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[@johnpascua3351]

Sergio Busquets was with Messi in the legendary days of Barcelona

[@urfinjuice4181]

+ Jordi Alba

[@darthsampo3022]

@@urfinjuice4181 ye but the video was made before he had played a game

[@foxwithtubesox1075]

Miami just won the Leagues Cup. Right before the presentation of the trophy, which is handed to the team captain, Messi removed his captain armband, and put It on Yedlin, who was the captain of the squad before Messi arrived; so Yedlin would receive the trophy. It was his way of respecting the man and the team. That is how humble Messi is. You just can't hate the guy.

[@Qizhura]

There is a quote about Busquets: If you watch the game, you don't see Busquets But if you watch Busquets, you see the whole game

[@rabbitshady499]

That other dude is one of the best midfielders in history. He played with prime Messi his whole life, at Fc Barcelona..and now he plays with messi in Inter Miami. His name is Sergio Busquets...Messi also plays with a guy that used to play with him in Barcelona and that's Jordi Alba who was amazing in his prime too. And to be honest with you, yes the mls is kinda easy for messi, but the fact that he is 36yo kinda makes him try a little bit.

[@Patriksuccat]

Yes, he is so humble!

[@zeo4481]

0:00 Messi is the Best Player EVER. Just now he won his 44rt trophy, most in history!

[@guitargamesandliverpool]

Messi chose Inter Miami over money. He still makes like 55-65 million a year, but allegedly, he would have made 500 million a year for 3 years if he went to Saudi Arabia.

[@rednaskela4830]

If like it's been reported that he got a similarly discounted offer as Beckham to get his own franchise that would be worth into the billions if he continue to expand the sport. Inter Miami is already valued 600 million as one of the weakest clubs in the league and the sport is still in it's infancy in the US. He also make percentages of Apple MLS packages and shirt sales.

[@guitargamesandliverpool]

@@rednaskela4830 yeah, and his brand probably brings in a massive chunk of change as well

[@furbymetal83]

Those who take the arab money, become hostages. Look at Ronaldo carefully, and see the fear in his eyes. He got turned into some sheikh's pet. As one of Messi's countrymen, I say MLS all day

[@hmingsangahauhnar301]

Coming to America says that he is getting ready to retire that much of a stepdown from competition it is....but we will always follow him every where he goes

[@oxxo902]

You need to think bigger. He was brought for a long term mission and he is the first milestone. If he succeeds , it will be a great addition to his career. Staying in Europe won’t give him any extra benefit in his career because he completed it and won everything there. The objective is to change the football sport in MLS and attract more world-class players from Europe. Mega companies are behind this mission. Saudi Arabia is doing the same and brought Ronaldo, Benzena, and Neymar. To reach the near level of European football publicity, I think it needs no less than 5 years with good planning and budget.

[@craigcassidy6078]

@@oxxo902 u need to drink or smell the coffee ☕ there is no long term goal .. this is same every thing ever time oh beckham, it was franz Beckenbauer in 70s along with best and Pele .. then zoltan as they Americans love to call him even though it was zlatan.. its joke league no heritage no culture nothing to see here just another massive fish in tiny pond of tiny fish ..

[@celeschan90]

Inter Miami was dead last in MLS before Messi arrived. Literally the WORST team. Now they won 7 games in a row in a tournament and became champions. He has that much of an impact. 7 games, 10 goals, 1 assist. Top scorer of the tournament even though he playted way fewer matches than everyone else.

[@taniacruz3795]

You need to see the last 4 games in thr knockout rounds. Inter Miami won the leagues cup last night. MESSI, Sergio Busquets and Jordi Alba were Barcelona teammates for years and now all joined inter. If you want to see them in person, they play the Red Bulls on the 26th I believe. 10 goals in 7 games. Undefeated in 7 games. And it has just begun.

[@bulletproofman323]

1:22 no I don't think the America will ever be THE soccer superpower. Best we could hope for is a top 10 league. We don't have certain aspects of the game that make it as competitive as Europe. Overall club quality (we invest only on attacking players), no promotion/relegation (something I believe we don't need to be successful, but do in terms of boosting meaningful matches played) and so on. We are decent, but steadily getting better. I'm happy with that. Messi will bring more eyes here and that's a fact. Dude has more of a following by himself than whole clubs here combined.

