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Fans had begun to gather at the club’s DRV PNK stadium early in the morning ahead of his expected arrival.
Lionel Messi said he is ready for the new challenge of restarting Inter Miami’s fortunes when the Argentine superstar landed in Florida on Tuesday before putting the finishing touches on his move to the club.
Argentine television footage showed Messi with members of his family as he disembarked from a private jet at a small executive airport adjacent to Inter Miami’s Fort Lauderdale stadium.
The World Cup winner is expected to put pen to paper on a two-and-a-half-year deal, reported to be worth $60 million a year before being presented to fans at a stadium event on Sunday.
“We are happy with the decision we made. Prepared and eager to face the new challenge, the new change,” Messi said in an interview with Argentine TV show, Llave a la eternidad, released on Tuesday.
Messi is the biggest name to ever move to Major League Soccer and the greatest player to head to the United States since Brazilian legend Pele signed for the New York Cosmos in 1975.
MLS hope that Messi will massively increase the profile of the league and boost subscriptions to their streaming broadcast deal with Apple TV. Ticket prices for games likely to involve Messi have already skyrocketed.
Fans had begun to gather at the club’s DRV PNK stadium early in the morning ahead of his expected arrival.
– Input from The National was used in this article.
