After months of rumors, days of anticipation and hours spent in the pouring rain, Inter Miami fans got what they were waiting for.
, but he still said what the crowd wanted to hear. Speaking in Spanish, Messi thanked a crowd that had braved the rain and said he couldn't wait to get started."I am very excited, very happy to be here, in Miami, with all of you. I am... I want to thank, obviously, Jorge, Jose, David, and their family, for the warm welcome and affection every day, for making us feel at home so quickly, making everything easy, the truth is that it has been spectacular for us since we arrived.
Inter Miami then played a welcome video featuring names such as Stephen Curry and Miami mayor Francis Suarez. It had already brought in Messi's longtime Barcelona teammate Sergio Busquets, whose signing wasThe whole event was livestreamed on several platforms, including MLS's Apple TV partner, though the actual production value of the stream didn't quite meet the moment.
The man tasked with leading the league into the sporting landscape, MLS commissioner Don Garber, then appeared on the Apple TV stream. He saw Sunday as a continuation of MLS's growth, especially through the arrival of Beckham when he signed with the LA Galaxy in 2007 and bought his slice of Inter Miami in 2014:
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