[@sebastianbarrios2760]

in all of the things you said you are correct in some and just tripping in others... usa will never ever will be nothing at football...starting with you calling soccer... and the worst of all, you still using the sport like something you get money of.. you just can't help yourselves... football ain't about money, is about passion.. yes you can earn what is right for you, but not the real goal... Messi now in the usa will try to teach about real football, but you are corrupted a long time ago... and stop calling yourselves America...you are just a sad country part of the great and real América. and to reply to you..." I don't think the America will ever be THE soccer superpower" not soccer, because that is just an invented word by kids, but superpower you do have in América and is called Argentina, the true champion of all.

[@dojisan5050]

Tickets were going for over $100,000 on his debut with Miami

[@elizabethcsicsery-ronay1633]

Good God!

[@Jeffisboredd]

3:47 to answer your question, its somewhere inbetween. MLS in the last 5 yrs has turned itself more into a development/selling league. They know they cant compete with the big european leagues but they can get young players from South america develop and sell them which is what they've been doing. So there is decent talent but comapred to messi genuinely he makes them looks semi pro. Some teams will give him issue lie Fc dallas who have a young talented player like Alan velasco or Nashville who have Hany muhktar an experienced talented german who gave inter a hard time. So to summarize, Inter miami will struggle because they're not great and mls teams are more competetive now but messi will be leaps and bounds usually ahead of everyone.

[@christianherrmann9615]

One king one goat Messi forever

[@julibone2007]

Hello Michael, if what you say is true, then Messi already wanted to go to Inter Miami before PSG, but they advised him to be a little more in competitive soccer in Europe to better get to the World Cup in Qatar. Also because of the way he is, humble, familiar, respectful. That's why he loves the US because he likes the lifestyle of that country. I also dreamed of living there as a child.-

[@wotdafuchs9616]

EL CONQUISTADOR🇦🇷 OF AMERICA 🇺🇸⚽🦅

[@samuelegu7888]

humble king

[@prasanthtp1396]

He is the king of world football...

[@simeonlewis1479]

Yes Messi is the best 💯🙏😇🇦🇷🇦🇷

[@oxxo902]

That was great presentation. Thank you. Messi, Busquets and Alba were Trio in Barcelona and close friends. Other team players in Inter Miami needs little more time to adjust to how this trio think which is world-class way of football thinking that every split of a second matters.

[@stevenygabbyperez695]

He just won his first trophy with Miami already!!!

[@xbl4ze]

The skill gap is like... Professional vs College when he played in Europe... MLS is like high school champions.

[@JohnDoe-xz1mw]

they competed with suadi arabia by including the right for him to buy an extension club to the mls after his career in his contract, plus a share of appletv revenue. simmilar to how the mls managed to get david beckham who then created the club messi now plays for :P

[@javiazar]

The step down is basically him at age 24 in Europe. He’s wound the clock back 10 years.

[@OmarbileMohamed-co1rr]

Messi, ge is the best soccer player ecer playef football. He is the GOAT. BEST OF ALL TIME

[@hardikaus.8447]

Wow!! That’s great video Mike. Love this!! ❤

[@elizabethcsicsery-ronay1633]

Messi doesn't care that much for money. He chose Miami bc there are a lot of hispanophones and Argentines. It was a savvy decision. A much better place for his family, not to mention that Saudi Arabia is a weird dictatorship. Copa America is going to be there next year and WC is going to be in the US in 26. He could still well be playing for that too. Smart man.

[@rogue7563]

Before Messi, Inter Miami was last on the MLS ranking, after Messi, they just won the MLS League's Cup

[@vivianaviviana8113]

0610 S Busquets who played with Messi and Alba in football club Barcelona and now these 3 are playing in Inter Miami

[@martinvrana3305]

Have to watch messi era maaan

[@fabiana.4640]

For me the biggest mystery of all is the Hellmann's mayonnaise jar behind the couch.

[@WookieWarriorz]

miami is a better fit for messi than saudi arabia since theres a lot of spanish speakers in miami and messi is from south america anyway so hes somewhat closer to home and no doubt miami would be a better fit for his wife and kids than saudi arabia. Messi is still a cut above most MLS players but keep in mind messi is in his late 30s and a lot of mls teams have fast strong players as well as players that have played in europe at the top level. Basetball is quite popular in a lot of europe btw and the best player in the NBA right now is european.

