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Explained: Why Lionel Messi team-mates ‘drool’ in training as Inter Miami colleague Nicolas Stefanelli lifts lid on life in MLS with all-time great

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<p>The 2022 World Cup winner become <a href="https://www.goal.com/en-gb/news/secret-meetings-10-year-project-how-david-beckham-signed-lionel-messi-inter-miami-co-owner/bltcc28a521e2bdff22 " target="_blank">a marquee addition at DRV PNK Stadium during the summer of 2023</a>. Despite there being talk of a move to America being made for some time, i<a href="https://www.goal.com/en-gb/lists/shake-hand-kiss-hug-lionel-messi-left-inter-miami-team-mates-starstruck-stunning-move-mls/blt6f9a21a8190671b1#cs665feb0cf8405970" target="_blank">t still came as something of a surprise to those in Florida when Messi and his family arrived</a> in the United States.</p><div class="affiliate-button-container theme-1" data-name="Apple TV"><div class="affiliate-button"><img class="logo" height="40" width="72" src="https://eu-images.contentstack.com/v3/assets/bltcc7a7ffd2fbf71f5/bltde9ec6adb03b3414/64da04236ee63ef30ba519c5/Apple_TV_logo.jpg" style="width: 72px; height: 40px;"><span class="affiliate-text">Get your MLS Season Pass today!</span></div><a href="https://tv.apple.com/channel/tvs.sbd.7000?itsct=goal_mls&amp;itscg=30200&amp;at=1010l39UY" class="affiliate-button-link" target="_blank">Watch now</a></div>

WHAT HAPPENED?

<p>Messi <a href="https://www.goal.com/en-gb/lists/44-trophies-lionel-messi-all-time-record-very-good-hands-inter-miami-tata-martino-historic-leagues-cup/blt4c0a84c28d5bf241 " target="_blank">inspired Inter Miami to Leagues Cup glory</a> as his first piece of business – netting a number of spectacular goals along the way – and is expected to <a href="https://www.goal.com/en-gb/lists/mls-watch-out-inter-miami-lionel-messi-win-everything-2024-crazy-eighth-ballon-d-or/blt8adde7fc64f6ebb3 " target="_blank">aid bids for more major silverware in 2024</a> after enjoying a well-earned winter break.</p>

THE BIGGER PICTURE

<p>Messi has <a href="https://www.goal.com/en-gb/lists/holiday-over-lionel-messi-heading-back-inter-miami-2024-mls-season-rare-two-month-break-football/blt16ebf5c315f8787d" target="_blank">returned to the U.S. from Argentina</a> and will soon be back in training, allowing him to put on more masterclasses for those working alongside the all-time great. Stefanelli has told <a href="https://twitter.com/FOXSportsArg/status/1743372049224028582 " target="_blank"><em>Fox Sports</em></a> of being left amazed on a daily basis: “I see him in training and I drool. Then, when he makes a pass and his back is to the player, I ask myself: 'How does he see that pass? It just can't be'. That's why he is also the best player in history.”</p>

WHAT STEFANELLI SAID ABOUT MESSI

<p>Stefanelli added on watching Messi from afar having been injured when the Argentine – and fellow former Barcelona stars Sergio Busquets and Jordi Alba – joined Tata Martino’s squad: “I can't believe what I'm seeing. These guys play something else!”</p>

DID YOU KNOW?

<p>Inter Miami now have another superstar on their books, with Uruguayan striker <a href="https://www.goal.com/en-gb/lists/watch-out-mls-luis-suarez-explains-how-long-take-click-best-player-world-lionel-messi-reuniting-barcelona-inter-miami/blta37215830e4c0d9e" target="_blank">Luis Suarez joining ex-Barca colleagues Messi, Busquets and Alba in America</a>. He will be looking to find his feet during a series of friendly dates that include <a href="https://www.goal.com/en-gb/lists/lionel-messi-newells-old-boys-date-revealed-inter-miami-superstar-reunion-childhood-club/blt5e93e322020f3d4c" target="_blank">meetings with the likes of Newell’s Old Boys</a>, a <a href="https://www.goal.com/en-gb/lists/lionel-messi-historic-hong-kong-tour-inter-miami-mls-pre-season-plans-luis-suarez/blt5559ead35e2c99b4" target="_blank">Hong Kong Select XI</a> and <a href="https://www.goal.com/en-gb/lists/last-dance-date-set-lionel-messi-vs-cristiano-ronaldo-inter-miami-al-nassr-al-hilal-pre-season-tournament-saudi-arabia/blt166812e32836604c" target="_blank">Cristiano Ronaldo’s Al-Nassr</a>.</p>

WHAT NEXT FOR MESSI & INTER MIAMI?

Explained: Why Lionel Messi team-mates ‘drool’ in training as Inter Miami colleague Nicolas Stefanelli lifts lid on life in MLS with all-time great | Goal.com

Lionel Messi is so talented that his Inter Miami team-mates “drool” in training, fellow Argentine Nicolas Stefanelli has revealed.

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