Overview
- CD Eldense said Thursday that Lionel Messi has become the club’s owner while adding the transaction still requires routine approval from Spain’s Consejo Superior de Deportes.
- The University of Buenos Aires announced Messi will receive its highest honorary degree on October 6, to be conferred before his farewell friendly for Argentina against Benin.
- Messi announced his international retirement at the end of August following Argentina’s World Cup campaign and will end his national career with the scheduled Monumental farewell match.
- This Eldense purchase follows Messi’s April acquisition of lower‑tier UE Cornellà and the long‑reported clause in his Inter Miami contract that would give him a future ownership stake in the MLS club.
- Observers should watch the Spanish sports council’s approval, the undisclosed financial terms, and how Eldense’s new ownership could affect the club’s sporting plans and local community investment.