Lionel Messi and Inter Miami have agreed to terms on a new multi-year contract.
Messi is set to remain at Inter Miami for the next few years. According to Michelle Kaufman, the Argentine will finish his career in Miami.
The 38 year old and Inter Miami have agreed to terms on a new multi-year contract with it being his final contract. An announcement is expected to be made in the next 10 days.
Joining Inter Miami in 2023 from Paris Saint-Germain, Messi’s current contract is due to expire at the end of this season.
Exequiel Palacios is injured and is set to return to Bayer Leverkusen at the start of the year. Equi Fernández and Claudio Echeverri travel with Bayer Leverkusen and will play FC Copenhagen.
Zaid Romero and Club Brugge will host AS Monaco.
Mauro Icardi and Galatasaray travel to Germany to play Eintracht Fankfurt.
Here are the matches on Thursday:
FC Copenhagen vs. Bayer Leverkusen (Exequiel Palacios, Equi Fernández and Claudio Echeverri)
Club Brugge (Zaid Romero) vs. Monaco
Eintracht Frankfurt vs. Galatasaray (Mauro Icardi)
Last season’s finalists Inter with Lautaro Martínez travel to the Netherlands to play against Ajax. Francisco Ortega, Lorenzo Scipioni and Santiago Hezze with Olympiacos will host Pafos.
Chelsea will have Enzo Fernández, Alejandro Garnacho and Facundo Buonanotte for their match against Bayern Munich. Facundo Buonanotte was added to the team’s Champions League squad on Tuesday.
Mastantuono started for Real Madrid and became Real Madrid’s youngest starter in a Champions League match. At 18 years and 33 days old, he broke the previous record set in November 2024 by Endrick who was 18 years and 73 days old.
Leonardo Balerdi spoke about Franco Mastantuono, stating that he does not have to compare himself to Lionel Messi.
Balerdi captained Olympique de Marseille in their 2-1 loss against Franco Mastantuono’s Real Madrid. A match where Gerónimo Rulli made 13 saves for the club.
Following the match, Balerdi spoke to SportsCenter in Argentina and commented on the 18 year old Argentine. Here is what he had to say:
“Franco is phenomenal. You always need to have him close by. We know that his left foot is very dangerous and when he links up with others, he can cause a lot of damage.
“He has to make his own way. He has great things to achieve. He doesn’t have to compare himself to Messi because there’s only one Messi and I think anyone who compares themselves to him is going to have a tough time.”
