Inter Miami expects Lionel Messi to continue playing through the 2026 MLS season. Messi joined Inter Miami in 2023 on a contract that runs through the end of the 2025 season. The deal does not include a club option to extend through 2026, but co-owner Jorge Mas believes Messi will extend.
\"Messi is under contract through 2025; Leo and I will sit and discuss the future,\" he told media Friday. \"As I have said before, and I will repeat it now: I fully expect that in the opening of our new stadium in 2026 and the opening of our 2026 MLS season after a trophy-laden 2025 season, that Leo Messi will be our No. 10.\"
During the 2024 season, Messi had 21 goals and 17 assists in 21 MLS matches.