Explained: Why Lionel Messi team-mates ‘drool’ in training as Inter Miami colleague Nicolas Stefanelli lifts lid on life in MLS with all-time great

Lionel Messi is so talented that his Inter Miami team-mates “drool” in training, fellow Argentine Nicolas Stefanelli has revealed.

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• Argentine icon moved to the States in 2023
• Has impressed everybody in Florida
• Countdown on to start of the 2024 campaign

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  WHAT HAPPENED?

  The 2022 World Cup winner become a marquee addition at DRV PNK Stadium during the summer of 2023. Despite there being talk of a move to America being made for some time, it still came as something of a surprise to those in Florida when Messi and his family arrived in the United States.

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• THE BIGGER PICTURE

  Messi inspired Inter Miami to Leagues Cup glory as his first piece of business – netting a number of spectacular goals along the way – and is expected to aid bids for more major silverware in 2024 after enjoying a well-earned winter break.

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  WHAT STEFANELLI SAID ABOUT MESSI

  Messi has returned to the U.S. from Argentina and will soon be back in training, allowing him to put on more masterclasses for those working alongside the all-time great. Stefanelli has told of being left amazed on a daily basis: “I see him in training and I drool. Then, when he makes a pass and his back is to the player, I ask myself: 'How does he see that pass? It just can't be'. That's why he is also the best player in history.”

• DID YOU KNOW?

  Stefanelli added on watching Messi from afar having been injured when the Argentine – and fellow former Barcelona stars Sergio Busquets and Jordi Alba – joined Tata Martino’s squad: “I can't believe what I'm seeing. These guys play something else!”