The co -owner of Inter Miami Jorge Mas has confirmed that the club is about his in active conversations with Lionel Messi Future in the club after he had concluded the last 12 months of his contract.
Messi completed a two and a half year contract when he exchanged Paris Saint-Germain against Miami in the summer of 2023, with the deal at the end of the Major League Soccer season 2025 in December. However, it contains the option for a 12-month expansion.
All parties have to agree to trigger the extension clause so that it is valid, and MAS has admitted that it is confident that an agreement will be made shortly, with the executive expecting a final decision in the coming months.
“My expectation is that we will see the captain of the team and No. 10, Lionel Messi, in the new stadium [in 2026]”, Said Mas Futbol de Primera. “It’s a decision. We talk to him about his future in the club.
“All stars correspond to really great things, a nice future for the club and for Lionel. It is up to him, but I assume that we will determine this in the next 60 or 90 days because it is important to start in advance.
“He will be another member of the club [when he retires]An incumbent shareholder, and he wants to leave this to his children as a legacy. We have a very nice, respectful relationship with him and I let him live his things peacefully. “
Messi, who turns 38 in June, already plays together with the former Barcelona teammates Jordi Alba, Sergio Busquets and Luis Suarez in Miami. As Messi, all three will be expelled like Messi at the end of the 2025 season.
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