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Revealed: Stunning deal could see Lionel Messi & Cristiano Ronaldo become team-mates! How short-term contract could unite eternal rivals at MLS side Inter Miami

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<p>Portuguese superstar Ronaldo is currently on the books of Saudi Pro League side Al-Nassr. His <a href="https://www.goal.com/en-gb/lists/cristiano-ronaldo-agrees-extend-al-nassr-contract-neymar-al-hilal-highest-paid-player-football-history/blt6f4903f86d02e6b5" target="_blank">record-breaking contract there is running down</a>, with no extension being agreed as yet. The expectation is that the evergreen 40-year-old will prolong his spell in the Middle East.</p><div class="affiliate-button-container theme-1" data-name="Apple TV"><div class="affiliate-button"><img class="logo" height="40" width="72" src="https://eu-images.contentstack.com/v3/assets/bltcc7a7ffd2fbf71f5/blt2de198b67da95a2e/65709d2436cf7d0407034ef9/Apple_TV.png" style="width: 72px; height: 40px;"><span class="affiliate-text">Get the MLS Season Pass today!</span></div><a href="https://tv.apple.com/channel/tvs.sbd.7000?itsct=goal_mls&amp;itscg=30200&amp;at=1010l39UY" class="affiliate-button-link" target="_blank">Stream games now</a></div>

WHAT HAPPENED?

<p>It is, however, being suggested that he could sign “a short term deal with a Club World Cup team first”. According to <a href="https://talksport.com/football/3056680/cristiano-ronaldo-lionel-messi-inter-miami-club-world-cup/ " target="_blank"><em>talkSPORT</em></a>, the five-time Ballon d’Or winner would <a href="https://www.goal.com/en-gb/lists/cristiano-ronaldo-vs-lionel-messi-fifa-club-world-cup-transfer-claim-science-fiction-al-hilal-reunion-inter-miami-rival/blt84bdb88a8f69486c" target="_blank">like to grace FIFA’s expanded event in the United States</a> before returning to Saudi Arabia.</p>

THE BIGGER PICTURE

<p>Inter Miami will, having been handed a special invite, form part of the 32-team CWC event that is set to get underway on June 14. The Herons <a href="https://www.goal.com/en-gb/lists/lionel-messi-all-in-fifa-club-world-cup-doesnt-like-lose-anything-mls-inter-miami-domestic-international-trophies-2025/blt9cc09c145aea211d" target="_blank">already have Messi on their books</a>, and the a door is not being closed on Ronaldo. It is claimed that they are “open to making the pair team-mates, though nothing is advanced”.</p>

DID YOU KNOW?

<p>The Herons are said to <a href="https://www.goal.com/en-gb/lists/building-our-galacticos-david-beckham-inter-miami-reveal-transfer-plan-mls-outfit-follow-real-madrid-model-next-lionel-messi/blt727a3ee7ee95fe5c" target="_blank">have “wiggle room to sign Ronaldo”</a>, with the funds available that would allow club co-owner David Beckham to acquire a <a href="https://www.goal.com/en-gb/lists/nothing-like-david-beckham-how-scrawny-erratic-cristiano-ronaldo-frustrated-man-utd-turning-into-machine/blt9934a6faed648165" target="_blank">fellow former Manchester United No.7</a>. Any deal would capture the imagination of a global audience.</p>

TELL ME MORE

<p>Messi and Ronaldo have <a href="https://www.goal.com/en-gb/lists/david-beckham-tipped-lionel-messi-cristiano-ronaldo-together-inter-miami-cr7-mls-bigger-than-ever-transfer-al-nassr/blt580d6f0eaa68dde7" target="_blank">never played on the same side</a>, but have previously faced one another on 36 occasions – with most of those outings coming during their days on opposing sides of the fierce El Clasico divide that exists between Barcelona and Real Madrid.</p>

WHAT NEXT?

Revealed: Stunning deal could see Lionel Messi & Cristiano Ronaldo become team-mates! How short-term contract could unite eternal rivals at MLS side Inter Miami | Goal.com

A stunning deal is being proposed that could see Lionel Messi and Cristiano Ronaldo become team-mates on a short-term basis at Inter Miami.

Revealed: Stunning deal could see Lionel Messi &amp; Cristiano Ronaldo become team-mates! How short-term contract could unite eternal rivals at MLS side Inter Miami

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