Lionel Messi Officially Joins  Inter Miami

<h4>Lionel Messi Officially Joins  Inter Miami<&sol;h4>&NewLine;<div><&sol;div>&NewLine;<div><&sol;div>&NewLine;<div><strong><a href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;openlife&period;ng&sol;">OpenLife Nigeria<&sol;a><&sol;strong> reports that Inter Miami has finally announced the signing of Lionel Messi to confirm the worst-kept secret in Major League Soccer&period;<&sol;div>&NewLine;<div>Messi&comma; considered one of the greatest players of all time&comma; has signed with the club following his departure from Paris Saint-Germain&period;<&sol;div>&NewLine;<div>His arrival represents a major coup for David Beckham&&num;8217&semi;s Miami and for MLS&comma; with Messi&&num;8217&semi;s arrival expected to take the sport to new heights in the United States&period;<&sol;div>&NewLine;<div>The 36-year-old&comma; a World Cup winner with Argentina&comma; announced his move to MLS last month but fans finally saw him in an Inter Miami shirt on Saturday&period;<&sol;div>&NewLine;<div>The club released a 40-second video to finally announce the superstar&&num;8217&semi;s move&comma; with the caption&colon; &&num;8216&semi;Yes&comma; guys&period;&&num;8217&semi;<&sol;div>&NewLine;<div>He turned down a more lucrative offer from Saudi Arabian side Al-Hilal&comma; while a return to boyhood club Barcelona proved financially impossible&period;<&sol;div>&NewLine;<div>Messi&comma; who won four Champions League titles with Barca and scored 672 goals in 778 games for the club&comma; is believed to have been offered a &dollar;60million-a-year contract by Inter Miami that includes new deals with adidas and Apple&period;<&sol;div>&NewLine;<div>The seven-time Ballon d&&num;8217&semi;Or winner will bank money from adidas shirt sales and Apple MLS subscriptions&comma; while the deal is also said to include an option that could see him become a part-owner of the club&period;<&sol;div>&NewLine;<div>Messi will work under Gerardo &&num;8216&semi;Tata&&num;8217&semi; Martino in Miami&comma; having previously played under the veteran coach for Barca and the Argentina national team&period;<&sol;div>&NewLine;<div>Former teammate Sergio Busquets has already followed Messi to Miami&comma; with both expected to be unveiled on Sunday&comma; while Jordi Alba is reportedly close to joining the MLS outfit&comma; too&period;<&sol;div>&NewLine;<div>Messi is expected to make his debut on July 21&comma; when Inter Miami takes on Mexican outfit Cruz Azul&period;<&sol;div>&NewLine;<div>Supporters will be hoping Messi and Busquets can then help transform the team&&num;8217&semi;s fortunes in Major League Soccer&period;<&sol;div>&NewLine;<div>Miami currently sits bottom of the Eastern Conference&comma; with just 18 points through 21 games&period;<&sol;div>&NewLine;<div>That record leaves them 11 points adrift of the last playoff spot&comma; with Messi set to be available for the final 12 regular season matches&period;<&sol;div>&NewLine;<div><a href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;www&period;dailymail&period;co&period;uk&sol;">Miami twice blew a lead in its most recent MLS match&comma; against Wayne Rooney&&num;8217&semi;s DC United team on Saturday night&comma; to extend its winless streak to 10 games<&sol;a>&period;<&sol;div>&NewLine;<div>Nigel Robertha&&num;8217&semi;s 77th-minute goal prevented Miami from picking up a vital win&period; Inter has now drawn three in a row since Martino&&num;8217&semi;s hiring was announced&period;<&sol;div>&NewLine;<div>In New York&comma; 1&comma;300 miles away from Messi&&num;8217&semi;s new home in Florida&comma; the windows of adidas&&num;8217&semi; flagship store were filled with mock-ups of MLS&&num;8217&semi; biggest star before the move became official&period;<&sol;div>&NewLine;<div>In pictures&comma; the sportswear giant&&num;8217&semi;s Broadway venue is covered in pictures of Messi wearing his new Inter Miami strip&comma; before he has even pulled it on himself&period;<&sol;div>&NewLine;<div>Beckham&comma; meanwhile&comma; was recently filmed standing on a crane&comma; painting a huge mural of Messi on a side of a building in Miami&period;<&sol;div>&NewLine;<div>Messi has been enjoying a vacation ahead of his arrival in Miami&comma; winding down in the Caribbean with his wife Antonela&comma; before he begins his new life in MLS&period;<&sol;div>&NewLine;<div>There have been some suggestions that the 36-year-old could &&num;8211&semi; even should &&num;8211&semi; be given special treatment from officials&period;<&sol;div>&NewLine;<div><&sol;div>&NewLine;<div><&sol;div>&NewLine;<div><&sol;div>&NewLine;