There is no way that bringing Messi back to Barcelona would have worked for their development, their budget, their style of play of total football. Messi doesn’t play defense anymore and needs dedicated soldiers around him to make up for his deficiencies.
This is a face-saving move by the club so that the fans don’t turn on them. Totally understandable and totally forgettable in a few days’ time
Corporate sponsors signing players so that they earn wages that are legal in the MLS wage structure while also being compensated sufficiently.
Suarez is toast. He was making Pennie’s while playing for a club in Uruguay and I would be shocked if he was still getting minutes by the end of the 2024 season.
Messi, Busquets, and Alba can be DPs. Don’t know who already is a DP on Inter Miami, but the league will facilitate their movement.
Get ready to see unprecedented 360° access to Inter Miami training, pregame & post-game locker room chatter, and sideline management available only on Apple Vision Pro.
Inter Miami is going to be the NY Cosmos of the 1970s. The LA Lakers of the 1980s & early 2000s. The Chicago Bulls of the 1990s. The Miami Heat of the late 2000s/early 2010s.
Apple sunk hundreds of billions into the MLS broadcast rights and their new Apple Vision Pro. Their stock is taking a dip now because people are uncertain what to make of their new goggles, but soccer is about to sore past the MLB and challenge the NBA in the coming decade.