riquelme in Buenos Aires and Maxi Rodriguez in Messi’s hometown of Rosario – and had been vacationing in advance of his arrival in South Florida.
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