David Beckham managed to collect Barcelona icons Messi, Busquets, Alba and Suarez at Inter Miami. Although it has not produced titles, the club, established in 2018, has had the eyes of the world fixed on Miami and MLS. In the past week, supporters of a small Italian club have been told that they were the ones who would soon get the aicon Messi in their shirt. Too good to be true? Yep.
When your name is Lionel Messi and you have played your way into football history as the greatest, then every move of the Argentine, sneezing, coughing, statements – and the family’s travel patterns – are interpreted to find the next step in his career. In recent weeks, the family’s presence at matches in Europe has given the transfer rumours momentum. Until now.
The “miniputt” Como was promoted to Serie A in 2024, with Cesc Fabregas at the helm, the return to the top division was a great success with a solid 10th place. The ambitious Italian club brought in several big profiles such as Alberto Moreno, Sergi Roberto and Andrea Belotti. At one of Como’s last friendlies, Messi’s family sat in the stands, and voila, Lionel Messi linked up for a reunion with former Barca mate Fabregas.
The Como supporters went off the rails with the prospect of having Messi on the pitch in Serie A, but Como owner Mirwan Suwarso will have to crush the dream for the supporters.
“The Messi family were guests of Fabregas and his wife. It would be a dream if he came here, but why would he give up all the money he earns now? Besides, we haven’t had any contact with him,” Suwarso said, according to Football Italia.
Yes, it was too good to be true.
