“He won’t find it easy here,” Wayne Rooney issues stern warning to Lionel Messi ahead of his MLS stint with Inter Miami
Wayne Rooney makes huge prediction about Lionel Messi's future at MLS.
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Wayne Rooney, the 5-time Premier League winner, who also plied his trade in the MLS for DC United, had some words to offer for the latest marquee signing of the MLS, Lionel Messi. The former English captain predicted that the Argentine legend might not find it ‘easy’ to play in the US league.
“The MLS is already a very good league, there are a lot of players here who people [in Europe] won’t know about, who could play in the Premier League. The Apple deal was huge and the other day the two LA teams played at the Rose Bowl,” said Rooney.
Rooney also praised the quality of MLS and warned Messi about its toughness.”It’s huge, especially with what’s going on in Saudi, for the MLS to attract Messi. He won’t find it easy here. It sounds mad, but players who come in find it’s a tough league. The traveling, the different conditions in different cities, and there’s a lot of energy and intensity on the pitch.”
Wayne Rooney although expected Messi to succeed at Inter Miami has prepared a great squad for Messi. Rooney said, “Everything is set for him. He’s got all his mates over.”
Inter Miami has also announced Sergio Busquets signing with the club. With rumors of Jordi Alba and Andres Iniesta joining soon. Inter Miami is reuniting Barcelona legends alongside Messi to give him a great platform. Messi’s Miami stint begins in the Leagues Cup match against Cruz Azul on the 21st of July.
Messi’s move to join Inter Miami has also seen a rise in their winning prospects in major betting platforms, a similar rise can be found at boylesports.com, who always offer the best odds to the UK & Irish playerbase.
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MLS clubs to install natural grass after Lionel Messi’s arrival: Reports
MLS is gearing up for Lionel Messi’s arrival. Major League Soccer Commissioner Don Garber is prepared to implement significant alterations. One such change is the installation of real grass. Several teams in Major League Soccer continue to utilize wholly synthetic pitches. The problem lies that on artificial grass, the issue of injuries is considerably more frequent and is more dangerous to the players. According to 2019 research, artificial turfs have a higher injury rate than actual grass.
“MLS promotes a lot of international games, and we have been able to bring natural grass into those stadiums, but we’ve never done that for a regular-season game,” Garber said. He did, however, add that he anticipated clubs will implement that modification. Garber suggested modification by placing a covering of actual grass on top of the artificial turf underneath. Synthetic grass is used at five clubs in the MLS- Portland, Seattle, New England, Charlotte, and Atlanta.
Messi will play the majority of his matches on real grass, as Inter Miami uses real grass. However, he may face turfs on away days. The entirety of Argentine’s career has been spent on actual grass fields. The MLS has a vested interest in Messi and will make these changes to protect the Argentinian from any injuries.
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