Overview
- Lionel Messi closed the opening day of the America Business Forum at Miami’s Kaseya Center, sharing the stage with figures including President Donald Trump and FIFA chief Gianni Infantino.
- He was presented the key to the city by Miami Mayor Francis Suárez, thanking residents for the reception since his 2023 arrival at Inter Miami.
- Messi said “football has an expiry date,” stressing that he wants to learn and enter the business world after his playing career.
- He described winning the 2022 World Cup as giving him the same feeling as the birth of his children, calling it the pinnacle of his career.
- He promoted Inter Miami projects, saying the new stadium would be “impressive” with hopes to inaugurate it next year, and highlighted the upcoming youth “Messi Cup.”