David Beckham keeps a close eye on Lionel Messi in Inter Miami training - as the pair share a hug ahead of his second game tomorrow night
David Beckham attended Inter Miami's morning training session on Monday as the ex-England captain keeps a close eye on superstar Lionel Messi, embracing with the Argentine ahead of the latter's second game with his new team tomorrow night.
Messi reported to Florida Blue Training Center next to DRV PNK Stadium in Fort Lauderdale, to be put through his paces in front of Miami manager Tata Martino.
The World Cup champion was involved in conditioning and on the ball drills with his teammates, as Beckham, 48, sat on a red cooler, wearing a black outfit and sneakers with white socks and pink Inter Miami cap.
Messi marked his Inter Miami in style last week with a stunning free kick goal in stoppage time against La Liga MX side Cruz Azul in the Leagues Cup.
The Herons face MLS rivals Atlanta United in their second group stage game of the competition on Tuesday at home.
On Sunday, MLS commissioner Don Garber pointed out that Messi's arrival in the US underlines the league's 'unending ambition', perhaps meaning that one day the best players on the planet will move to North America at 26 rather than 36.
'I think you need to start with getting the best of all time choose us now,' he said when that potential change was put to him.
'What will that look like in the years to come and perhaps it will because I think the perception of Major League Soccer is going to change dramatically over the next number of years.
'I think our own ambition is going to change as we all see how all of this plays out.
'But I think because there are a handful of really big names who come at the end of their career, everyone has this label that they put on.'
'I mean, David Beckham was 31. He went to Milan and PSG after,' Garber, who's been MLS commissioner since
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