Lionel Messi’s debut gameday with Inter Miami has arrived.

Messi is predicted to play Friday night time when Inter Miami takes on Cruz Azul in a Leagues Cup match at his new house stadium. Team officers say all tickets - about 21,000, in a newly expanded stadium - have been bought, although hundreds have been accessible for resale on secondary markets Friday morning.

It’s unclear how a lot Messi, a World Cup champion for Argentina and somebody who Inter Miami co-owner David Beckham calls the most effective participant ever, might be on the sphere in his debut. He signed a 2-1/2 yr contract with Inter Miami this previous weekend, and the deal pays him between $50 million and $60 million yearly. That will nearly definitely work out to greater than $1 million per match.

He was launched to his new house followers on Sunday and formally skilled for the primary time as a member of the membership Tuesday.

Messi made the choice in June to affix Inter Miami and are available to Major League Soccer. He thought-about a return to Barcelona, the membership with whom he spent nearly the whole thing of his profession, after spending the final two seasons with Paris Saint-Germain.

But Inter Miami and MLS discovered a option to land the seven-time Ballon d’Or winner in Messi, setting the stage for an unprecedented period for the membership that has largely sputtered throughout its first 4 seasons.

PHOTOS: Lionel Messi set to make his Inter Miami debut in Leagues Cup opener in opposition to Cruz Azul

Leagues Cup is a match between golf equipment from MLS and Liga MX, the highest Mexican league. Cruz Azul gained the inaugural model of this occasion in 2019.

Neither membership has loved a lot success this season. Inter Miami has the fewest factors within the MLS standings; Cruz Azul is the one staff within the Mexican league but to document a standings level via the season’s first three matches.

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