REVEALED: Lionel Messi's brilliant first message to his new Inter Miami teammates after joining their WhatsApp group chat
Lionel Messi has already made an impact among his new Inter Miami teammates as his first message sent on the team's WhatsApp group has been revealed by DeAndre Yedlin.
Speaking to reporters on Thursday, a day before Miami's Leagues Cup match against La Liga MX side Cruz Azul, which Messi is expected to play a part in, Yedlin, spoke of the seven-time Ballon d'Or's generous gesture to Ecuadorian striker and teammate Leo Campana ahead of his massive unveiling last Sunday in front of 20,000 fans.
'For the small event, well, actually the big event on Sunday, Campana was looking for tickets and he put in the WhatsApp group if anyone had tickets,' said Yedlin - the US' starting right-back at the 2022 World Cup in Qatar.
'I didn't know that Messi was already in the group, but he appeared and said ''How many do you need?'', suddenly, out of the blue. From that moment I said ''Wow'', you know what I mean?
'He appeared out of nowhere and obviously, they have known each other for more or less two days, but to show that generosity, I think it is the best example to show what he is like.'
Earlier this week, Inter Miami officials revealed that all tickets - about 21,000 - for Miami's match against Cruz Azul had been sold, though thousands were available for resale on secondary markets on Friday morning.
It's unclear how much Messi, a World Cup champion for Argentina and someone who Inter Miami co-owner David Beckham calls the best player ever, will be on the field in his debut.
He signed a two-and-a-half year contract with Inter Miami this past weekend, and the deal will pay him between $50million and $60million annually. That will almost certainly work out to more than $1M per match.
'I can't wait to start training, start competing,' Messi
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