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'All the stars are aligning ' - Lionel Messi future update offered by Inter Miami as owner Jorge Mas opens up on contract talks

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<p>Eight-time Ballon d’Or winner <a href="https://www.goal.com/en/lists/lionel-messi-inter-miami-contract-wages-cristiano-ronaldo/blt11e2d05b108b1895" target="_blank">Messi committed to an initial two-and-a-half-year contract</a> when arriving in South Florida back in 2023. Said terms are due to expire at the end of the current campaign.</p>

WHAT HAPPENED?

<p>There is, however, <a href="https://www.goal.com/en-gb/lists/lionel-messi-stay-inter-miami-2026-happy-claim-alexis-mac-allister-argentina-international-future-mls-world-cup-trophy-defence/blte1763b48093403e0" target="_blank">a 12-month extension option in Messi’s deal</a>. That could be triggered at any time, with Inter Miami understandably keen to keep the Argentine GOAT on their books for as long as possible.</p>

THE BIGGER PICTURE

<p><a href="https://www.goal.com/en-gb/lists/proper-game-david-beckham-lionel-messi-magic-inter-miami-concacaf-champions-cup-semis/blta72771d6c67ef2b3" target="_blank">David Beckham and the rest of the Herons board</a> are doing all they can to ensure that Messi sticks around. Competing for major honours on a regular basis will aid that cause, with <a href="https://www.goal.com/en-gb/lists/greatest-showman-lionel-messi-do-impossible-trophies-inter-miami-javier-mascherano-argentine-goat/blta0b521cce44c3172" target="_blank">progress being made to the CONCACAF Champions Cup semi-finals</a> in 2025.</p>

DID YOU KNOW?

<p>Mas told <a href="https://www.youtube.com/live/gdePbkBvZ5s?si=jt3FZuzetmkD7aHT " target="_blank"><em>Futbol de Primera</em></a> when asked for an update on Messi’s future: “My expectation is that we will see the team's captain and number 10, Lionel Messi, in the new stadium. It's a decision. We are talking with him about his future at the club.</p><p>“All the stars are aligning for really great things, a beautiful future for the club and for Lionel. It's up to him, but I anticipate we will determine this in the next 60 or 90 days because it's important to start planning ahead.</p><p>“He will be another member of the club [when he's done playing], an acting shareholder, and he wants to leave that as a legacy to his children. We have a very nice, respectful relationship with him, and I let him live his things peacefully.”</p>

WHAT JORGE MAS SAID

<p>Messi, who <a href="https://www.goal.com/en-gb/lists/video-top-corner-stunner-nerveless-penalty-lionel-messi-brace-inter-miami-mls-outfit-concacaf-champions-cup-semi-finals/blt746493af89ddc831" target="_blank">bagged a brace for Inter Miami to help them past LAFC in the Champions Cup quarter-finals</a>, has hit 42 goals for the Herons through 48 appearances. He is the reigning MVP of MLS and is looking to add to a record-shattering collection of trophies.</p>

WHAT NEXT FOR LIONEL MESSI & INTER MIAMI?

'All the stars are aligning ' - Lionel Messi future update offered by Inter Miami as owner Jorge Mas opens up on contract talks | Goal.com

Inter Miami co-owner Jorge Mas remains confident that Lionel Messi will be staying with the MLS outfit for 2026, saying “all the stars are aligning”.

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