Although he's still the GOAT, Lionel Messi receives terrible news in USA

Lionel Messi surprised everyone at the end of June this year by announcing his decision to continue his career at Inter Miami. The Rosario star had finished the season as champion and top assister of Ligue 1, but above all as world champion with the Argentine National Team.

All this gave the indication that he still had a lot left to give at the highest level in European football, but his two years in Paris were so hostile that, as Leo himself confirmed, he decided to get away from the pressures to enjoy again. from day to day as a professional footballer.

Now, the arrival of Messi to the MLS represented a complete revolution in the United States. Although the USA championship had already featured figures of the stature of David Beckham, Thierry Henry, Frank Lampard, Andrea Pirlo and Zlatan Ibrahimovic, among others; They had never had a figure of Lionel's stature in their league, and that was evident in the impact generated by his signing for the Herons.

The packed stadiums, the record sales of t-shirts and tickets, the millions of followers that the club gained on social networks and its naming as athlete of the year by Time magazine speak for themselves. alone, but it is feared that all this was an initial boom and that it will normalize over time. For this reason, the Adidas brand, which always had Messi as the main face of the company, began to give more prominence to another player who they believe could be its new face sooner or later.