Inter Miami co-owner David Beckham has admitted he feared Lionel Messi would choose to return to Barcelona instead of joining his club.
David Beckham has admitted he feared Lionel Messi would choose to return to Barcelona instead of joining Inter Miami.Messi joined Miami instead of returning to BarcaMessi joined MLS outfit Inter Miami over the summer after his unhappy two-year stint at Paris Saint-Germain came to an end. However, Miami co-owner and former Real Madrid star Beckham has admitted he was worried about Messi's former club Barcelona hijacking the move.
We always wanted him [Messi] to decide based on wanting to live there with his family, wanting to still win and play football in the way he plays it, but we wanted him to announce it in his way," Beckham said. "He literally was sat in a hotel room with his mate filming and saying that he's coming to Miami. So, for us, it was unbelievable, I was very emotional about it because it's taken a lot of hard work to get here."This page contains affiliate links.
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