Lionel Messi, wanda ake yiwa laqabi da daya daga cikin mafiya taurarin kwallon kafa a tarihin wasan, ya ci gaba da samun karbuwa a ƙasashen waje bayan ya koma MLS don taka leda a ƙungiyar Inter Miami. A cikin wata hira da aka yi da shi, tsohon dan baya na Argentina, Hugo Gatti, ya zargi Messi da yin wasan ‘country-club soccer’ a Amurka.
Gatti, wanda ya yi hira da La Nacion, ya ce idan Messi ya ci gaba da taka leda a MLS, zai zama ‘daya kasa’ idan aka kwatanta da wasan duniya. Ya ce, “Yanzu haka, yake wasan ƙungiyar gari a Amurka.” Ra’ayin Gatti ya samu suka daga manyan magoya bayan Messi, saboda Messi ya taka rawar gani wajen lashe kofin Copa America ga Argentina a baya-bayan nan.
Messi, wanda ya lashe Ballon d’Or takwas, ya ci gaba da nuna karfin sa a Inter Miami, inda ya zura kwallaye 34 a wasanni 39 da ya buga. Har ila yau, ana ta cece-kuce game da yiwuwar komawarsa zuwa Premier League, inda Manchester City ke neman sa hannu a matsayin aro na watanni shida.
Ko da suka daga Gatti, Messi ya ci gaba da taka rawar gani a MLS, inda ya taimaka wajen haɓaka shaharar ƙungiyar. A shekarar 2025, Inter Miami za ta shiga gasar FIFA Club World Cup, wanda zai zama abin birgewa ga magoya bayan wasan a Amurka.