[@vivianaviviana8113]

the Al-Hilal club offered him 1000 m for 2 years and at Inter he charges between 50 and 60 m per year

[@xbl4ze]

Saudi offered 1.6 billion and Lionel Messi refused... no one else has refused their offers.

[@user-zv7ew2cv6t]

Eles ganharam a League Cup ontem com gol do messi

[@xbl4ze]

People reported to have bid up to 140,000 for tickets to see his debut

[@deadend2023]

Saudi Arabia gave him 1 billion in a season to play there, but he chose US instead with less money and I believe good deal with Apple.

[@melbincruz4275]

Messi campeon de la galaxia

[@universal1772]

Messi greatest most complete player of all time

[@ferp5450]

Football not Soccer. Everybody who knows about football knows he's the best football player.

[@OmarbileMohamed-co1rr]

He is the greatest of all time

[@emmanuelmakiese41]

Bro,america as privilège to sining this player in MSL historic ✌️ vamos Lionel Messi 💪

[@mariavelazquez9924]

MESSI GOAT

[@elviqv]

My grandma knows who is Lio Messi since earlies 2010. I ask her if she knew who Lebron James is. She replays Lerbon who Lebron what? never hear that name before.

[@jonsnow7981]

He played 7 matches and scored 10 goals and 1 assist. He's 36.

[@EvieWillNotDie]

The greatest of all time by far and arguably still the best player in the world playing in the US is wild. He's had a home in Miami for a while now amd turned down a 1.6 billion contract in tax free saudi to bring his family to Miami. As for the American league, it's really not that great comparatively to Europe. Watching Messi so far, you can tell he's not really trying. Yet, he's still taken the worst team in the league (Miami have been one of the worst teams in history this year) and he's taken them to arguably the best team in the league. In a sport of 11v11, that is extraordinary. I'm just glad to finally see him happy and playing carefree.

[@roshanmankloo7959]

U should definetly react messis more videos im sure u love it❤

[@user-ib3kb1fd1c]

U should react to "why everyone love messi"🔥

[@javiazar]

Miami went from the worst team in the MLS to the best, overnight.

[@Gustavo-yx9ng]

Messi already won the League Cup yesterday lol

[@JohnDoe-xz1mw]

its not that he wanted to come to america so badly, its that he spend the last years at the most toxic club in europe :P everybody would be overjoyed to ge tout of there, even if it is to a worse league.

[@husseindolati8623]

He will play vs Redbull New York

[@nayou317]

Why does he have a mayonaise jar behind him on top of the couch? 😂

[@elizabethcsicsery-ronay1633]

Of course Messi knows who Lebron is but nobody else in the world does.

[@queenbaylamare6486]

Bro u r late ..😂😅😅😅 messi already got trophy 🏆 for inter Miami ❤

[@elizabethcsicsery-ronay1633]

Well, it's quite a step down. He was playing for Barcelona which was the greatest club in the world for ten years. And he just won the WC with Argentina. Finally. MLS is nowhere at his level. Nonetheless, he has brought them to victory, which I'm not sure you know how difficult that is. It's easy to bring a great elite team to victory. It's sth else to bring a mediocre team to win trophies.

[@Yumicha45]

React messi the era

[@nikkoledplays9455]

Messi the best

[@freaksexpose2482]

God is with messi ✝️🌹🙏

[@elizabethcsicsery-ronay1633]

America will not be a superpower of futbol. But it will improve.

[@user-te2wp4qq4w]

with all respect.. he is playing in the usa because he is trying to retire lmao and economy is better over there overall

[@remmborn8154]

yes he knows lebron theyve met a few times

[@brunomaita8349]

I see someone loves mayonnaise lol😂

[@guitargamesandliverpool]

First like

[@JohnDoe-xz1mw]

no the messi move will not make us a soccer superpower, they tried this thing many times before, pele played in the mls for example PELE, he filled statiums all over the country but americans dont come to watch soccer, they come to watch messi/pele, as soon as pele retired stadiums were empty again, and the same will happen with messi. but what COULD make the us a soccer superpower is the proposed relegation system that seems to be in the works.

