Lionel Messi is so talented that his Inter Miami team-mates “drool” in training, fellow Argentine Nicolas Stefanelli has revealed.
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Argentine icon moved to the States in 2023Has impressed everybody in FloridaCountdown on to start of the 2024 campaignWHAT HAPPENED?
The 2022 World Cup winner become a marquee addition at DRV PNK Stadium during the summer of 2023. Despite there being talk of a move to America being made for some time, it still came as something of a surprise to those in Florida when Messi and his family arrived in the United States.
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Messi inspired Inter Miami to Leagues Cup glory as his first piece of business – netting a number of spectacular goals along the way – and is expected to aid bids for more major silverware in 2024 after enjoying a well-earned winter break.
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Messi has returned to the U.S. from Argentina and will soon be back in training, allowing him to put on more masterclasses for those working alongside the all-time great. Stefanelli has told of being left amazed on a daily basis: “I see him in training and I drool. Then, when he makes a pass and his back is to the player, I ask myself: 'How does he see that pass? It just can't be'. That's why he is also the best player in history.”
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Stefanelli added on watching Messi from afar having been injured when the Argentine – and fellow former Barcelona stars Sergio Busquets and Jordi Alba – joined Tata Martino’s squad: “I can't believe what I'm seeing. These guys play something else!”