Eight-time Winner of the Ballon d’Or Messi will leave European football in the summer of 2023 after remarkable stints at Barcelona and Paris Saint-Germain. He chose to pursue the American dream, with David Beckham and the Inter Miami board wooing him to Florida.

Messi has suffered an ιnjᴜry while in the U.S. but also has more major honors to his nамe – having inspired a Leagues Cup triumph – and is considered to be playing at a level that will prevent him from being pushed to ƅгеɑking point at 36 years of age.

Kempes, who won the World Cup in 1978 and watched Messi replicate similar triumphs in Qatar 2022, told Infobae why moving to America can help extend the most illustrious of careers: “I can’t recommend anything, he is older and knows what he is doing. I think he is right to come to play in the United States – here he will be much calmer, he will have more time to play than in Europe, which is more complicated and maybe he can make it to the other World Cup. But the preparation will be totally different because of that adrenaline that you can have in Europe, although here the league is going to bring more and more players from the powerful divisions.”

Messi’s presence in MLS is anticipated to attract additional top players, with Sergio Busquets, Jordi Alba, and Luis Suarez already joining him in Miami. He is presently preparing for the 2024 season, with friendly matches against Newell’s Old Boys and Cristiano Ronaldo’s Al-Nassr scheduled.