Adin Ross has revealed that he was beaten to a luxurious Miami mansion by Lionel Messi following the Argentine’s stunning move to the United States.
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- World Cup winner now in the United States
- Family happily settled in Florida
- Argentine icon always gets what he wants
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WHAT HAPPENED?
The 2022 World Cup winner, who now has eight Ballons d’Or to his name, completed a switch to Inter Miami during the summer of 2023. Having bid farewell to Europe following spells at Barcelona and Paris Saint-Germain, Messi needed a new base for his young family.
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THE BIGGER PICTURE
He quickly identified a waterfront property in Florida, with a deal done there which left streaming star Ross – who shot to fame in 2019 playing NBA 2K on Twitch and now boasts a lucrative deal with Kick – left frustrated as he was outbid by a “very famous professional athlete.”
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WHAT THEY SAID
Ross has said of missing out on a home that he also viewed before missing out to an all-time great from the sporting world: “It’s nothing about me being broken. I just couldn’t get to there in time. I saw the house, but they were already in talks and all that. The professional athlete is Messi.”
Expanding on how he was left empty-handed, Ross added: “Messi’s parents, I think it was? I believe it was his grandparents, or I don’t know who the f*ck it was. Messi, they wanted a crib for their grandchildren or some sh*t, they were playing a game. I don’t even know, and they got it.”
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WHAT HAPPENS NEXT?
Ross is reported to have a net worth of around $40 million (£32m), but Messi is said to come in at over $600m (£484m) and was always going to have the financial muscle required to prevail in any bidding war for a home that he intends to fill with more medals across an initial two-and-a-half-year contract with MLS side Inter Miami.