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Inter Miami are acceptable to instrumentality drastic enactment successful an effort to support Lionel Messi astatine the club.
Messi, 38, has played for Inter Miami successful the MLS since helium transferred from PSG successful 2023.
On Sunday (July 6), the erstwhile Barcelona antheral rolled backmost the years by scoring a brace successful Miami's 4-1 triumph distant astatine Montreal.
Then, connected Monday (July 7), French outlet L’Equipe reported that Saudi Pro League broadside Al Ahli, presently AFC Champions League holders, were ‘in talks’ with Messi regarding a imaginable determination to the Middle East erstwhile the Argentinian becomes a escaped cause this winter.
If the woody was to beryllium completed, helium would articulation erstwhile Premier League stars Riyad Mahrez, Edouard Mendy, Ivan Toney and Roberto Firmino astatine the club.
And successful crook would permission down his adjacent colleagues Sergio Busquets, Jordi Alba and Luis Suarez.
However, the Herons could beryllium acceptable to usage a astonishment maneuver which could, successful fact, tempt Messi to enactment successful the US.
Lionel Messi successful enactment for Inter Miami (Credit:Getty)
On Monday afternoon, Fabrizio Romano posted an update connected X.
He wrote: “Understand Inter Miami person present started talks with Atlético Madrid for Rodrigo de Paul deal! Inter Miami privation to support its ambitions precocious aft the Club World Cup with WC champion de Paul arsenic main target. Told Rodrigo is unfastened to the determination to Inter Miami with talks underway."
Of course, De Paul, 31, is simply a adjacent person of and Argentina teammate with Messi, with some players forming portion of the 2022 World Cup-winning side.
During the tournament, helium was often referred to arsenic Messi’s “bodyguard” owed to him perpetually backing him up connected the field.
When helium spoke to Argentinian outlet Ole successful 2023, De Paul voiced his admiration for his compatriot.
“I'm adjacent due to the fact that I emotion him, I consciousness similar my friend, we speech a lot,” De Paul said (translated from Spanish to English).
Rodrigo De Paul and Lionel Messi are friends (Credit:Getty)
“He shows maine affection each the time. Yesterday was his gala, and helium says to me, 'So, however are you, is your limb better?' And I wanted to accidental 'go enactment connected your suit, it's your day', but we got past that, and past it's 'yes, friend, I'm amended now'.
“It's incredible. I emotion spending clip with him, we person a batch of fun, with each the kids, but well, we person similar a beauteous group.
“We are benignant of idiots with the things that spell viral, we brag each different around, we laugh, we person a small radical oregon things that we spot that happened astatine the World Cup.”
