Messi signs extension with Inter Miami through the 2028 season

Lionel Messi signed a contract extension with Inter Miami on Thursday that will keep the Argentina captain with the Major League Soccer club through the end of the 2028 season, the team announced, posting a video of the forward signing the deal at the construction site of Miami Freedom Park. The announcement came one day before Inter Miami opens its MLS Cup playoff series against Nashville SC.

The club released footage showing Messi sitting at a table amid the unfinished stadium as the caption read HES HOME. "It makes me really happy to stay here and to continue with this project that, besides being a dream, has become a beautiful reality playing in this stadium, at Miami Freedom Park," Messi said in a statement released by the club. The 38 year old joined Inter Miami in July 2023 on a two and a half year deal; his previous contract was due to expire at the end of the 2025 season.

Messi capped the 2025 regular season by winning the MLS Golden Boot after scoring 29 goals and providing 19 assists, totaling 48 goal contributions. Those figures made him the league's top scorer and a leading candidate for the MLS Most Valuable Player award for a second consecutive year. He finished...