🤯 First in the world, Messi receives incredible honour

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·27. März 2026

🤯 First in the world, Messi receives incredible honour

Some Lionel Messi fans were certainly worried at first when they read Inter Miami’s press release today.

The MLS club announced that a stand in the newly built stadium will be named after Messi in the future. An honor that, in professional football around the world, has so far mostly been reserved for former players and officials who had already retired or passed away (source: '433').

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🚨 𝐁𝐑𝐄𝐀𝐊𝐈𝐍𝐆: Messi will have a stand named after him in Inter Miami’s new stadium, becoming the first active player to play in a stadium with a stand named in his honor 🤩🏟️ Inter Miami are set to play their first game at the new stadium on April 4, and it already looks
– Freitag, 27. März 2026

Luckily, Messi is in perfect health and will be able to make his first appearance in front of his own stand at the opening of the new stadium on April 5 against Austin FC. Things probably only a Lionel Messi can do.

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