{"id":191321,"date":"2026-03-14T10:00:15","date_gmt":"2026-03-14T10:00:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/191321\/"},"modified":"2026-03-14T10:00:15","modified_gmt":"2026-03-14T10:00:15","slug":"lionel-messis-inter-miami-join-race-to-sign-premier-league-superstar","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/191321\/","title":{"rendered":"Lionel Messi\u2019s Inter Miami \u2018Join Race\u2019 to Sign Premier League Superstar"},"content":{"rendered":"

The race to sign Man City star Bernardo Silva has another runner.<\/p>\n

Lionel Messi\u2019s Inter Miami<\/a> have expressed their interest in the 31-year-old Portuguese playmaker, according to reports from La Gazzetta dello Sport<\/a>, joining a host of suitors that include Juventus, Galatasaray and Benfica.<\/p>\n

Silva\u2019s contract with Man City<\/a> is set to expire in June, one month before MLS\u2019s summer transfer<\/a> window opens. He has no plans to renew his contract and is expected to leave the club after nine seasons as a free agent, per Matteo Moretto<\/a>. <\/p>\n

Silva Won\u2019t Be Cheap\"Erling<\/p>\n

Bernardo Silva (center) sent Man City to the 2023 Champions League final. | Visionhaus\/Getty Images<\/p>\n

The absence of a transfer fee makes Silva all the more appealing; however, the star won\u2019t be a cheap get. Man City<\/a> currently pay him a base salary of $15.6 million annually. For context, Messi earns a base salary of $12 million as the highest paid player in MLS<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Silva, however, continues to prove himself as worth the price tag. He\u2019s been a dominant force for Man City this season, recording one goal and four assists across 25 starts in league play, aiding the Citizens\u2019 push for the Premier League<\/a> title. <\/p>\n

Since joining Man City in 2017, Silva has helped fill the club\u2019s trophy cabinet. He has six Premier League titles, two FA Cups and the 2023 Champions League title to his name, among many others. <\/p>\n

The Herons are also in need of another star playmaker, hoping to rely less on 39-year-old Lionel Messi, who\u2014albeit still a standout\u2014is likely nearing the end of his tenure.<\/p>\n

READ THE LATEST INTER MIAMI NEWS, ANALYSIS AND INSIGHT FROM SI FC<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The race to sign Man City star Bernardo Silva has another runner. Lionel Messi\u2019s Inter Miami have expressed…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":191322,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[9],"tags":[123,125,124],"class_list":["post-191321","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-miami","tag-miami","tag-miami-headlines","tag-miami-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/191321","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=191321"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/191321\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/191322"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=191321"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=191321"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=191321"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}