Confirmed! Inter Miami defines the date of Leo Messi's debut

As it was foreseen, Leo Messi will debut in July with the Inter Miami. 'The Flea' will dress for the first time the pink T-shirt in a friendly against the Blue Cross Mexican the Friday 21 July, just a day before the first party of pre-season of the FC Barcelona in his turn North American. The ones of Xavi Hernández will confront to the Juventus in Santa Clara, California, the Saturday 22.

In this sense, Jorge But, owner of the Inter Miami, confirmed how will be the operative for the debut of the rosarino in the DVR PNK Stadium, stadium that only has a capacity of 19.000 seats. In principle, the capacity will expand until 22.000 seats for the crash in front of Blue Cross and, besides, the directive promises at least three reinforcements more to improve the staff. The first of them will be Sergio Busquets, the one who also would debut the same day that Lionel.

The plan of the Inter Miami for the summer

"We have been us preparing for the arrival of Messi in 2023, and leave an enormous quantity of flexibility in the accounts. We will do more signings this summer, more than which the people expects. We do not have to revolutionise the staff, but can say that we will do potentially between three and five signings", explained But in an interview for the newspaper 'Miami Herald'.

Leo will earn around 50 million net euros to the month, together with other montos corresponding to the sponsorships with Adidas, provider of all the T-shirts of the MLS, and Apple TV, platform owner of the television rights of the league with the 'MLS Season Pass'. The remodelings to the DVR PNK Stadium will begin the next week, to less than a month for the debut of Leo in summer.

Messi "will change the history of the American sport"

"I think that there will be a before and an after Messi if we speak of sport in United States. I am very convinced that we can create in United States one of the two better leagues of the world, if it will not be the biggest. I can not underline more the magnitude of this announcement", added the owner of the Inter Miami on the arrival of 'The Flea' to the American football.

On the debut of Leo, Jorge But explained that the security in the stadium will increase, enabling a tunnel so that the players ingresen directly to the field from the bus of the team. "Have the best player of the world is something transcendental for our league and for the football in United States. Messi comes to this country to win glasses and mark the difference. It is to owe mine, of the collaborators of the league, the other owners, take advantage of this moment", puntualizó the leader.