Lionel Messi He is focused on this start of the season in the MLS with Inter Miami but The Argentine star did not miss the opportunity to deny information that has been circulating recently about an alleged statement made by him and that is related to his son Mateo.
The interaction was made by the captain of Inter Miami on his personal Instagram account, where he recently reached the impressive sum of 500 million followers. Lionel Messi was blunt with a message in a media publication. “This is false, I never said that”wrote.
And in the account of said social network on the Mercado Deportivo site they quoted verbatim a phrase that the world champion supposedly made with Argentina in Qatar 2022. However, the player himself took it upon himself to deny it.
The phrase in question was related to Mateo, his middle son, and about the interest that several academies would have shown in signing him. It is worth noting that Messi’s son is part of the Inter Miami youth ranks, as is his brother Thiago.
“There are several academies in America that wanted to sign Mateo, but I registered him in Miami. He has talent and I think he resembles my style when he was young.”the media published and therefore Lionel Messi’s own denial arose.
It is not the first time that the Argentine star has resorted to his social networks to deny some information related to him. Last year, the former FC Barcelona and PSG player discredited information disclosed by Gerard Romero on his Jijantes channel about the Argentine after winning his eighth Ballon d’Or.
On that occasion, Romero assured that Messi would have had a conversation with the president of the Catalan club, Joan Laporta, to find a date for a tribute that the Barça team was planning. However, the Inter Miami player denied it with a forceful message: “You lie… once again”.
Ready for the second day of the MLS
Turning the page on the controversy, Lionel Messi and Inter Miami They are ready to play their third game this season in the MLS. It will be this Saturday against Orlando City at Chase Stadium and corresponds to the second date of the championship that has just begun.
The team led by Gerardo Martino has just tied with the Los Angeles Galaxy (1-1) last weekend in a match in which Messi was in charge of scoring for Las Garzas. They had previously defeated Real Salt Lake in the match that brought down the curtain on the 2024 season.
For its part, Orlando City is coming off a goalless draw against CF Montreal in its first MLS match. In addition, they achieved a rout against the Cavalry (3-1) for the Concacaf Champions Cup, winning their first round series of the championship.
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