Lionel Messi’s son, 10, joins Inter Miami academy as he looks to follow in legendary dad’s footsteps
pThat’s after joining a href=https://www.thesun.co.uk/sport/football/team/10891283/inter-miami/Inter Miami’s/a academy with the U12s side./p
figure id=attachment_23675087 class=wp-caption alignnone style=width: 970pximg decoding=async fetchpriority=high src=https://www.thesun.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2023/08/lionel-messi-argentina-world-cup-833058052.jpg?strip=allamp;w=960 alt= class=alignnone size-thesun-article-image wp-image-23675087 width=960 height=640 /figcaption class=wp-caption-text/figcaptionfigcreditGetty/figcredit/figureLionel Messi#8217;s son Thiago, far right, has joined Inter Miami#8217;s academy[/caption]
pThiago is the oldest of a href=https://www.thesun.co.uk/who/lionel-messi/Messi’s/a three children that the a href=https://www.thesun.co.uk/sport/football/world-cup/Argentina World Cup winner/a shares with wife Antonela Roccuzzo./p
pThe youngster has spent his whole life seeing his dad, 36, shine for a href=https://www.thesun.co.uk/sport/football/team/1232720/barcelona/Barcelona/a and a href=https://www.thesun.co.uk/sport/football/team/1250213/paris-saint-germain/Paris Saint-Germain/a./p
pAnd Thiago is now in the US with his siblings following Messi’s summer move to Inter Miami./p
pHowever, he’s also going to be involved with David Beckham’s franchise too./p
pThat’s because Thiago has now been added to Miami’s academy, specifically with the club’s U12s./p
pHe turns 11 in November, and will now get the chance to emulate Messi by training for a career in the beautiful game./p
pInter Miami are sure to be delighted at having signed the son of one of the game’s best-ever players./p
pMessi has 12 league titles to his name, as well as four Champions Leagues and a World Cup./p
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pBut the seven-time Ballon d’Or winner has taken his iconic skills to America too./p
pHe already has three goals and 11 assists in just nine games./p
pMessi also fired Inter Miami to their first-ever trophy this month with the Leagues Cup./p
pAnd earlier today he netted in the 2-0 away win at MLS rivals New York Red Bull./p
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