2024-07-19 00:40:07
Amid a new controversy surrounding the Sports Limited Companies (SAD)with the Government promoting the project and the clubs resisting the measure, a version emerged that assures that Inter Miami wants to buy Newell’s, as a gesture towards Lionel Messi. The idea, according to reports, is for the Argentine captain to finish his professional career wearing the Lepra shirt.
The version emerged in a Spanish media, Relief, who commented on the intention of the businessman and former English player, David Beckham, together with the Mas Tec group, owner of Inter. “In this final stretch of his careerthe owners of Inter Miami are considering giving Messi a huge gift: taking control of Newell’s so that the forward can enjoy playing in that shirt before the end of his career.“, he said. What is strange about the journalistic information is that it indicates that behind the operation there would also be Javier Milei’s own support, very jealous in the last hours of staining the good name of the crack of the Selection. Otherwise, you would have to ask Julio Garro
SADs, what the rumor hides
Despite this version, So far in Argentina this possibility is not viable because the AFA statute does not contemplate the intervention of the SADs.. Furthermore, the Rosario club was one of the many that spoke out against the intervention of private capital: “We do not agree. The club belongs to the members,” is the sentence repeated by the president of Newells, Ignacio Astore.
However, despite the refusal of most Argentine clubs, the national government confirmed that as of November 1, sports institutions will be able to become SADs, something that President Javier Milei has been promoting since he began his term last December.
The brothers of the group But Canosa, Jorge and Jose, – children of a notorious enemy of the Cuban revolution, died in 1997, are the majority shareholders from Messi’s current club and they seem willing to fulfill all the whims of the Argentine star. Not only did they offer him a million-dollar contract with multiple royalties, but they promised build a stadium with a larger capacity, which has already been approved and will be called Miami Freedom Park or as it was renamed: the House of Messi.