[@sebastianbarrios2760]

usa never will be anything in football, that much is true

[@Nakamako1]

oh no basketball is definetly big enough that you know the names at least

[@user-ut4ex9rl1w]

#Fact__ Lionel Messi The Real GOAT rejected Saudi Arabia offer worth €1.5 BILLION: " and choose a $50 mill in to play in the MLS (USA) America doesn't know how lucky they are to have Messi World Best No10 soccer player, so please support Him love him and take good care of The King Lio🧔 The 🚾🌎🏆Champ." #etc #fact C.Ronaldo signed a 2 n half year contract estimated by media to be worth more than 200 million euros ($220.16 million) .

[@MrJosedaluz]

What if if next year the Saudis come with a truck load of money for Messi, and live Miami as one of the richest club of MLS?

[@craigcassidy6078]

That's like saying a Nissan micra going to be fastest car in world just because Lewis Hamilton is behind the wheel..

[@Nakamako1]

its a little bit of a stepdown. nobody really knows by how much and most people say way to little or way to much. so see for yourself

[@raiseabovelimit]

Mls don't even have a player that is even close to messi worst season Will should not compare mls to messi

[@yusaktanyono9524]

hey ,, inter Miami was the worst team in the nation , 6 straight Loses before Messi join,, but now inter miami is the winner of the league cup with unbeaten record since he there

[@pauricdonnelly4675]

He is undoubtable the best of all time, but not even nearly the best right now.

[@elizabethcsicsery-ronay1633]

So not true! He just won the WC and golden ball for best player of WC. He was the most highly rated player in Europe in stats last season, the only one with a rating of 8/10, and the most Man of the Match, 14. The young ones, Mbappe was 2nd with 7 MOTMs and Haaland was 7th in stats with 6 MOTMs. He is the best. Haaland is a goal poacher and tapinner. Mbappe also waits for the ball and tries to score, but misses four out of five of Messi's pinpoint passes.

[@MrJosedaluz]

Messi is not the first. Ibra, Rooney, Thieri Henri e even Pele himself.

[@imclinton9618]

Messi the goat penaldo the myth 😂

[@markaitcheson3212]

America a soccer superpower ha ha and you think hes finally happy because hes in America? The MLS is garbage mate, why do you think Messi is ripping it apart at 36? Its like playing against school children for him after playing against the best in the world, great reaction but both those comments are utterly ridiculous and full of standard American ignorance of anything related to football and of how everything revolves around America, it doesn't.

[@strongest32]

he is playing with children... the MLS is one of the worst leagues, talent wise, that you could find.

[@sebastianbarrios2760]

is like Messi goes to play against bolivia

[@musicman6773]

Messi is destroying best teams in the world for almost 20 years in a row ,so this reactions from not knowing american guy feels like an insult and stupidity...some nobody youtuber wants more clicks no matter the reason!

[@ecc2924]

This guy knows nothing about Messi

[@craigcassidy6078]

He's not the best player in world why do u think he's playing in America

[@Droidd1993]

you are delusional 🤡

[@sebastianbarrios2760]

maybe he ain't the best player but fer sure you are the most you...and that is an insult to all human kind

[@wolkenwand1493]

Highly unlikely, Europe will as it is probably still be hosting the best leagues and players in the foreseeable future. The MLS got a little more accredited but with its system of youth development, lack of established fan culture, club histories and relegation, as well as the difference in timetable concerning player movement, this will (in my opinion) mainly impact the US public’s interest in the MLS as well as some passionate Messi viewers for Miami. Due to the next World Cup, interest in the US may reach a new peak for a bit. Due to Saudi Arabia’s sportswashing and bombarding every star player - and those starting to age past their primes - with cash offerings, I think if players in their prime want to prefer cash over accolades and (as of now) the most meaningful football trophies they will cash in at Saudi Clubs. MLS might still get more hailed player, that are „informally“ retiring from the bigger competition . Just my opinion from what’s currently happening :) Edit: currently, having Messi in the MLS is a bit like putting a shark in a goldfish bowl. Which is a compliment to Messi, but also shows the state of football quality currently in the MLS compared to the big European ones, where Messi would make an impact but never to this extend 🫣

[@sebastianbarrios2760]

the mls is just another way to yanks rip off money... they never care about the game...and not soccer