Updated with confirmation: Soccer superstar Lionel Messi confirmed that he is signing with Major League Soccer club Inter Miami, which is co-owned by David Beckham.
Messi, considered by many to be the greatest soccer player of all time, told Spanish sports outlets Wednesday that “I made the decision that I am going to Miami. I still haven’t closed it one hundred percent. I’m missing some things but we decided to continue my journey there.”
Inter Miami also tweeted out confirmation a deal was in the works. Said Mls in a statement: “We are pleased that Lionel Messi has stated that he intends to join Inter Miami and Major League Soccer this summer. Although work remains to finalize a formal agreement, we look forward to welcoming one of the greatest soccer players of all time to our League.”
“After winning the World Cup and not being able to return to Barcelona,...
Messi, considered by many to be the greatest soccer player of all time, told Spanish sports outlets Wednesday that “I made the decision that I am going to Miami. I still haven’t closed it one hundred percent. I’m missing some things but we decided to continue my journey there.”
Inter Miami also tweeted out confirmation a deal was in the works. Said Mls in a statement: “We are pleased that Lionel Messi has stated that he intends to join Inter Miami and Major League Soccer this summer. Although work remains to finalize a formal agreement, we look forward to welcoming one of the greatest soccer players of all time to our League.”
“After winning the World Cup and not being able to return to Barcelona,...
- 6/7/2023
- by Zac Ntim
- Deadline Film + TV
Roger Bennett, the indefatigable co-founder of the soccer podcasting franchise Men in Blazers, has never played a second of competitive soccer. Since 2011, when he launched a lo-fi weekly(-ish) gab session with fellow bald British-expat soccer obsessive Michael Davies, a successful game show producer, Bennett has focused on the human stories behind the game rather than the intricacies of field strategy, of which he admittedly knew little at first. But as he demonstrated on a recent Zoom meeting with a current member of the U.S. Men’s National Soccer Team who shall remain nameless, he has mastered the X’s and O’s of the charm offensive.
His objective for the meeting was to persuade the player to join the growing roster of voices featured on Men in Blazers as it seeks to expand beyond “Rog and Davo,” as the two hosts call themselves. Bennett laid his best lines...
His objective for the meeting was to persuade the player to join the growing roster of voices featured on Men in Blazers as it seeks to expand beyond “Rog and Davo,” as the two hosts call themselves. Bennett laid his best lines...
- 3/29/2023
- by Julian Sancton
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
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