Lionel Messi may very well be welcoming a Premier League famous person at Inter Miami in the summertime, because the Florida-based aspect assemble a world-class squad.
Alongisde Messi at Inter Miami proper now are his former Barcelona team-mates Sergio Busquets, Luis Suarez and Jordi Alba, with Javier Mascherano the membership’s supervisor. They’re at present flying on the beginning of the MLS season, sitting in second within the Jap Convention with the chance to go prime in the event that they win their recreation in hand.
However the aspect co-owned by David Beckham aren’t content material with stopping there, after buying the MLS discovery rights of a Premier League participant who has already confirmed their exit from the highest flight this summer time.
Lionel Messi and Co. to welcome star at Inter Miami
Kevin De Bruyne introduced his determination final week that he can be leaving Manchester Metropolis on the finish of the 2024/25 season, although he did not reveal the place. A transfer to each the MLS and Saudi Arabia appear viable, however, in response to The Athletic, Inter Miami have already paid for his discovery rights after San Diego reportedly eliminated him from their listing earlier this 12 months.
That provides Inter the primary proper to barter with De Bruyne, ought to he determine to maneuver to America. MLS created discovery created to stop groups from bidding in opposition to one another and drive up the price of switch charges. Gamers successfully signal for the MLS earlier than being assigned a crew, that means that Messi and De Bruyne may very well be enjoying alongside one another as early as July.
Inter Miami nonetheless face some issues in signing De Bruyne, nevertheless.
Messi, Busquets and Alba already occupy the three designated participant (DP) slots within the crew, permitting them to be paid above and past the league’s wage cap, that means the Belgian has a cap on how a lot he can earn throughout his first half-season on the membership if he does determine to maneuver.
As The Athletic studies, De Bruyne can’t earn greater than $871,875 in 2025 if he does signal for Inter Miami, and even then that depends on the membership utilizing its obtainable “focused allocation cash”, which is basically further wage cap area. He might then be registered as DP in 2026, however that might require one in every of Messi, Alba or Busquets – who’re all out of contract on the finish of the 12 months – being faraway from the roster.
If De Bruyne is prepared to signal for Inter Miami, he will not really be obtainable to play till July 24, when MLS’ second switch window of the season opens.
In FourFourTwo‘s view, it might be unimaginable to see Messi and De Bruyne linking up collectively at Inter Miami, with Sergio Busquets enjoying behind them and Luis Suarez main the road.
Whether or not that’ll flip right into a actuality or not stays to be seen, nevertheless. De Bruyne will need to earn the cash he feels he’s price, whereas Inter Miami may battle to maintain their squad comfortable and well-balanced with so many prime gamers.
