JAKARTA - Lionel Messi's agent, Marcelo Mendez, has reduced speculation that said his client would join Inter Miami. He even branded the rumors as 'false news'.
The Argentine superstar has entered the last six months of his contract with Paris Saint-Germain (PSG). Although there is an option to extend his stay in the French capital in one more year, Messi has begun to be linked with his summer departure to David Beckham's club.
However, Mendez immediately dismissed the report. He confirmed that currently his client does not have any agreement to join Inter Miami next summer.
"That [information] is wrong. That's fake news. There are no negotiations from Lionel Messi to join Inter Miami next season," Mendez said as quoted by Metro on Monday, November 28, 2022.
On Sunday, The Times claimed Inter Miami was increasingly confident of becoming Messi's favorite club to win the race for Messi's signature.
The report said the deal made Messi the highest-paid player in MLS history, surpassing what David Beckham had signed when he joined the LA Galaxy in 2007.
Florida-based Inter Miami will reportedly announce a deal with Messi after the World Cup ends.
Despite being denied, Inter Miami remains one of the favorites to land Messi. Moreover, this Argentine national team star already has a house in Florida and often vacations there with his family.
The potential for a move to Inter was also strengthened by Messi's statement to Spanish media last year. "I want to play in the United States one day. It's always been one of my dreams," he said at the time.
Apart from being associated with a move to MLS, the owner of the seven Ballon d'Or is also said to be ready to return to his former club Barcelona or return to his hometown and join his boyhood club, Newell's Old Boys.
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